Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-11-09
SANITATION.
A Bill 10 Improvs The Sewerage
System OF Ihe City.

was recommended 70 the General Assembly
for enactment into law, in the form In which
It was approved by the Board of Sanitary
Commissioners, at their regular meeting,
held on last Monday. The bill is as follows:
A BILL
To be entitled an act to authorize the Mayor
and Aldermen Of the city Of Savannah to
lay down and construct IN the streets and
lanes of said city such sewers or drains
as may be necessary, and to assess upon
the owners Of lots abutting on so much Of
such street or lane in which sewers or
drains may be laid under this act, the cost
of such improvement as hereinafter pro-
vided for, and to provide for the manner
of collecting such assessments.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
aud House OF Represent atives OF the State
of Georgia in General Assembly me-, and 1t
Is hereby enacted by authority Of the same,
That from and after TIE passage OF this act
the Mayor and Aldermen of the city OF Ss-
vannsh be, and they are hereby authorized
and empowered for sanitary purposes, or
upon the application of the owners Of
majority Of the lots abutting on any street
or lane, or portion thereof, through which
such desired or necessary primary drain
may run, to lay down and construct, under
such regulations as they may prescribe,
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pose of house drainage, and TO apporti0n
and assess the cost OF the same upon the
owners of the lots sbutting on theIines OF
the streets or lanes, or portions thereof,
through which said drains are laid, in ratio
and manner as hereinafter provided.
SEC. g. Aud It is further enacted by su-
thority of the same, That wherever, in the
judgment Of said Mayor and Aldermen, the
larger drains or sewers now existing In said
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cross drains or main trunk outlets Tor the
discharge of the outflow from said primary
drains, they shall be so used; but II the said
Mayor and Aldermen shall fud that 1t Is in
expedient or inadvlsable to use said existing
sewers, or any portion of them, as cross
drains or main trunk outlets for the dis
charge of the outflow from said primary
drains, whether because Of their location,
grade, structure, or want Of adaptation to
said purposes of house drainage, It shall be
lawful for said Mayor and Aldermen, and
they are hereby further authorized and en-
powered, to lay down and construct on such
lines and cross lines and through such streets
or lanes, or any portion Of them, as they
may determine upon, such larger cross
drains and main trunk outlets as may be
necessary for the reception aud transmission
of the outflow from said primary drains, or
from any portion OF them, Immediately re-
ceiVing the discharges from the prem
ises ahutting along their lines;
and when such larger cross
drains or main trunk outlets are used
both SIS primary drains for the immediate
reception of the outflow from the premises
AUDITING along their lines, and as cross
drains or main trunk outlets for tributary
primary drains, so much Of their cost as shall
be equal to the expense OF constructing
primary drains Of similar length along the
same lines, shall be assessed upon the
owners of the lots abutting along their
lines, and the excess Of ccst Of said larger
drains over and above the cost of construct
ing primary drains of similar length on the
same lines shall be charged to said corpora
ton.
SEC. 3. And it is further enacted by au-
thority of the same, That the ratio which
the breadth or face OF any lot admitting on
the line of any euch drain bears to the
length OF such drain on said line shall be the
ratio of computation of the amount to be
assessed upon the owner of such lot as his
pro rata Of expense in the construction of
such drain-it being understood that the
total cost OF construction Of a primary
drain shall be divided between the owners
of the lots AUDITING on both sides of the.
street or lane, or portion thereof, through
which said primary drain shall have been
constructed: Provided that when primary
drain lies abreast OF one front OF
shall be constructed along another
front of the same lot, no assessment shall be
made upon said lot except for its pro rata
apportionment Of the cost of such primary
drain. And provided further, that In the
case of said larger cross drains or main
trunk outlets such assessments shall be dis
tributed between the lot owners and the
corporation as provided for in section 2 Of
this act.
SEC And 1t is further enacted by au-
thoritY of the same, That whenever such
drain is constructed along the line of any
street or lane, it shall be supplied with a
means of flushing at necessary intervals in
dependent of and in addition to the fluids
pouring into It from connecting house pipes.
and when these sanitary provisions are per-
fected and the outflow through said larger
cross drains and main trunk outlets pro-
vided for, 1t may and shall be lawful for
said Mayor and Aldermen to require the
abolition of all privles and dry wells at
tached 70 premises tributary thereto.
SEC. 5. Aud it is further enacted by au-
thoritY of the same, That wherever the
owners of the lots abutting any street or
lane, or portion thereof, have previously
constructed at their own expense primary
drains of sufficient capacity for the
purposes OF house drainage, and desire
to have such drains received as a part of
the general system where their location,
grade, structure and capacity are in harmo-
nv Herewith, or to have them relaid ia a
proper location and grade when otherwise
suitable, so as to secure the benefits pro-
vided for the general system In section OF
this act, 1t shall be lawful for said Mayor
and Aldermen to accept such piuing on
such terms aud conditions as shall be Just
and reasonable, and, when necessary, to re-
lay said lines in harmony with the general
system.
SEC. 6. And 1t is further enacted by au-
thoritY of the same, that whenever the said
Mayor and Aldermen shall deem it necessa-
ry to construct a primary, or cross. or trunk
drain of the character referred to in the pre-
vious sections Of this act, for sanitary pur-
poses, notice of such intended work shall be
given to the owners of the lots AUDITING on
the street or lane through which said drain
is intended to be run, and said owners Of
said lots AUDITING on said street or lane
shall have a right OF appeal to said Mayor
and Aldermen against the execution of said
intended work; and said Mayor and Alder
men, after hearing the objections thereto
presented by said owners OF said lots AUDITING
on said street or lane, or portion thereo
through which 1t is deemed necessary
to construct said drain for sanitary purposes,
shall render final decision as to whether, for
the time being, such drain shall be laid and
constructed or not.
SEC Z. And 1t is further enacted by au-
thority of the same, That the said the Mayor
and Aldermen Of the city of Savannah be
and they are hereby further authorized and
empowered to build, lay down or extend
any of the sewers of said city, either those
laid down In pursuance OF this act, or any
now existing In said city, to such point or
points beyond the corporate limits of said
city as they shall deem best, so as to con-
meet with any canal or canals leading thence
to tidewater, In order to secure a proper
outlet or outlets for the accumulated out
fow from said system of drainage; and for
that purpose to take and use as a right of
way for said sewer or sewers any land not
exceeding - feet in width between the
limits Of said city from which such extern
sion or exter sons shall begin and the point
or points where It or they shall enter into
said canal or canals; provided, that before
such land shall be so taken and used the
owner or owners thereof shall be notified in
writing of the amount and loca-
ton OF the land which it is desired
to use, and If such owner or owners
and said Mayor and Aldermen cannot
or do not agree at once upon the terms and
conditions upon which such land shall be
taken as a right of way as aforesaid, the
Mayor Of said city shall appoint an assessor
and the owner or owners Of such land shall
appoint another and the two so appointed
shall appoint q third, or II they cannot or
do not agree upon a third within five days
of being notified Of their selection, then the
Ordinary Of Chatham county shall appoint
such third assessor, and If the owner or
owners of such land does or do not appoint
an assessor as aforesaid within five days
after he or they is or are so notified as afere-
said, the said Ordinary shall appoint two