The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-20

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ONCE of the said clerk:
Grading between sub-srade ana e,
tablished grade. paving with concrete
and curbing with cement, First street!
from north line Of Main to south line o.
Bridge street. about TOO square yards
OF paving and 300 linear feet ofcufD'
ing, more or less. work to begin on o.
before the 18th day of May, 1877. and
to be fully completed on or before the
18th day OF june, 1917.
So much o fthe cost of the construc-
ton OF the said improvement a. 10 by
law assessable against abutting ano
adjacent property to be assessed
against the privately owned properly
AUDITING on and adjacent to said I'M
provemen according to area. 80 az
to include one-half (1s) OF the private.
ly owned property between the street
so improved and the next street,
whether such privately owned property
abut upon said street or not, but IN no
case shall privately owned property
situated moro than three hundred
(3OO) feet from the street 30 improved
be so assessed in accordance with the
law governing the same, and pavement
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 accordance with law. In case OF any
deficiency between the contract price
and tho amount Of such certificates.
such deficiency will be paid IN war
rants drawn on the City Improvement
Fund available for the fiscal year besn-
ming April LIST, 1917, payable out OF
the proceeds of the tax levied therefor,
and from no other source, the city to
incur no liability other than the duty
to levy the said tax and to properly APP
ply the proceeds thereof. to making
the special assessment above referred
to and Issuing assessment certincates
to the contractor therefor. The Wat
rants herein provided for. to be drawn
as soon a. the proceeds Of said tax are
available. Said assessment certificates
and warrants, II such warrants be Is
sued, shall be accepted by the con-
tractor in full payment for all work
done under his contract without re-
course on the City, of Keokuk.
Each bid must be accompanied with
a certified check, IN separate envel-
ope, said check to be drawn on some
known responsible bank, and made
payable to the order of the City Treas
urer OF the City OF Keokuk, in the sum
of Two Hundred ($200) Dollars. Each
envelope must be addressed to the
City of Keokuk and endorsed with the
name OF the bidder and the improve
ment such check and proposal are for.
Certified checks accompanying pro-
posals will be returned to the unsuc-
cessrul bidders when the contract has
been awarded. and also to the bidder
to whom the contract Is awarded
when he shall have entered contract
for the construction Of said improve
ment with the City Of Keokuk and CIV
en- bond in the sum Of Eight Hundred
($S00) Dollars, with sureties to be ap-
proved by the City Council Of the City
cs Keokuk, for the faithful Perform
ance OF his contract. The contract will
contain q provision that the contract
or 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 OF
said improvement or furnish bond as
herein required, and as required by
law, the certified check deposited by
him with his bid shall be forfeited to
the City of Keokuk Is agreed and Hqui-
dated damages.
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids.
The proposals received will be acted
upon by the City Council OF the City
of Keokuk on the Bird day of April,
1917.
Published by authority Of the City
Council Of the City of Keokuk.
o. W. 9ANDBER0,
City Cerk q Said City.