The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-11

Warrant No. 81. Street. 81 .o5
Warrant No sS. County Road. 24.00
Warrant No 60 Sewer $3.50
Warrant No. 70. General. 2657
Warrant No n Fire $50
Warrant No ~. Park $500
Warrant No. 70, Cemetery. 4S.7S
Warrant No "a, Sam Berry.
nuisance account, Police. -. LOU
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Aye-Craig, Hemmy, Overton.
T. A. CRAIG,
Attest: Mayor.
o. W. sANDBERG, City Clerk.
There being no further business,
Council took recess until Septem'
Der Is, 1890, 8 a. M.
r. A. CRAIG.
Attest: Mayor.
O. w. sANDBERG, City Clerk.
September Is, 1920, a. m.
Council convened after recess with
an members present, Mayor Craig
presiding.
Resolution No. IA 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 the same
Aye-Craig, Hemmy, Overtun.
Resolution No w.
Whereas, On the twenty-ufnth day
of June, 1920. the City OF KeolSuk did
enter into contract with the Keokuk
Quarry and Construction Company
for the construction Of cement side
walks FIVE feet wide alongside Of lots
and Il, block 81, and alongside OF
lot IL, block 20, Reds addition to
the City of Keokuk, in the manner
provided in said contract, and
Whereas, The said Keokuk Quarry
and Contraction Company, contrac
tor, has fully completed the said
work. TN accordance with the terms
of its contract, and the said work has
been duly accepted by this Council
as fully complying with tho terms,
conditions and requirements Of the
said contract and the plans and spect
fications thereto attached; and
Whereas, Under the terms OF the
said contract so much Of the cost Of
the said Improvement as is by law
assessable against each privately
owned lot or parcel Of ground abut.
ting thereon is to be so assessed and
special assessment certificates are to
be issued in anticipation Of the col
lection Of such special taxes, which
certificates are to be accepted by the
contractor IN payment Of so much OF
the cost Of He said improvement as
equals the amount OF such special
assessment; and
Whereas, There have beep hereto
fore leyied by this Council against
each privately owned lot or parcel Of
ground abutting upon said Improve
ment special assessments to the
amount of $29070, as shown In the
schedule now on file in the office OF
the City Clerk, which said assess
ments were levied on the seventh
day Of September 1920,
Therefore, Be It Resolved, BY the
City Council Of the City of Keokuk,
That there be issued by the City Of
Keokuk sidewalk improvement Ger
tificates to the total amount Oh
s290.70. One certificate shall be is
sued 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 mum
certificates shall transfer to the
bearer all the right and interest oil
the city in such assessments, and
shall be in the form provided by the
laws Of Iowa and the ordinances 81
the City Of Keokuk.
Be 1t Further Resolved, That the
Mayor and City Clerk be, and they
are hereby, instructed to execute sale
i certificates. and when so executed
that they be placed on file in the
office of the City Clerk for periot
! Of thirty days from and after thu
date Of the making Of the said as
! sessment, to-wit: the fifteenth day O
/ September, 1920, to the end that thu
owner Of any lot or parcel OF lant
against which an assessment ha:
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 pa.
his assessment in fnstallments h
will not make any objection Of lille
| gality or irregularity as to the as
sessment OF levy of said tax upol
and against his property, and will
pay said assessment with interes
thereon
| Resolution No. 1923.
Be It Resolved, By the City Cour
Gil of the City of Keokuk:
That the First Lutheran Church BIZ
and 1T is hereby, granted permissio
to construct cement steps in the side
walk space in Blondeau street an
Eleventh street. in front and alons
side of lot u, block 167, City of Ket
kuk, five feet in the sidewalk spac
from the property line to the side
walk line.
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