The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-11
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed proposals will be receive
by the City Clerk of the City OF Ke
kuk, at his Office in Keokuk, until
O'Clock p. M, on the 22nd day
August, 1916, for the construction
the following described improy,
meDt, as per plans and specification
now on file in the ONCE OF the sal
clerk:
Cement cutters alongside Of Ii
following lots, to-wit:
Lots and IL, block SO, lots an
IL, block 95, lots 6 and 7, block 81
lots 6 and Z. block 81, lots 6 and
block 63, lots and IL. block 81, ais
five foot cement gutter and cur
alongside of the front 145 feet Of ID
1, block 5. all in the city Of Keoku
about 1900 feet Of gutter and 145 fed
Of curb, more or less, work to begh
on or before the 9TH day of Septem
Der, 1916, and to be fully complete,
on or before the 30th day Of Octobes
1916.
So much Of the cost Of Ii,
construction Of the said improve
ment as is by law assessabl@
against abutting and adjacent pro.
erty (and railway and street railway
having tracks located on the street
SO improved) to be assessed agains0
the privately owned property abuttin
on and adjacent to said improvement
according to area, so as to include
one-half (1z) of the privately owned
property between the street 60 Inn
proved and the next street, whethal
such privately owned property abua
upon said street or not, but in Nd
case shall privately owned property
situated more than three hundred
(3O0) feet from the street so In
proved be so assessed (and the prop
erty OF said railway companies) u
accordance with the law governing
the same, and payment to the amour
OF such assessment for such worl
will be made in assessment certih}
Gates, bearing interest at the rate
six per cent per annum, issued in 40
cordance with law. In case Of an!
deficiency between the contract piic4
and the amount of such certificates
such deficiency will be paid in war
rants drawn on the City improvement
fund available for the fiscal yea
April LIST, 1916. payable gu
Of the proceeds of the tax levied
therefor, and from no other source,
the city to incur no liability Other
than the duty to levy the said taS
and to properly apply the proceeds
thereof, to making the special assess
ment above referred to and issuing
assessment certificates to the con
tractor therefor. The warrants here
in provided for, to be drawn as soonI
as the proceeds of said tax are aVait
able. Said assessment certificates
and warrants, il such warrants %
issued, shall be accepted by the con
tractor in full payment for all worA
done under his contract without re
course on the City Of Keokuk. ),
Each bid must be accompanied VIE
a certified check, in separate en-
velope, said check to be drawn on
some known responsible bank, ana
made payable to the order OF tne
city treasurer Of the city of keokuA
in the sum OF one hundred (slOu)
dollars. Each envelope must be aa
dressed to the City of Keokuk and
endorsed with the name of the oia
der and the improvement such cheeA|
and proposal are for. Certified cnecA'|
proposals will be re
turned to the unsuccessful bidueis
when the contract has been awardeu
and also to the bidder to whom las
contract is awarded when ne snal
have entered into contract for lns
of said improvement
with the City OF Keokuk and giyea|
bond in the sum of five hundfsss
($500) dollars, with sureties to y.
approved by the city council OF III
City of Keokuk, for the faithful pei
Torrance of his contract. The coaI
tract will contain provision Una.
the contractor shall guarantee lusI
to remain in good VI
pair for the period of two yeaisI
from and after the date OF It's ..
ceptance by the city council, ana ln'I
bond will contain a like condition
In case the successful bidder sla
fail to enter into contract win u.s
city of Keokuk for the construciosI
Of said improvement or furnish poas|
as herein required, and as requi...sSI
by law, the certified check deposi.ssI
by him with his bid shall be foriei.sssI
TO the city of Keokuk as agreed aAs
liquidated damages. -
The right is reserved to reject al'
and all bids. I'D
The proposals received will be ace
upon by the city council of the cn,
Of Keokuk on the 23rd day OF aus
ust, 1916. -.
Published by authority Of the c'e
Of the city Of Keokuk.
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