The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-05

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Section 5. That said scnapter ioI.y
1,aol of said General Ordinance NO
$50 be further amended BY repeanns
section thirteen (13) Of said chapter
AM, enacting the following In lieu
t.ereof. as section thirteen (13):
SECTION Is. When the making or
:. construction OF any street improve
r,ent or sewer shall have been COM
Melted or such part thereof snail
have been completed. as under the
contract IL to be paid for when done,
the Council shall, within twenty days
following the completion OF the max
ing or reconstruction OF said street
reinforcement or sewer, ascertain N
the manner shown In the two follow
ing paragraphs. the cost thereof. ana
what portions Of such cost shall Pc
nv law and the resolution OF the
Council. under which such street Inn
nroyeme emit was made. or sewer con-
structed. assessable upon abutung
and adjacent property. and the Coun-
eli shah then assess such portions
upon and against such properly ~
provided by law.
Section s. That said chapter forty
(4O) of said General Ordinance NO.
$50 be further amended by repeating
section fourteen (14) Of said chapter
and enacting the following in lieu
thereof, as section fourteen (1D:
Section IA. In ascertafning the
amount to be assessed against pri-
vate property for all such improve
ments, the Council shall cause to DO
prepared a plat Of the streets, are
nues, alleys, highways or the part
thereof upon which the same shail
have been made or reconstructed,
showing the separate lots or parcels
OF ground. or specified portions
thereof. subject to assessment ior
such Improvement, the names OF the
owners thereof as far as practicable.
and the amount to be assessed
against each lot or parcel OF ground,
and against any railway or street
railway. and shall file such plat and
schedule in the ONCE of the clerk.
v hfch shall be subject to public In
spection. Such cost shall include
the entire expense, including the cost
of the estimates, publication or
notices, inspection, and preparing the.
assessment and plat, and all other
expense properly chargeabie to said
work, including the cost of the Inn
provement at places opposite prop
lerty owned by the City OF Keokuk.
the State OF Iowa, or the United
States, and that assessable to rail-
way companies or street railway
companies, and the cost of intersec-
tons, and the cost OF same At places
opposite streets intersecting but not
crossing, and including 30 much OF
the grading as Is between the sub
grade and the established grade, and
fshaIl assess the cost in case OF
streets in accordance with the provi-
sions Of section 1926 Of the Supple
mental Supplement 10 the Code or
Iowa, 1913, and In case Of sewers In
accordance with the provisions Of
section S1S Of the Code OF lows. pro-
vtded. however. that ~hen any street
improvement or sewer IL made In
s-c:. 8: adjacent ::ss..- &c properly s1.SSS
ing to the city, State OF lows, or the
United States, the cost Of such Inn
provement, together with all other
costs connected with the said Inn
lprovement, and not accessible
against the abutting and adjacent
property, and all the costs OF such
improvement in excess of the special
BENEFITS to be assessed against the
property, shall be paid out OF the
general. grading. sewer or improve
ment fund. as may be directed by
resolution Of the Council; and Pro
vided further that in Gaze where any
railway or street railway Is located
upon or across any street where any
street Improvement is made or re-
constructed, the entire cost OF such
/ kn<- the Roila and
lfor two feet outside the rails shall
| be assessed against tfe property OF
such railway or street railway com
nany and against the owners there
| of, unless such company shall elect
to. do such work before the contract
is let and at its own cost and ex-
pense, making such improvement &C
cording to the direction of the Coun-
ell and subject to It's approval. anu
the amount so assessed against anv
railway company or street railway
company shall be deducted from the
amount that would otherwise be as
sessed against the property abutting
upon, or lying along or adjacent to
! that part of the street upon which
such railway or street railway is
located"
Section 4. That said chapter for'-
(40) of said General Ordinance No.
es9 be further amended By repeating
section fifteen (15) Of said chap.ar
:rt, enacting the following in lien
thereof. as section fifteen (15):
SECTION Is. In ascertaining the
special DEMENT'S to be conferred by
such improvement, and the amount
to be assessed against each lot or
parcel of land. the Council shall as
certain the amount of such cost that
Fsuch lot or parcel OF land would bear
| in accordance with its area, and may
view the several lots or parcels of
and, and may receive evidence to
establish the amount each lot or par
| eel of land has been benefited by
such improvement, and II they find
! that any such lot or lots or parcel of
land are not benefited in proportion
to the area thereof. or is benefited
to a greater amount, then they shall
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