The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-21
NOTICE 70 CONTRACTORS.
Sealed proposals will be recsiv

Sealed proposals will be received
by the City Clerk Of the City OF Keo-
kuk. 1T his Office In Ksokuk, until 8
o'clock D. M, on the I'd day Of April
1917. for the construction Of the fol
lowing described Improvement. az
per plans and specifications now on
Ale in the of1cs Of the said clerk:
Paving alleys through blocks 81
and 1O3, City Of Keokuk. with con-
crete, about 1880 square yards Of
paving, more or less. work to begin
ON or before the 18th day of May.
1917. and to be fully completed on
or before the 18th day OF July, 1917.
So much Of the cost of the con-
struction Of the said improvem ent as
is by law assessable against abutting
and adjacent property to be assessed
against the privately owned property
AUDITING on and adjacent to said Inn
provement, according to area, so as
to include one-half (1a) of the pri-
yately owned property between the
alleys so improved and the next
street, whether such privately owned
property abut upon said alleys or not,
but in no case shall privately owned
property situated moro than one hun
dred fifty (15O) feet from the alleys
SO improved be so assessed in &C.
cordance with the law governing the
same. and payment to the amount of
such assessment Tor such work will
be made In assessment certificates,
bearing interest at tho rate of six
per cent. per annum, issued in ac-
cordance with law. In case of any
deficiency between the contract price
and the amount Of such certificates,
such deficiency will be paid in war
rants drawn on the City Improve
ment Fund available for the fiscal
year beginning April /. 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 apply 1.-The proceeds
thereof. to making the special assess
ment above referred to and issuing
assessor ent certificates to the con-
tractor therefor. The warrants here
in provided for, to be drawn as soon
as the proceeds Of said tai are
available Said assessment certifi-
Gates and warrants, II such warrants
be issued, shall be accepted by the
contractor In full payment for all
work done under his contract with
out recourse on the City OF Keokuk.
Each bid must be accompanied
with a certified check, in a separate
envelope, said check to be drawn on
some known responsible bank, and
made payable to the order of the
City Treasurer Of the City of Keo-
kuk, in the sum OF One Hundred
(S1oo) Dollars for each alley. Each
envelope must be addressed TO the
City Of Keokuk and endorsed with
the name of the bidder and the i'm
such check and proposal
are for. Certified checks accompany
tng proposals will be returned to the
bidders when the con-
tract has been awarded, and also to
the bidder to whom the contract is
awarded when he shall have entered
into contract for the construction of
said improvement with the City of
Keokuk and given bond in the sum
of Five Hundred (s5o0) Dollars for
each alley, with sureties to be ap-
proved by the City Council of the
City Of Keokuk, for the, faithful per-
Torrance of his contract The con-
tract will contain provision that
the contractor shall guarantee the