The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-01

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Resolution No. go.
Be it resolved. BY the City Council
Of the City OF Keokuk:
That the following pay rolls be,
and they are hereby approved and
ordered paid:
Warrant No. 4454. Improve
ment 1890. .....-....$ "a By
Warrant No. 4455, Street -. 34S. So
Warrant No. 1856, Sewer 49,. 22f "a
Warrant No 4457, Sidewalk !. 0o
Warrant No. 445S, Park 49,. Is 90
Warrant No. 4459, Police 49,. II so
Roll call:
Aye-Lofton, Hilpert, Hickey.
ED. s. LOTION.
Attest: Mayor.
%. W. SANDBERG, City Clerk.
There being no further business.
Council took a recess until November
ED. 8. LOTION.
Attest: Mayor.
o. W. SANDBERG, City Clerk.
November Is, 1916. 9 q. m.
Council convened after recess with
all members present, Mayor Lotion
presiding.
Resolution No. 221.
Be it resolved, BY the City Council
of tie City OF Keokuk:
That the City Clerk be and he is
hereby authorized TO issue warrant
No. 400, in the sum of $4,000, pay
able to Hollingsworth & Blood, at
torneys, for judgment in damage
suit, Clara NJ HentzeI vs.. City of
KeomE
Aye-Lofton, Hilpert, Hickey.
ED. S. LOTION.
Attest: Mayor.
O. w. SANDBERG. City Clerk.
y November 16. 1916, 9 a. m.
Council met in regular session with
all members present, Mayor Lotion.
presiding. Minutes of meetings of
November 18th and 18th, 1916. were
read and approved There being no
further business, Council took re-
cess until November II, 1916, 8 a. m.
ED. S. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
%. W. SANDBERG, City Clerk.
November II, 1916, 9 a. m
Council convened after recess with
all members present, Mayor Lotion
presiding.
Resolution No. 21s having been on
file and posted in the Office of the
City Clerk for a period Of one week
for public inspection as required by
law, is now before the City Council
and same is adopted by the following
vote:
Aye-Lofton, Hilpert. Hickey.
ED. S. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
o. ". sANDBERG, City Clerk.
Resolution No. 22.
Whereas, On the LIST day OF August.
No NV ~ EonH1,n did
into contract with Cameron, Joyce &
Company, for the Improvement OF
South Eighth street from south line
of johnson to north line of Palean,
By grading between the sub-grade and
established grade, paving with cons
crete and curbing with cement, in the
manner provided in said contract;
and
Whereas, The said Cameron, Joyce
Company. contractor, has fully
completed the said work. in accord
ance with the terms OF its contract.
and the said work has been duly &C
cepted by this council as fully COM
plying with the terms, conditions and
reuuirern ents OF the said contract,
and the plans and specifications
thereto attached; and
Whereas, Under the terms OF the
said contract so much of the cost OF
the said improvement as is by law
assessable against each privately
owned lot or parcel OF ground abut-
ting thereon or adjacent thereto, ac-
cording to area, so as to include one
half OF the privately owned property
between the street so improved and
the next street, whether such priv
ately owned property abut on said
&, ,y,a 1,,@
ing privately owned property situat-
ed more than three hundred 5000
feet from the street SO improved, is
to be so assessed, and special assess
ment certificates are to be issued in
anticipation OF the collection of such
special taxes, which certificates are
to be accepted by the contractor in
payment of so much Of the cost OF
the said improvement as equals the
amount of such special assessment;
and
Whereas, There have been hereto
fore levied by this council against
each privately owned lot or parcel of
ground abutting upon or adjacent to
said Improvement, according to area.
so as to include one-half OF the priv
ateiy owned property between the
street so improved and the next
street, whether such privately owned
property abut on said street or not.
but in no case including privately
owned property situated more than
three 5000 feet from the street so
improved, special assessments to the
amount Of s11,755.s9, as shown in
the schedule now on file in the Of
flee of the City Clerk, which said as
sessments were levied on the 9Th
day Of November. 1916.
Therefore, Be it resolved, BY the
City Council Of the City OF Keokuk.
that there be issued by the City OF
Keokuk, street improvement certif-'
fcates to the total amount Of ILL.,
1853. One certificate shall be is-
sued for each and every separate
piece of property assessed, as shown
on said schedule, which certificate