The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-29

| cordipg to area, so as 10 lncluue one
half of the privately owned propert!
between the street so improved ane
| the next street, whether such pri
vately owned property abut on said
street or not. but in no case including
privately owned property situated
more than three hundred 5000 feet
from the street so improved, Is to be
SO assessed, and special assessment
certificates are to be issued in an
ticipation OF the collection of such
special taxes, which certificates ars
to be accepted by the contractor IN
payment of so much of the cost OF
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
OF ground AUDITING upon or adjacent
to said improvement, according to
area, so as to include one-half 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 (300) feet from the
street so improved, special assess
ments to the amount Of $3y627.3S. as
shown in the schedule now one file
in the office of the City Clerk, which
said assessments were levied on the
twelfth day Of July, 1919,
Therefore, Be 1t Resolved. By the
City Council of the City of Keokuk:
L. too, Ixrt b.
of Keokuk, street improvement GER
tificates to the total amount OF
$3,62T.3S. One certificate shall be
issued for each and every separate
piece of property assessed, as shown
on said schedule, which certificate
shall be for the amount of the spe.
cial taxes assessed against such
property, and the certificates shall
be numbered from 519 to 556. inclu-
sive. Such certificates shall transfer
to the bearer all the right and In.
terest of the city in such assess
ments, and shall be in the form pro-
vided by the laws Of Iowa and the
ordinances of the City of Keokuk.
Be 1t Further Resolved, That the
Mayor and City Clerk be, and they
are hereby, instructed to execute said
certificates, and when SO executed
that they be placed on file In the
office of the City Clerk for period
of thirty days from and after the
date Of making of the said assess
ment, to-wit: the twenty-first day OF
July, 1919, to the end that the owner
of any lot or parcel of land against
which an assessment has been made
may, within said time, promise and
agree in writing endorsed on said
certificate, or in separate agree
ment, that in consideration of hav-
ing the right to pay his assessment
in installments he will not make any
objection Of Illegally or irregularity
as to the assessment OF levey Of said
tax upon and against his property,
and will pay said assessment with
interest thereon.
Be 1t Further Resolved, That at
the expiration of said period of thirty
days the City Clerk be, and he Is
hereby, instructed to deliver said
certificates to Keokuk Quarry and
Construction Company, the contrac-
tor for the said improvement, and
to take his receipt therefor, said GER
tificates to be delivered to the con-
tractor in payment of so much OF the
cost of the construction of improve
ment on Bank street from west curb
line Of Water on the northerly side
to the east curb line of Second street,
by grading between sub-grade and
established grade, and reconstruct1ng
with macadam, as Is represented by
said certificates.
Adopted July FL, 1919, by the fol-
lowing vote:
Aye-Lofton, Hemmy, Hickey.
Ayes, 8; noes, 0.
Approved and signed:
Jed S. LOTION,
Mayor Of the City Of Keokuk.
Attest: o. w. SANDBERA,
City Clerk.
Resolution No. ee5.
Be 1t Resolved, BY the City Coun-
Gil of the City Of Keokuk:
That the following pay rolls be,
and they are hereby, approved and
ordered paid:
Warrant No. 9o96, Street. >. 1925. 20
Warrant No 9O97, River Front POI 90
Warrant No. 9098, Sewer. 80. 1880
Warrant No. 9099, Motor We
hicle Observation-Disclosures 2290
Warrant No. 300, Sanitary. 2705
Warrant No. 9101, Grading. 1880
Warrant No. 9102, Park. 800. 74.20
Warrant No. 91O3, Bridge. 80. 42O
Warrant No. 9104, General. ~. $3.50
Warrant No. 91O5, Fire. ...... 200
Warrant No. 9106, Sam Berry,
burying dogs and cats, Police 500
Roll call:
Aye-Lofton. Hemmy, Hickey.
ED s. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
o. w. SANDBERG. City Clerk.
The Cats and the Birds.