The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-30
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

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Sealed proposals will be received
by the City Clerk OF the City OF
Keokuk. at his office in Keokuk, until
O'Clock p. m. on the eleventh day
of July, 1919, for the construction OF
. the following described improvement.
as per plans and specifications now
on file IN the office OF the said clerk:
Grading and paving with concrete
and curbing with cement Timea
street from the west line OF Egh-
teenth street to the east line OF
| Twenty-first street, 80 feet wide be-
tween curbs, about 1900 square yards
OF paving and 1880 lineal feet of
curbing, more or less, work to begin
on or before the thirtieth day OF
July. 1919. and to be fully completed
on or before the thirtieth day Of Sep.
TENDER, 1919.
So much OF the cost OF the con-
struction of the said improvement as
is by law assessable against abutting
and adjacent property land railway
and street railways having tracks
located on the street so improved
to be assessed against the privately
owned property abutting on and ad-
jacent to said improvement, accord
ing to area, so as to include one-half
(1s) Of the privately owned property
between the street so improved and
the next street, whether such pri-
vately owned property abut upon said
street or not, but in no case shall
privately owned property situated
more than three hundred t300) feet
from the street so improved be 80
assessed land the property OF said
railway companies) in accordance
with the law governing the same. and
payment to the amount of such as
sessment for such work will be made
in assessment certificates, bearing
interest at the rate of six per cen!
per annum, issued in accordance with
! law. In case of any deficiency be-
tween the contract price and the
amount of such certificates. such
! deficiency will be paid in warrants
drawn on the City Improvement
Fund available for the fiscal year
/ beginning April 1. 1919, 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 the proceeds
thereof, to making the special as
| sessment above referred to and Is
suing assessment certificates to the
/ contractor therefor. The warrants
herein provided for to be drawn as
| soon as the poceeds of said tax are
! available. Said assessment certiei-
Gates and warrants, if 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 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 nine hundred
dollars Each envelope must be adj
dressed to the City OF Keokuk and
endorsed with the rame of the bid
der and the Improvement such check
and proposal are for. Certified
checks accompanying proposals will
be returned to the unsuccessful bid
ders when the contract 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 improve
I ment with the City of Keokuk and
given bond in the sum Of four thou
sand eight hundred dollars, with sura-
ties to be approved by the City Coun-
Gil of the City of Keokuk, for the
faithful performance of his contract.
The contract will contain provision
that the contractor shall guarantee
the Improvement to remain in good
repair for the period of two years
from and after the date of its &C
ceptance by the City Council, and
the bond will contain like condi-
ton.
In case the successful bidder shall
fail to enter into contract with the
City of Keokuk for the construction
of said improvement or furnish bond
as herein required, and as required
by law. the certified check depos-
tied by him with his bid shall be
forfeited to the City of Keokuk as
agreed and liquidated damages
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids.
The proposals received will be
acted upon By the City Council OF
the City of Keokuk on the twelfth
day Of July, 1919.
Published by authority OF the City
I Council of the City of Keokuk.
/ o. w. SANDBERG,
City Clerk of Said City.