The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-15

OF 81. T. Moore, clerk. to pay over
drafts in clerk of council accounts,
viz.
Board OF Health account ...$ 81. IA
Sidewalk account .......... 1913. 43
Nuisance account .. 1888
General expense account -. 324. SO
Sewer account ........ 201 .07
Fire account .............. "a
iotal -......... $75b. 40
On motion of Alderman Johnson the
warrants were allowed.
BY AID. KIEFER:
Resolved, That for the purpose OF
paying any emergency bills and Ia
Dor pay rolls that of necessity should
be paid before the next council meet
ing the following sums are appropriate
ed as have been estimated by the
chairmen of the different committees:
street account ........... 81 800. 90
General expense account u. 1000. 90
Fire account ........... 100. 90
Sewer account ..... $50 90
Bridge account 300 90
iotaI ..-.... $3,025 90
And that warrants payable to H. T.
Moore, clerk of council, be drawn for
the above amounts and against the
appropriations for the above funds.
Adopted by the following vote:
Yeas-Annable, Butler, Christy De
Yong. Johnson, Kiefer, Lindstrand,
Roberts, Tigue.-Total, 8.
Absent Hickey, Mccormick, Swan
son.
CHARLES OFF,
Attest: Mayor.
H. 7. MOORE. clerk of the council
OF the City of Keokuk, Iowa.
BY AID. CHRISTY:
Resolved, That by sale to George
| Tucker the rear BIZ feet of lot -
and east II of front liz feet ofs12 and
east ~ of lot 3, block 172, tax Of
s22.7S. Property was doubly assess
ed for year 1908 and was enormously
/ sold.
move said tax be refunded to Geo.
| Tucker
Adopted by following vote:
Yeas-Annable, Butler, Christy. De
Yong, Johnson. Kiefer, Lindstrand.
Roberts, Tigue.-TotaI, 9.
| Absent-Hickey, Mccormick. swan.
son.
CHARLES OFF,
Altest: Mayor.
H. T. MOORE. Clerk of the council
the City of Keokuk, Iowa.
BY AID. CHRISTY:
That the tax Of Elizabeth Frank on
lots and 5, block AZ, be refunded, as
the board OF equalization instructed
on account of age and infirmity, this
property should be exempt.
Adopted by the following vote.
Yeas-Annable, Butler, Christy. De
Yong, Johnson, Kiefer, Lindstrand.
Roberts, Tigue-Total, 9.
Absent Hickey, Mccormick. Swan
son.
CHARLES OFF,
ATTEST: Mayor |
of the city of Keokuk. Iowa
H. T. MOORE, Clerk of the corrcil
BY AID. KIEFER:
Whereas, The clerk of the council
has presented for the consideration Of
the council the plat and schedule re-
ported by the city engineer and filed
by him as required by law, showing
the assessment on the lots and mar.
cells of land abutting on the following
described improvement, to-wit the i'm
proyement of Thirteenth street from
the south line of Franklin street To /
the south line Of Grand avenue nv |
grading, matchmaking and guttering
said street; and
Whereas, Notices as required bv
law have been given and whereas no
OBJECTIONS have been filed to said /
proposed assessment, be 1t
resolved, That the city council or
the city of Keokuk. Iowa. now pro
coed to examine the plat and schedule
Ned with the clerk of the council
relative to the proposed assessment
against the lots and parcels of land
aputting and adjacent to said i'm.
provement, and the owners thereof
Tor the said above described improve.
ment, and that the city council CON
slider all objections and make all nor.
essary corrections which they may
find to said plat and schedule. and
eaualize the said assessments, as au-
thorized and directed by law
And that the city council now re.
solve itself into committee of the
whole Tor the purpose of examining
the plats and schedule reported and
MED by the city engineer and to hear
and consider all objections therto
and make all necessary corrections.
II any, and to ascertain If the amount
OF said assessments is in excess OF
the special benefits conferred upon
said property by said Improvement