The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-02
PROCLAMATION

PROCLAMATION
And notice Of special election upon
the question OF extending the limits
of the city OF Keokuk, Lee county,
Iowa:
Notice is hereby given 20 the cleo
tors OF the city OF Keokuk, Lee coun-
II. Iowa, and to the electors OF the
territory proposed to be annexed TO
the said city OF Keokuk, Lee county,
Iowa. as described in the resolution
hereinafter set out; and
To all whom it may concern: That.
Whereas. The city council OF the
city OF Keokuk, Lee county, Iowa.
did on the 2Sth day of February. a. d.
1914. adopt resolution No COZ. ex-
tending and fixing the boundaries OF
the said city OF Keokuk, Lee county.
Iowa, copy of which resolution is
hereinafter set out: and
Whereas. 1t is provided by Law that
the question OF the said extension of
the said city limits shall be submitted
TO the vote of the electors of the
said city as thus proposed to be en-
la-ged; and
Whereas. the said city council has
fixed the 30th day OF March. A. d.
1914. as the date OF the special cleo
ton. at which said question shall be
submitted TO the said electors;
Now therefore, I, ]. F. Elder, as
mayor Of the city OF Keokuk, Lee
county. Iowa, do hereby make proc
lamation and give notice that on the
30th day of March, A. D., 1914, there
viii be held a special election of the
electors of the city Of Keokuk, as
proposed to be enlarged in said reso-
tuition: that said special election will
be held in the building commonly
known as the Tenth street FIRE engine
house being No. e2s Main street. in
the said city OF Keokuk, Lee county.
Iowa- and that the polls of said spec
:iai election viii be open from 200
O'Clock a m. until 1-e0 o'clock 3. 10.
iof the said 3Nsh day OF March, IA. d.
1914: and that at said special cleo
ltton the qualified electors of the said
city OF Keokuk and OF the said terri
tory proposed to be annexed to the
said city of Keokuk. and lying within
the boundaries fixed by said resolution
shall be entitled to vote, that the
question to be submitted TO the said
Ieiectors ut the said special election
for their determination is as follows:
isShall the following resolution of the
city council Of the city of Keokuk,
Lee county, Iowa, be adopted and the
limits of the city Of Keokuk be ex-
tended as therein provided"
Resolution No. coz.
Be 1t resolved by the city council
of the city of Keokuk.
That the corporate limits OF the
city of Keokuk be, and they are here
by extended from the limits now ex-
listing TO the following described
boundaries. to-wit. Beginning az the
point where the south line OF fraction
Iai section twelve f12l, township sixty
FIVE le5) north. range Ave t5l west, IN
Lee county, Iowa, extended easteriy.
interseets the state line between the
states OF Iowa and Illinois; thence
west to the southwest corner of the
southeast quarter ia of section ten
(inl in said township: thence south
TO the center OF section TWENTY-FIVE
if22) in said township: thence west to
the northwest corner of the southwest
quarter fAl of section twenty-one
CID in said township: thence south to
the point where the east ling of frac-
tional section thirty-two t3e) in said
township, extended southerIy, inter
lsects the state line between the states
of Iowa and Missouri: thence in an
easteriy direction and along the south
erly line OF the state OF Iowa to the
point where the said soufherIy line
OF the state OF Iowa reaches the state
line between the states OF Iowa and
Illinois: thence up the Mississippi
river and along the state line between
the states OF Iowa and Illinois to the
place OF beginning: and said bound
aries are hereby fixed as the bound.
aries OF the city Of Keokuk- Lee coan.
". Iowa;
That all Of the territory lying and
being situated between the corporate
limits OF the said city Of Keokuk as
heretofore existing and the bound
aries above described. to-wit All OF
fractional section thirteen fIs1, Gil OF
section fourteen tl4l. the east half
.l1zi OF section fifteen ID. the west
half Of section swsntythrss fzsl. the
east half ~ OF section twenty-five
Ez2t and the southwest quarter u
OF said section twenty-five f92l. the
we1t half III OF section twenty-six
1861, ali Of sec1icn txenty-ssysn t2Tl.
the south half ~ Of section txsnty-
one fzil. al Of section tEsnty-eighi
F3sb. and all o. fractional section
thirty-snree fss3 al n township six
sy.ave 1851 aorth, range fse AZ vest
os TIE firth principal meridian, 10 Lea