The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-10
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ting thereon or adjacent thereto, aC
! cording to area, so as to include one.
! half OF the privately owned property
between the street 80 improved and
/ the next street, whether such pri'
vately owned property abut on SAID
street or not. but in no case includ-
I ing privately owned property situ'
ated more than three hundred (3Oo)
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
to be accepted by the contractor in
payment OF so much of the cost OK
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 abutting 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 abtN on said street or not,
but in no case including privately
owned property situated more than
| three hundred (300) feet from the
street SO improvd. special assess
ments to the amount of $2,537.S0, as
shown in tho schedule now on file
in the office of the City Clerk, which
said assessments were levied on the
nineteenth day of June. 1919,
! Therefore, BE 1t Resolved, By the
City Council of the City of Keokuk,
/ That there be issued by the City OF
Keokuk, street improvement certifi'
j Gates to the total amount OF S2,537.S0.
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 special taxes
assessed against such property, and
! the certificates shall be numbered
from ,4S1 to SIS, inclusive. such GER
tificates shall transfer to the bearer
all the right and interest of the city
! in such assessments, and shall be in
the form provided 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 a period
/ of thirty days from and after the
date of the making OF the said as
sessment, to-wit: the twenty-seventh
day Of June, 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 en-
dorsed on said certificate, or in
separate agreement that in consid-
Grafton of having the right to pay his
assessment in installments he will
not make any objection Of illegality
or irregularity as to the assessment
or levy of said tax upon and against
his property, and will pay said as
sessment, with interest thereon.
There being no further business.
Council upon motion adjourned.
ED S. LOTION.
Attest: Mayor.
o. w. sANDBERG, City Clerk.
June 80, 1919, a. m.
Council met in regular session with
all members present, Mayor Lotion
presiding. Minutes of meetings of
i June z6 and q, 1919, were read and
approved.
Resolutions Nos. S33 and 1874, hav-
| ing been on file and posted in the
office of the City Clerk for a period
Of one week for public inspection, as
required by law, are now before the
City Council and same are adopted
by the following vote:
Aye Lotion, Hemmy, Hickey.
ED S. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
o. w. sANDBERG, City Clerk.
Resolution No. $40.
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. 8941, General. s421.53
Warrant No. S942, Grading 1872
Warrant No. 1913, 1mproyem't 287.53
! Warrant No 1914 Sewer. 49,. 1871
Warrant No. S945, Board. of
Health ...... 1880
Warrant No. 1916, Sidewalk 5000
Warrant No. S947, Fire. ..... 317.43
Warrant No. S94S, Fire Appara
tuS ....-..... $3.50
| W arrant NO. S54J, tdTh. $3.50. -c5.oG
Warrant No. $3.50, River Front 5.O9
Warrant No 1851, Judgment. 1886
Warrant No. 1852 Sanitary. 7l.SS
Warrant No. 1858, Light. $50. $500
Warrant No 1854, Police. ..... 10000
Warrant No 1906, Police. go. 420.oG
Warrant No 1855, Fire. ..... $4,000
Warrant No. 1857, Fire. $3.50
$3.6466a
Roll call:
Aye-Lofton, Hemmy, Hickey.
ED S. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
o. w. sANDBDRG, City Clerk.
Resolution No. 841.
Be 1t Resolved, BY the City Coun
Gil of the City of Keokuk:
That the following pay rolls and
bills be, and they are hereby, ap-
proved and ordered paid: