The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-30

yate property for all such improve.
ments. the Council shall cause to De
prepared plat of the streets. ave
Inues, alleys, highways or the part
thereof upon which the same shall
have been made or reconstructed.
showing the separate lots or parcels
1 of ground. or specified portions
4 thereof, subject to assessment for
]. such improvement. the names OF the
owners thereof as far as practicable,
and the amount to be assessed
and against any railway or street
railway, and shall file such plat and
schedule in the Office of the clerk.
" hich shall be subject to public in
spection Such cost shall include
the entire expense, including the cost
of the estimates, publication OF
notices, inspection. and preparing the
assessment and plat, and all other
expense properly chargeable to said
work, including the cost of the I'M
provement at places opposite prop
erty 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-
lions, and the cost of same at places
opposite streets fntersecting but not
crossing, and including so much OF
Il the grading as is between the sub
grade and the established grade, and
shall assess :. the cost in case OF
streets in accordance with the provi-
sions Of section 1926 of the Supple
mental Supplement to the Code OF
Iowa, 1918, and in case of sewers in
accordance with the provisions of
section S19 of the Code of Iowa, pro-
vided, however. that when any street
Improvement or sewer is made In
front OF adjacent to property belong
ing to the city, State of Iowa, or the
United States, the cost of such i'm
provement. together with all other
costs connected with the said i'm
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 case 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
Improvement between the rails and
for two feet outside the rails shall
be assessed against the. property OF
such railway or street railway COM
pany 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 ac'
cording to the direction of the Coun-
Gil and subject to its approval, and
the amount SO assessed against any
railway company or street railway
company shall be deducted from the
amount that would otherwise be as
sessed against the property aburting
upon, or lying along or adjacent to
that part OF the street upon which
such railway or street railway Is
| located" III
| Section Z. That said chapter for' Z
! (40) Of said General Ordinance No.
| ?S9 be further amended by repeating
section fifteen 15t Of said chaatas
;nd enacting the following In Her
thereof, as section fifteen ll5);
Section 15 In ascertaining the
special benefits to be conferred by
such Improvement, and the amount
Z :
parcel OF land, the Council shall as
certain the amount of such cost that
such 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 IL they find
| that any such lot or lots or parcel OF
land are not benefited In proportion
] to the area thereof. or Is benehtted
\ To a greater amount, then they shall
make such changes In said amounts
as will. when the plat and schedule
! ii completed, show the amount that
! VIII be assessed SsS:Es: each .os cs
parcel of land in proportion to the
special benefits conferred upon the
property; but such assessment shall
not exceed twenty-five per centum OF
! the actual value of the land or parcel
of land at the time OF the levy. The
value of the lot or parcel OF land as
| shown by the last assessment roll
shall be prima facie evidence of the
actual value thereof, but the Coun'
Gil may fix the value of said lot or
parcel of land by resolution and the
value so fixed shall be the value Tor
the purposes of hhis section. bu-
such assessment may be made at
not more than twenty-five per cent
| of the actual value of the land or
parcel of land. whether the cornell
fixes such actual value by resolution
! or not"
Section s. That said chapter for'y
t4o) of said General Ordinance NO
3se be further amended by repeating
section sixteen d6) of said chapter
and enacting the following in lieu
thereof, as section sixteen (16):
"Section 16. After filing the plat
and schedule, the Council shall give
rotice by two publications In each
of two newspapers published in the
city, II there be that number, other.
wise in one, and by handbilis posted
! in conspicuous places along the line
| O. such street Improvement or sewer,
| that said plat and schedule are on
file in the office of the Clerk. and