The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-10

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Warrant No. 54s9. Sidewalk. $40
Warrant No. $3.50, Improve !.
Warrant No. 54s1. Improve -
Warrant No. 54s2. Sewer 80. 1872
Warrant No. 5493, Fire $500. 500 ~
Warrant No. 1894. Fire ...... 500. 90
Warrant No. 5495, Fire ...... 2S.ol
Warrant No. 5496. Fire Ap-
paratuS .....'..'.
Warrant No. b497, Park $500. S. 81
Warrant No. 549S, River Front IT IL
Warrant No. 5499, Police -. 500. 90
Warrant No. $500, Police ~. 800, w
Roll call:
Aye-Lofton. FIilpert. Hickey.
ED. s. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
O. w. SANDBERG, City Clerk.
Resolution No. 419.
Be it resolved, BY the City Council
of the City of Keokuk:
That the City Clerk be, and he is
hereby authorized to draw warrant
Nos. 5501 to 5505 inclusive. aggre-
eating $4,000, for. semi-annual inter
est due July 1, 1917, on reftndtng
bonds Of 100000. dated January LIST,
1914, and that the same be sent to
In. w. Halsey & Company, Chicago,
Ill.
Aye-Loftop, H1lpert, Hickey.
ED. s. LOTION,
Atte.t. Mayor.
O. w. sANDBERG, City Clerk.
Resolution No. 4O6 having been on
file and posted in the office OF the
City Clerk for a period of one week
for public inspection as required by
law is now before the City Council
and same Is adopted by the following
vote:
Aye-Lofton, Hil2ert, Hickey
ED. S. LOTION.
Attest: Mayor
O. W. sANDBERG. City Clerk.
Resolution No. 40.
| Whereas, On the LIST day OF August
F1916, the City of Keokuk did enter
into contract with the Keokuk quar-
Try & Construction company for the
improvement of Sixteenth street from
north line of Franklin to south line
of Orleans, by grading between sue
grade and established grade, pavins
with concrete and curbing with CO
ment. in the manner provided III
said contract; and
|, Whereas, the said Keokuk Quarry
has fully completed the said work, ir
accordance with the terms Of its con
tract, and the said work has beer
4 duly accepted by this council as fully
!, com plying with the terms, conditions
land requirements of the said con
4 tract, and the plans and spec1f1ca
j tons thereto attached; and
/ Whereas, Under the terms OF the
1 said contract so much Of the cost Of
the said Improvement as is by law
Iassessable against each privately
owned lot or parcel Of ground abut
lting thereon or adjacent thereto, &C
cording to area, so as to include
one-half OF the privately owned prop
erty between the street so improved
and the next street. whether suct
privately owned property abut or
said street or not, but in no case IN
Ecluding privately owned property SIT
uated more than three hundred GOO,
feet from the street so improved, Is
Ito be so assessed and special assess
lment certificates are to be Issued IL
anticipation of the collection O
such special taxes, which certificate:
are to be accepted by the contractor
in payment of so much Of the cos
OF the said Improvement as equals
1.-THE amount of such special assess
ment; and
Whereas, There have been hereto
fore levied by this council against
each privately owned lot or parcel Of
ground abutting upon or adjacent tc
said 1mproveme nt, according to area
SO as to include one-half Of the priv
ately owned property between the
street so improved and the mex
+, street, whether such privately owned
property abut on said street or not
but in no case including privately
owned property situated more thar
three hundred (30O) feet from the
street SO improved, special assess
ments to the amount Of $1,f28.94, as
shown in the schedule now on file ir
1.-The office of the City Clerk, which
said assessments were levied on the
22nd day of June, 1917.
Therefore, Be it resolved, BY the
City Council of the City of Keokuk
that there be issued by the City Of
IKeokuk,' street Improvement Ger
ltif,cates to the. total amount O.
s1.72S.94. One certificate shall be
issued for each and every separate
piece Of property assessed, as shown
Ion said schedule, which certificate
lshan be for the amount Of the specia
taxes assessed against such property
land the certificates shall be numbered
from 1 to is, inclusive. Such Ger
titficates shall transfer to the bearer
all the right and interest Of the city
in such assessor ents, and shall be II
the form provided by the laws O.
Iowa and the ordinances Of the Cit!
OF Keokuk.
Be it further resolved, That thu
Mayor and City Clerk be, and the1
, are hereby, instructed to execute
said certificates, and when SO exc
: cuted that they be placed on file IL
, the office OF the City Clerk for a per
iod OF thirty days from and afte
| the date Of the making Of the sale
assessment, to-wit: the 3Oth day o
June, 1917, to the end that the owne
of any lot or parcel of land, agains
, which an assessment has been made
may, within said time promise ant
-Iagree in writing endorsed on salt
= | in Senarafa agree