Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-02

wells shall be cleaned. cemented and re-
paired by said city authorities, and every
person or pei sons offending against the pro-
visions OF this ordinance, or any part thereof,
shall, on conviction thereof in the Police
Court of Savannah, be fined in a sum not ex-
ceeding 800, or imprisoned for a term of not
more than 30 days, either or both, in the dis
erection of the officer presiding in said court,
Ordinance on its first reading.
By special committee
AN ORDINANCE to carry into effect the pro-
visions of an act of the General Assembly Of
the State, approved Dec. 9, 1882 en-
titled an act to authorize the Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of Savannah to Law
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 AUDITING on so much of street or lane in
which sewers or drains may be laid under
this act, the cost of such improvement pro
rata to the assessed value of said lots, and
to provide for the manner of collecting such
assessments and provide the manner in
which such work shall be done.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the MAJOR and
aldermen Of tie city Of Sd0Gnndh, IN Council
assembled, That whenever the owners
OF majority of the lots abut-
ting on both sides of any street or lane,
or portion thereof, shall desire to have run
laid down or constructed along such street or
lane, or portion thereof primary drain or
system of primary drains for the special pur-
pose of house drainage, they shall signify such
desire by petition or application to Council,
signed by said owners or by their duly au-
thorized agents, and such petition or appli-
cation shall come up for action or proper ref
erence at the next meeting of Council after
the filing Of the same with the Clerk of
Council.
SEC. ,. If Council shall order such primary
dram or system of primary drains to be so
run or lad down or constructed, the work
shall be carried on under the supervision
hereinafter provided for, and a separate ac-
count shall be kept by the City Surveyor, and
separate bills rendered for each drain so or
dered to be constructed, and the cost of the
same shall be assessed upon the owners of all
lots abuttlng on either side of said street or
lane, or portion thereof, as hereinafter pro-
vided.
SEC. 8. Whenever in the Judgment Of Coun-
ell the larger drains or sewers now existing
cannot be made to subserve the purpose of
cross drains or main trunk outlets for the dis
charge of the outflow from said primary
drains Council shah order to be run laid
down or constructed along such lines or cross
lines, ana through such streets or lanes, or
or any portion thereof as they may determine
upon, such larger cross drains and main trunk
outlets as may be necessary for the reception
and transmission of the outflow of said pri-
mary drains. or for any portion of them i'm
medlately receiving the discharges from the
premises abuttlng along their lines: and when
SUCH large cross drains or main trunk outlets
are used as primary drains for the immediate
reception OF the outflow from the premises
Immediately abutling 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 con-
structing primary drains of similar length
along the same lines shall be assessed upon
the owners of all the lots abutting along their
lines, and the excess of cost 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 the city.
SEC. 4. The ratio which the breadth or face
of any lot abutting on the line Of any such
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
i'm no
construction of such drain, itbeng understood
that the total cost of construction of 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 any lot, and a cross or trunk drain
shall be constructed along another frOntof the
same lot, no assessment shall be made upon
such lot, except for its pro rata apportion-
ment of the cost of such primary drain.
SEC, 5. Wherever such drain is constructed
along the lines of any street or lane, 1t shall
be supplied with systems of iron tanks for the
purpose Of flushing at necessary Intervals. in
dependent of and in addition to the fluids
pouring into it from connecting house pipes.
The construction, plan and size of these tanks
shall be determined upon by the Committee on,
streets ana Lanes, and said drains shall be
flushed daily under the direction of the Com
mIttee on Water Works.
SEC. 6. When the sanitary provisions herein
flow through said cross drains and
main trunk outlets provided for,
no priVies shall thereafter be built,
constructed. or renewed on any lot AUDITING
on either side of any street, lane or portion
thereon where such primary drains are con-
structed, or where the larger cross drains or
main trunk outlets are used also as primary
drains, as provided in the third section of this
ordinance, and Council may, if in their Opin-
ion necessary for sanitary purposes, order the
abolition, dlscontlnuance and closing Of
priyies and dry wells on said lots.
SEC. z. Whenever the owners of the lots
abutting any street or land or portion thereof
have previously constructed at their own eX-
pense primary drains of sufficient capacity
for the purpose of house drainage, and desire
to have such drains received as part of the
general system. where their location, grade
structure and capacity are in harmony there
with, or to have them relaid in a proper To-
cation aud grade when otherwise suitable, so
as to secure the benefits herein provided
for the general system, it shall be law
full for the Committee on Streets and Lanes
TO accept such piping on such terms and con-
ditions as shall be just and reasonable, and
when necessary to relay said lines in harmony
with the general system.
SEC. s. Whenever Council shall deem
it necessary to construct primary, or
cross or trunk drain of the character
referred TO IN the previous sections of
this ordinance, for sanitary purposes, no
tice OF such intended work shall be given
the owners Of the lots abutting on the streets
or lane through which said drain is intended
to be run, and said owners of SAID lots abut-
ting on sad street or lane shall have right
to appeal to Council against the execution of
said work, aud Council, after hearing the OBJ
iectiOns thereto presented by said owners of
SAID lots abutting on SAID street or lane or
portion thereof through which it 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 con
structed or not.
SEC. 8. Whenever any such drain is con
structed along the line of any street or lane,
it shall be supplied with not less than one Op-
posite each lot, so that connections can easily
be made with same from said lots, said con
nectiOns to be made at the individual expense
of the owners, and such regulations and re-
strctiOns as may be from time TO time pre-
scribed by the Committee on Streets and
Lanes, and any owner, lessee, agent, plumber,
contractor, servant, labOrer, or other person
violating any of the said regulations shall be
subject to fine not exceeding one hundred
dollars, or to imprisonment not exceeding
thirty days, or both, in the discretion Of the
Mayor.
SEC. 10. Whenever Council shall order any
primary drains, cross drains, or main trunk
outlets, as hereinbefOre provided, or of its
own motion for sanitary purposes, to
be run, lad down or constructed, the
same shall be done by the City Surveyor, I'M
der the supervision and control of the Com
mittee on Streets and Lanes, the dimensions,
workmanship, material, time OF beginning,
and all other details connected Herewith, in
Guiding the amount to be assessed upon the
lot owners, to be determined by said COM
mittee.
SEC. II. Upon the completion of any such
drain and its acceptance by the city, the pro
rata assessments upon the owner or owners
Of the lots abutting along its line or lines
shall be due and payable to the Treasurer Of
said city, which fact shall be advertised in
the official paper of the said city for at least
three days, but the owner or owners Of any
land affected by SAID assessment shall have
the right to appeal therefrom to a jury in the
City Court of Savannah within ten days after
the publication of said notice in the Off
cial paper Of said city, and shall give
notice of said appeal to the Mayor
of said city within three days after filing the
same, but if no is made from said al as
such abutting or dS *eed lots shall fail or
refuse to pay said TMssment for such i'm
provement for thirtHl&k6 after the pubica-
ton of such notiGsTw such work has been
finished ana by the Stg the city
execution against such owner or owners, and
shall give the same to the City Marshal of said
city, who shall levy the same upon the abut
ting lot or lots, including improvements
thereon, of the person or persons against
whom such execution may have been issued,
and shall advertise and sell such property in
the same manner and under the same terms
and conditions as are set forth in an act of the
General Assembly of the State of Georgia,
entitled IAN act to provide for the manner of
tax sales by municipal corporations in this
State and for other purposes" approved Feb.
q, ls77.
SEC. y. All ordinances and parts of ordi-