The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-12
NOTICE 70 CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be received
by the City Clerk Of the City Of Keo.
kuk, at his ONCE in Keokuk. until 6
O'Clock D. M, on the oath day Of
July, 1916, for the construction Of the
following described improvement, -
per plans and specifications now on
file in the ONCE Of the said clerk:
Grading between the sub-grade and
established grade and paving the fol-
lowing alleys to-wit:
Block 3-A, Estes addition. between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth. and Main
and Johnson.
Block IS, city OF Keokuk, between
Third and Fourth, and Fulton and
/, 400 square yards Of paving, more or
less, work to begin on or before the
18th day of August, 1916, and to be
fully completed on. or before the 1st
day of November, 1916.
So much of the cost Of the con-
struction Of the said improvement as
is by law assessable against abutting
and adjacent property to be assessed
against the privately owned property
abutting on and adjacent to said Inn
provement, according to area. 30 as
to include one-haN (11) OF the pri-
vately owned property between the
alleys SO improved and the next
street, whether such privately owned
property abut upon said alleys or not.
but in no case shall privately owned
property situated more thsn one hum
bred fifty (150) feet from the alleys
so improved be SO assessed. In &C
cordance with the law governing the
same, and payment to the amount Of
such assessment for such work will
be made in assessment certificates.
bearing interest at the rate Of six
per cent. per annum, issued In &C
cordance with law. In case Of any
deficiency between the contract price
and the amount OF such certificates,
such deficiency viii be paid in war
rants drawn on the city ;mprovem emit
fund available for the fiscal year be-
ginning April I, 1916. payable out of
the proceeds Of the tax levied there
for, and from no other source, the
city to incur no liability other than
the duty to levy the said tax and to
properly apply the proceeds thereof,
to making the special assessment
above referred to and issuing assess
ment certificates to the contractor
therefor. The warrants herein pro-
vided for. to be drawn as soon as the
proceeds Of said tax are available
Said assessment certificates and war
rants, IL such warrants be issued,
shall be accepted by the contractor in
full payment for all work done under
his contract without recourse on the
city of Keokuk.
Each bid must be accompanied with
a certified check, in a separate en-
velope, said check to be drawn on
some known responsible bank, and
q ~ -, - -
Treasurer of the city of Keokuk, in
(s125) dollars for each alley. Each
envelope must be addressed to the
city Of Keokuk and endorsed with the
name Of the bidder and the improve
ment such check and proposal are for.
Certified checks accompanying pro-
posals will be returned to the unsuc-
cessful bidders when the contract has
been awarded, and also to the bidder
to whom the contract is awarded
when he shall have entered into con-
tract for the construction of said i'm
provement with the city Of Keokuk
and given bond in the sum OF six hun
dred $4,000 dollars for each alley,
with sureties to be approved by the
City Council Of the city Of Keokuk,
for the faithful performance of his
contract. The contract will contain
provision that the contractor shall
guarantee the improvement to remain
in good repair for the period of two
years from and after the date Of its
acceptance by the City Council. and
the bond will contain like condition.
In case the successful bidder shall
fail to enter into contract with the
city Of Keokuk for the construction