The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-13
Official Council Proceedings


..+est. Mayor.
AZ w sANDBERG, City Clerk.
y May "a, 1917, 8 q. m.
Council met in regular session with
= MEMBERS present. Mayor Lotion
an Minutes Of meeting OF
Nv 81. 1917, were read and approx.
eu' Resolution No. $50.
D. ~ resolved. BY the City Council
- The city of Keokuk:
u that the City Clerk be, and he is
,nabv authorized to issue warrant
Nc 5s34 for $32.55, in favor Of George
y cameron, on account Of error in
assessment on % acres in the N. w.
a,,orter of the N. E. quarter, section
% township 65, range 5 west.
aye-L ofton, Hilpert, Hickey.
~ ED. S. LOTION,
Attest. Mayor.
= W. W sANDBDRG. City Clerk.
There being no further business,
Council upon motion, adjourned.
'ou- ED. $. LOTION,
Arrest. Mayor.
q VS. W sANDBERG, City Clerk.
May 2S, 1917, 9 a. m.
Council met in regular session with
oil members present, Mayor Lotion
presiding. Minutes OF meeting OF
NAV "a, 1917, were read and ap-
resolution No. s7s having been on
file in the office of the City Clerk for
nerfod of one week for public in
snection as required by law is now
before the City Council and same is
adopted by the following vote:
Aye-Lofton, Hilpert, Hickey.
I'd. S. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
o W. sANDBERG. City Clerk
Resolution No. 3s1.
Re it resolved, BY the City Council
Of the City of Keokuk:
/ That the following pay rolls be,
and they are hereby approved and
ordered paid:-
Warrant No. 5335, Park ......s $3.50
Warrant No. 1896, Improve
ment MISUNDERSTANDING. lOS.b7
Warrant No. 1897, Sewer -. 1852
Warrant No 1898. Street -. 142.S5
Warrant No. 1893, Motor We
hicle ..............7.... 49,. I4.ou
Warrant No. 5S4O. Sidewalk -. 1.SO
Roll call:
Aye-Lofton, Hilpert. Hickey.
ED. S. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
O. WI sANDBERG, City Clerk,
Resolution No. 1872.
Be it resolved, By the City Council
Of the City of Keokuk
That the bid Of Glasgow & Son OF
thirty 900 cents per hundred pounds
to furnish ice to the fire and police
stations, city Offices, and elsewhere
as they may direct, except the West
Keokuk fire station and city scale,
which shall be forty t40) cents per
hundred pounds, be, and the same is
hereby accepted.
Be it further resolved, That the
Mayor be, and he is hereby instructed
to enter into contract on behalf of
the City of Keokuk with the said
season of 1917.
Adopted May 20, 1917, by the fol
lowing vote:
Aye-Lofton, Hilpert, Hickey.
ED. S LOTION,
O. W. sANDBERG, City Clerk
There being no further business,
Council took recess until May 20.
AS4 " . d. IL
ED. S. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
0. W. sANDBERG, City Clerk.
May 20. 1917, 9 a. m.
Council convened after recess with
all members present. Mayor Lotion
presiding.
Ordinance No. 4s4, being an ordin-
ance Prohibiting the pollution Of
the water supply of the City OF Keo-
kuk within the city limits north OF
the north line of Morgan street ex-
tended was presented to the Coun'
Gil
1t was moved and seconded that
the rules be suspended and said
ordinance No. 4s4 be placed upon its
passage. Carried. 1t was moved by
Councilman Hilpert, seconded 'by
Councilman Hickey, that said ordin
ance No. 4S4, which reads as follows,
towit: &
Ordinance No. 4s4.
An ordinance prohibiting the poliu.
ton Of the water supply Of the
City of Keokuk within the city
limits north Of the north line of
Morgan street extended.
Be it ordained by the City Council
VI LHe lily OF heOkuk tnaC cndpLeE
XVIII Of the Revised Ordinances of
the City of Keokuk be and the same
is hereby amended by adding thereto
the following to be known as sec
ton S.
It shall be a misdemeanor for any
firm, corporation, railroad. steam
boat or their officers, agents or en-
ployes or for any person to drain,
dump or deposit into that part OF
the Mississippi river within tho
boundaries Of the City of Keokuk
north of the north line Of Morgan
street extended. any refuse, offal,
putrid or offensive matter, and all
toilets on steamboats,, railroad trains,
mouse boats and the like shall be
locked while remaining stationary OF
passing through or running in that
part of the City of Keokuk or that
part of the Mississippi river describ-
ed above.
All ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed.
Passed this 29th day Of May, 1917,
Dy the City Co11ncil. nf tho civ of