The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-12
OFFICIAL COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS
Resolution No. 422.


l1917, the City of Keokuk did enter
Into contract with the Keokuk Quar-
Try & CONSTRUCTION company for the
improvement of Fulton street from
west line of Fifteenth to east line Of
Sixteenth, and Orleans avenue from
east line of Fifteenth to west line OF
Sixteenth, by grading between SUB
grade and established grade, paving
with concrete and curbing with ce
ment, in the manner provided in said
contract; and
Whereas, The said Keokuk Quarry
& Construction company, contractor
has fully completed the said work
| in accordance with the terms OF Its
contract, and the said work has been
duly accepted by this council as fully
com plying with the terms, conditions
and requirements of the said contract
and the plans and specifications
thereto attached; and
| Whereas, Under the terms of the
said contract so much of the cost OF
the said improvement as is by law
assessable against each privately
owned lot or parcel OF ground abut-
ting thereon or adjacent thereto, &C
cording to area, so as to include one
half of the privately owned property
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and the next street, whether such
! privately owned property abut on
! said street OF not, but in no case In
GLIDING privately owned property sit
uated more than three hundred (30O)
| feet from the street so improved, is
| to be so assessed and special assess
ment certificates are to be issued in
anticipation of the collection of such
special taxes, which certificates are
to be accepted by the contractor in
payment Of so much Of the cost of
the said improvement as equals the
amount Of such special assessment;
and
Whereas, There have been here
tofore levied by this council against
each privately owned lot or parcel OF
ground abutting upon or adjacent to
said improvement, according to area,
so as to include one-half of the priv
ately 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 including privately
owned property situated more than
three hundred (300) feet from the
street so improved, special assess
ments to the amount of S2,131.S2 for
Fulton street, and $3,253.20 for Or
leans avenue, as shown in the schSed-
ule now on file in the Office of the
City Clerk, which said assessments
were levied on the 22nd day of June,
1917.
Therefore. Be 1t resolved, By the
City Council Of the City of Keokuk,
that there be issued by the City of
Keokuk, street improvement certifi-
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One certificate shall be issued for
each and every separate piece OF
property assessed, as shown on said
schedule, which certificate shall be
for the amount of the special taxes
assessed against such property, and
the certificates shall be numbered
from lot to 1877, inclusive. Such GER
tificates shall transfer to the bearer
all the right and interest of the city
in such assessments, and shall be in
the form provided by the laws of
Iowa and the ordinances of the City
of Keokuk.
Be it further resolved, That the
Mayor and City Clerk be, and they
are hereby, instructed to execute
said certificates, and when SO execut-
ed that they be placed on file in the
office of the City Clerk for period Of
thirty days from and after the date
of the making OF the said assessment,
to-wit: the Both day Of June, 1917, to
the end that the owner Of any lot or
parcel of land, against which an as
sessment has been made. may, within
said time promise and agree in writ
ing endorsed ON said certificate, or
in separate agreement, that in con-
sideration of having the right to pay
~ fyo Inc o1 1.,,a To-, f1n
will not make any objection of Illegal
ity or irregularity as to the assess.
ment or levy OF said tax upon and
against his property and will pay said
assessment with interest thereon.
Be it further resolved, That at the
expiration OF said period of thirty
days, the City Clerk be, and he is,
hereby instructed to deliver said
certificates to the Keokuk Quarry &
Construction Co., the contractor for
the said improvement, and to take
his receipt therefor, said certificates
to be delivered to. the contractor in
payment of SO much Of the cost of
the construction Of improvement on
Fulton street from west line of Fiji
teenth to east line Of Sixteenth and
on Orleans avenue from east line Of
Fifteenth to west line of Sixteenth,
as is represented by said certificates.
Adopted June 80, 1917, by the fol
lowing vote:
Aye-Lofton, Hilpert, Hickey.
Ayes, 3: noes. 0.
Approved and signed:
Mayor of the City of Keokua
Attest:
o. w. SANDBERG, City Clerk
Resolution No. 423.
Whereas, On the 18th day Of March,
1917, the City of Keokuk did enter
into contract with Cameron, Joyce &
Company for the improvement Of
Palean street from east line Of Thir-
teenth to west line of Fourteenth, by
grading between sub-grade and estab-
lished grade, paving with concrete
and curbing with cement, in the
manner provided in said contract;
and
Whereas, The said Cameron. Joyce
& Company, contractor, has fully
rpr1y in,