The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-27
November. 70, 1918, g a. m.
Council convened after recess with
all members present, Mayor Lotion
pro !

lSSStbo $l,oUU III tlLue WdTTdUIS, MOB.
1868 to 1872. inclusive, payable April
Is, 1919, with interest at the rate of
six per cent from date, the same be-
ing sold at par to the State Central
Savings Bank as Of November 26,
1913, to secure funds for necessary
current expenses to be placed as a
credit to the following funds:
General 100000
Fire .................. 10000
Roll Call:
/ Aye-Lofton, Hemmy, Hickey.
ED s. LOTION.
Attest: Mayor.
! o. w. sANDBHRG, City Clerk.
There being no further business,
Council took recess until Novem-
ED s. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
! o. w. SANDBERG. City Clerk
November 81. 1918. 9 a. m.
Council convened after recess with
all members present. Mayor Lotion
presiding.
Resolution No. TOT having been on
file 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
Sdiuc 10 duCptcu Wy luC AhS
vote:
Aye-Iofton, Hemmy. Hickey.
ED S. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
| O. w. sANDBERG. City Clerk.
! Resolution No. 700.
Whereas, On the 10Th day Of Au
gust, 1918, the City of Keokuk did
enter into contract with Cameron,
joyce & Company for the improve
ment OF Main street from west line
| Of Water to east line OF Second
street, &c feet between curbs, by
grading between subgrade and estab-
lished grade, curbing with cement
and paving with No. vitrified paw
ing blocks on fiye-inch concrete
base, and paving with concrete pave
ment seven inches deep; brick block
paving constructed fifteen feet wide
on each side Of the center line Of
said street; concrete laid eighteen
feet wide on each side OF the street
between point fifteen feet and !
thirty-three feet on each side Of the
said center line OF Main street, IN
the manner provided in said con- |
tract; and
Whereas, The said Cameron, joyce /
& Co, contractor, has fully com |
pleted the said work, in accordance /
with the terms Of its contract and
the said work has been duly accepted |
by this Council as fully complying
with the terms, conditions and re-
quirements OF the said contract. and |
the plans and specifications thereto
attached; and
Whereas. Under the terms of the
~ nf
the said Improvement as is by law /
assesable against each privately |
owned lot or parcel of ground abut- |
ting thereon or adjacent thereto, ac-
acording to area, so as to include one /
half OF the privately owned property
between the street 80 improved and |
the next street, whether such prt-
yateIy owned property abut on said /
street or not but in no case includ-
ing privately owned property stu
ated more than three hundred (3O0)
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
t, be accepted by the contractor In
payment Of so much OF the cost or
the said Improvement as equals the
amount of such special assessment;
and
Whereas, There have been hereto
fore levied by this Council against
each privately owned lot or parcel
oil ground abutting upon or adjacent
to said improvement, according to !
area. so as to include one-haf of the
privately 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 (30O) feet from the
street so improved, special assess
ments to the amount OF $14, 464.53,
as shown in the schedule now on file
in the office OF the City Clerk, which
said assessments were levied on the
18th day of November, 1918,
There fore, Be It Resolved, By the
City Council of the City of Keol1uk,
that there be issued by the City OF
keolauk, street improvement certfi-
Gates to the total amount of S14.-
464.5S. One certificate shall be Is i
sued for each and every separate '
piece of property assessed, as shown /
on said schedule, which certificate I
shall be for the amount of the spe-
cial taxes assessed against such I
property, and the certificates shall
be numbered from Az to 446, inclu-
sive. Such certificates shall trans
Ter to the bearer all right ind inter
est of the city in such assessments. '
md shall be in the form provided by
he laws of Iowa and the ordinances i
d the City of Keokuk. 6
Be It Further Resolved, That the
Mayor and City Clerk be. and they
ire hereby, instructed to execute
said certificates, and when SO exc c
,uted that they be placed on file in
he office of the City Clerk for a b
period of thirty days from and after I
he date of the making OF the said Y
assessment, to-wit: the 9th day of Y
November, 1913, to the end that the
,wner of any lot or parcel Of land Y