The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-29
OFFICIAL COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS
Resolution No. 452.

1917, Cameron Joyce & Company
did enter into contract with the City
of Keokuk for the Improvement Of
Main street from east curb line OF
Fourteenth to east line of Twentieth,
by grading between sub-grade and es-
tablished grade, paving with brick
block on five inch concrete base,
and curbing with cement combination
curb and gutter, width of street sc
feet between curbs, which contract
was duly approved by this council on
the 2Sth day of March, 1917. and
Whereas, The said Cameron, Joyce
& Company has fully completed the
construction Of the said improvement
in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the said contract and
the plans and specifications, thereto
attached, as shown by the certificate
of the City Engineer. filed with the
City Clerk on the 14th day of Feb
ruary, 1917, therefore,
Be it resolved by the City Council
of the City of Keokuk that the said
report of the City Engineer be, and
same is, hereby approved and adopt
ed, and that the Improvement con-
structed on Main street from east
curb line of Fourteenth to east line
of Twentieth, by Cameron, Joyce &
Company under it's contract with the
City of Keokuk, bearing date of
March %, 1917. is hereby approved
and accepted. as having been fully
completed under the the terms and
conditions Of the said contract and
the plans and specifications thereto
attached, and the cost thereof Is
hereby determined to be $3S, as
shown in said report Of the City En-
gineer;\ and
Be it further resolved. That the
City Engineer is hereby instructed
and directed to prepare a plat and
schedule of the said portion of the
said street, showing the separate
lots or parcels of ground, or portions
the cost of the construction of the
said Improvement, together with the
names of the owners thereof, as far
as practicable, and the amount as
sessable by law against each privately
owned lot or parcel Of ground abut-
ting thereon and adjacent thereto,
according to area, so as to include
one-half OF the privately owned prop
erty between the street so improved
and the next street, whether such
privately owned property abut on
said street or not, but in no case
shall privately owned property situat-
ed more than three hundred (30O)
feet from the street so improved be
so assessed (and against said street
railways whose tracks are located
thereonD, which said plat and sched-
ule, when completed, shall be filed
In the office of the City Clerk
Adopted August IA, 1917, by the fol-
lowing vote:
Aye-Lofton, Hilpert, Hickey.
Ayes, 8; noes, Q.
Approved and signed:
ED. S. LOTION.
Mayor Of the City of Keokuk,
%. w. sANDBERG, City Clerk.
Resolution No. 453.
Whereas. On the 18th day of April,
1917, Cameron, Joyce & Company did
enter into contract with the City OF
Keokuk for the improvement of Des
Moines street from west line Of
Tenth to east line of Twelfth street,
by grading between sub-grade and es-
tablished grade, paving with con-
crete and curbing with cement, which
contract was duly approved by this
council on the 18th day of April, 1917,
and
Whereas, The said Cameron, Joyce
& Company has fully completed the
construction Of the said improvement
in accordance with the terms and
conditions Of the said contract and
the plans and specifications thereto
attached, as shown by the certificate
of the City Engineer, filed with the
City Clerk on the 9Th day OF March.
1917, therefore. -.
Be it resolved by the City Council
of the City of Keokull that the said
report Of the City Engineer, be, and
the same is, hereby approved and
adopted, and that the Improvement
on Des MOines street from west line
of Tenth to east line of Twelfth, by
Cameron, Joyce G. Company under its
contract with the City of Keokuk,
bearing date of April IS, 1917, Is
hereby approved and accepted, as
having been fully completed under
the terms and conditions of the said
contract and the plans and specifica-
lions thereto attached, and the cost
thereof is hereby determined to be
S4,052S7 as shown in said report Of
the City Engineer;
Be it, further resolved, That tho
City Engineer is hereby instructed
and directed to prepare a plat and
schedule Of the said portion Of the
said street, showing the separate lots
or parcels Of ground, or portions
thereof, subject to assessment for
the construction Of the said improve
ment, together with the names Of
the owners thereof, as far as practic-
able, and the amount assessable by
law against each privately owned lot
or parcel of ground abutting thereon
and adjacent thereto according to
area, so as to include one-half Of the
privately 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 shall privately owned
property situated more than three
hundred 5000 feet from the street so
improved be so assessed, which said
plat and schedule, when completed,
shall be filed in the office Of the City
Clerk.
Adonted August H. 1917, by the fol-