The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-19

Roll call.
Aye-Lofton, IIilpert, Hickey.
ED. s. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
O. w. sANDBERG, City Clerk,
Resolution No. 426.
Be 1t resolved, BY the City Council
of the City Of Keokuk:
That the Mayor and City Clerk be,
and they are hereby authorized to is
sue $1,000 in time warrants. Nos. SOL
to 1924, inclusive. payable October
10, 1917, with interest at the rate OF
five per cent from date, the same be.
ing sold at par to the State Central
Savings bank as OF July 2, 1917, to
secure funds for necessary current
expenses to be distributed as credit
to the following funds:
Fire 400
Improvement 400
Grading 200
Roll call:
Aye-Lofton, Hilpert, Hickey.
ED. S. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor,
o. w. SANDBERG, City Clerk.
Resolution No. AT.
Whereas, On the 18th day Of March,
1917, the Keokuk Quarry & ConstrIc-
ton company did enter into contract
with the City Of Keokuk for the i'm
provement OF Fourteenth street from
south line of Seymour to south curb
line OF Grand avenue, by grading be-
tween sub-grade and established
grade, paving with concrete and euro
ing with cement, and for the improve
ment Of Fourteenth from north line
of Orleans avenue to south line OF
Sv,or 10frr of,t-
grade and established grade and paw
was duly approved by this council on
the goth day of March. 1917. and
Whereas, The said Keokuk Quarry
& Construction company has fully
completed the construction Of the said
improvement in accordance with the
terms and conditions of the said con-
tract and the plans and specifications
thereto attached, as shown by the
certificate of the City Engineer, filed
with the City Clerk on the 14th day
of February 1917, therefore,
Be it resolved by the City Council
of the City of Keokuk that the said
report Of the City Engineer be, and
the same is, hereby approved and
adopted, and that the improvement on
Fourteenth street from south line OF
Seymour to south curb line of Grand
avenue, and on Fourteenth street
from north line Of Orleans avenue to
south line of Seymour, by the Keokuk
Quarry & Construction Co., under It's
contract with the City of Keokuk,
bearing date of March Is, 1917, is
hereby approved and accepted. as
having been fully completed under
the terms and conditions of the said
contract and the plans and specified
lions thereto attached, and the cost
thereof is hereby determined to De
as follows:
Fourteenth street from Seymour to
Grand, $5179.43.
Fourteenth street from Orleans to
Seymour, s3464.17.
AS shown in said report of the City
Engineer; and
Be it further resolved, That the
City Engineer is hereby instructed
and directed to prepare a plat and
schedule of the said portion of the
said street, showing the separate
lots or parcels of ground, or portions
the cost of the construction of the
said improvement, together with the
names of the owners thereof, as far
as practicable, and the amount as
sessable by law against each private
ly owned lot or parcel Of ground abut-
ting thereon and adjacent thereto, &C
cording to area, so as to include one
half of the privately owned property
between the streets so improved and
the next street, whether such private
ly owned property abut on said street
or not, but in no case shall privately
owned property situated more than
three hundred 5000 feet from the
street so improved be so assessed,
(and against said street railways
whose tracks are located thereon),
which said plat and schedule, when
completed, shall be filed in the office
of the City Clerk.
Adopted July 2, 1917, by the fol-
lowing vote:
Aye-Lofton, Hilpert, Hickey.
Ayes, 3; noes, 0.
Approved and signed:
ED S. LOTION,
Mayor of the City Of Keokuk.
Attest:
o. W. sANDBERG. City Clerk.
Resolution No. 429.
Whereas, In accordance with the
instructions of this council there have
been prepared and placed on file in
the Office of the City Clerk, plat
and schedule, showing assessments
proposed to be made for the cost Of
the construction of Improvement on
Fourteenth street from south line Of
Seymour to south curb line of Grand
avenue by grading between sub
grade and established grade, paving
with concrete and curbing with ce-
ment, and Fourteenth street from
north line Of Orleans avenue to south
line of Seymour. by grading between
sub-grade and established grade and
paving with concrete, against the
privately owned property abutting