The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-15
OFFICIAL COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS
December 80. 1918.


of the City of Keokuk:
That the City Clerk be, and he is
hereby authorized to draw warrants
Nos. Sill to 8115, inclusive, aggre-
eating $4,000 for semi-annual interest
due January 4. 1919. on refundlng
bonds of $780, 900 dated January l.
1914. and that the same be sent to
Halsey Stuart & Co. Chicago, III.
The City Clerk is also authorized
to draw warrant No. S116 for S1S7.5V,
being semi-annual interest due jan
Iuary /, 1919, on sewer funding bonds
of $500, dated July i, 1918. to be
sent to George M. Bechtel & Company
Davenport. Iowa.
Roll call
Aye-Lofton, Kenny, Hickey.
Attest. Mayor,
o. w. sANDBERG, City Clerk.
Resolution No. 72O.
| Be 1t Resolved, BY the City Council
of the City of Keokuk:
| That the City Clerk be, and he Is
hereby authorized to issue warrants
/ Nos. 8117 to S119, inclusive, for
$1234.13 in favor Of Cameron, Joyce
/ & Company chargeable to Improve.
ment account, being amounts REFUNDED
ON special assessment on Main street
| from Water to Second streets, said
assessment being more than 70 per
centum of the taxable valuation. Also
That the City Clerk be, and he IS
hereby authorized to issue warrants
No. 1920 to 1922. inclusive, IN favor
OF Cameron, Joyce & Company, TOT
$1235.O2 chargeable to Improvement
account, same to cover special as
sessments for Improvement against
the following city property:
! Series No. 275.
Certificate No. 444, all OF lot
10, north OF Bidge streets 944
Certificate No. 445, Ex. 1sA
/ feet of lot II, blk. IL,
| north OF Bridge street ~. 46 70
certificate No. 446. all OF
| Bridge street $500. $50. oV
certificate No. 442, all of lot.
/ IL, block IL, south Of Bridge
street Keokuk Indus. Assn. 1873
Certificate No. 443. all Of lot
10, blk. IL, south of Bridge
street, Keokuk Indus. Assn. 1888. Az
s1,235 .O2
4 Adopted December 80, 1913, by the
following vote:
Aye-Lofton, Hemmy. Hickey.
ED. S. LOTION.
Attest. Mayor
@. w. sANDBERG, city Clerk.
There being no further business
.. Council took recess until Decembei
ED. s. LOTION.
Attest. Mayor
o. W. sANDBERG, City Clerk.
December 81, 1918, a. m.
Council convened after recess witt
: all members present, Mayor Loftor
! presiding.
Resolution No. 72f.
!. Be It Resolved, By the City Counc1l
of the CITY of Keokuk:
That the City Clerk be, and he Is
thereby authorized to issue. warrants
mos. s123 to S125 inclusive, in favor
of VIM. Reimbold, county treasurer
: in the sum of $1o3S.62, chargeahle tc
Improvement account, being in pay
! ment OF Coupons No. 2 of special
pavement certificates and interest,"
thereon against the City OF keokuf
as per record on fle.
Roll call
Aye-Lofton, Hemmy, Hickey.
ED. S. LOTION.
{ Attest. Mayor
8 O. w. SANDBERG, CITY Clerk.
= Special Ordinance No. 500 being al
r "Ordinance amending Special Ord1n
4 ance No 434 by striking out OF Sec
4 ton II thereof the words or figures
1920 and inserting in lieu thereon TIT
5 words or figures 1922" was present
! ed to the council. 1t was moved ant
, seconded that the rules be suspende'
and said Special Ordinance No. 500 b.
! placed upon its passage. Carried.
: was moved by Councilman Hemm!
: seconded by Council man Hickey tina
said Special Ordinance No. SOB, whic
READS as follows, to-wit:
al Special Ordinance No. sos.
it An ordinance amending Special VI
dinance No. 434 by striking out OF Sec
ltion II thereof the words or FIGURES
1920 and inserting in lieu thereo
the words or figures, 1922
Whereas: On February %. 1914 tn
CITY Council of the City Of keoku
passed Special Ordinance No. asa, PIT
ividing for the construction OF an IL
dustriaI railroad or switch track, an
by the provisions of Section II there
iof a certain part of the work referre
to In said special ordinance was to b
CONSTRUCTED or built prior to Januar
/. 1920. and
Where. s: It is now made to appes
that it is impractical to begin sal
work prior to January i, 1920. and thu
IT ia to the mutual advantage Of tn
City, as well as the grantee in sal
special ordinance, that the time be e
tended 10 January !, 1922, with
y-I{ch to hegin the construction r