The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-04

sary for the construction of said lat
eral sewers, sewer outlets, and sew
age disposal plant, and the work
thereon shall begin on or before May
1st, 1915, and be completed on or
balore November 18th, 1915.
| Proposal blanks will be furnished
by said city clerk or the city engin-
eer, and all bids must be upon said
blanks. Certified checks accompany
ing bids will be returned to the un-
successful bidders, and also to the bid
der to whom the contract is awarded
when said contractor shall have en-
tered into a contract in the form
| prescribed by, said city council, and
given bond in the penal sum of SO
| per cent of the total contract price,
with sureties thereon satisfactory to
said city council, conditioned to
( faithfully execute said work and also
guaranteeing to keep said work in
good repair for the term of one year
| from and after the date of accep-
lance by the city council, and to
make all repairs and replace all de-
fective work or material that may be-
come necessary to keep said improve
ment in good repair for said time.
In case that the successful bidder
should fail to enter into said con-
tract, as above provided, or furnish
said bond, said certified check will
be forfeited to the City of Leon,
Iowa, and held as agreed and liQui-
dated damages.
The City of Leon, Iowa, hereby re-
serves the right to reject any or all
bids, and also reserves the right to
award the different sections of the
work separately, or as whole, which
ever may be found to be the most ad-
vantageous to the CITY,
The entire cost of construction of
SAID lateral sewers as set out in sec
ton l, hereof, including such sew
ers on street and alley intersections,
and those places opposite streets and
alleys, intersecting but not crossing,
and also including manholes. lamp
holes, flush tanks, ETC., and also in
Guiding the cost of inspection, esti-
mates, notices, and such other costs
as are assessable according to law,
will be assessed against the property
abutting thereon and adjacent there
to and the owners thereof in accord
ance with the law governing such
special assessments.
If any portion of the cost of said
Section l may not be lawfully assess
ed against abutting and adjacent
property, and the special assessment
which may be levied against any lot,
part of lot, or tract of land, shall be
insufficient to pay the cost of said i'm
provement, the deficiency and costs
thereof, if any. shall be paid from
the city sewer fund, but the liability
of the said city for said portion of
said cost shall he limited to the levy
therefor, collection and proper appli-
cation of such taxes and no general
liability shall be created, and the
aforesaid costs, if any, shall be paid
by warrants on said fund.
That no part of said contract for
the work outlined in said section
l, shall become due and payable UNI
til said improvement shall have been
completed and accepted and the City
shall have had sufficient time to
make said levies for said improve
ment, as authorized by law. That
the cost of said improvement shall be
payable within the time and in the
manner herein set forth and as by
law provided, and the special assess
ment certificates issued (and city
warrants if any, issued), shall be &C
copied by said contractor in full pay
ment and compensation for all work
done and material furnished in the
construction of said improvement,
without recourse on the city of Leon.
1t is to be expressly understood
that the duty and liability of said
city of Leon to said contractor shall
be confined to it's power to impose
said special assessments and deliv-
err said special assessment ccrtifi-
Gates to said contractor, or persons
entitled thereto.
The entire cost of the construction
accessories, and said sewer outlets,
as set out in Sections and 3, here
in, will be paid out of the City Sew
er Fund and out of the sewer outlet
and disposal plant fund on hand and
to be created in accordance with
Section S31 of the Code of Iowa,
and Chapter "a, Acts of the 33rd
General Assembly, and to be paid by
the issuance of warrants on said
funds and city sewer certificates is
sued in anticipation of the collection
of taxes therefor, as provided by
Section 912 of the Code of Iowa.
That no part of the contract for
the construction of the Sewage Dis
posal plant, or for the construction
of Sewer Outlets, shall become due
and payable until the work has been
completed and accepted and until the
city shall have had sufficient time to
make said levies, and issue the war
rants and certificates therefor,as by
law provided. The cost of said i'm
provement shall be payable within
the time and in the manner herein
set forth and as by law provided, and
the said warrants and city sewer GER