Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-23
CITY GOVERNMENT.
OfhciaI Prooeedings oil Council.

Official Proceedings of Council
| SAVANNAH, GA, Wednesday, Feb 20. 1884.
Council met, pursuant to adjournment. this
/ evening at O'Clock.
Prostitution. Rufus E. Lester. Mayor:
! AldermanJ j. j. Wilder, Chairman of Council p:
I Alderman David Wells, Vice Chairman Of
1 Council; Aldermen Hamilton, Thomas Han
/ ley, OConnOr, Green, Minis, Hamlet, Derst
and Nichols
The Committee on Assessments submitted
the following ordinance:
Ordinance, on its first reading. and by uan-
lmous consent read a second time placed
! upon Its passage and passed.
| An ORDINANCE to fix and determine the value
OF real estate In the city of Savannah for
the purpose of taxation for the year 1884
and succeeding years by the Mayor and Al
dermen Of the city of Savannah. to abolish
the Board OF Assessors and to provide for
the appointment Of a standing committee
OF council to be called the Committee on
Assessments, TO prescribe the duties of said
committee and to prescribe the taking out
of permit for building and repairing in the
city Of Savannah, and for other purposes
| connected with taxation.
WHEREAS. John {. Rowland, Francis Blair
! William F. Chaplin, Thomas Daniels and A.
Kent, freehOlders, after being duly sworn,
nave, IN accordance with the resolutions of
Council made assessments and valuations of
the real estate in the city of Savannah sub
Jeet to taxation, which assessments has been
returned to Council and is now on file:
SECTION l, A01o, therefore, the Mayor and
4 aldermen If the city Of SdCdnndh, in Council
assembled, do Or0diH. That the assessment of
real estate in the city of Savannah as made
by the freehOlders appointed under the resolu-
ton of Council shall be forthwith turned over
TO the City Treasurer. who shall at once ave
notice in one or more of the city gazettes to
all concerned TO come forward in thirty 1907
days from the first publication of such notice
and file their objections, if any they have, to
such assessment, or otherwise such assessment
ana valuation shall be final and conclusive
and shall be considered as establishing the
value by which to estimate the tax to be col
lected on such real property so assessed as
aforesaid. All such objections to the
| valuation for taxation shall be
referred to the Committee on Assess
ments, who shall decide upon the same their
decision to be final unless the director shall
appeal from the decision of said committee to
Council within ten (l0) days after be or she is
notified of the decision Of said committee.
SEC. ,. And 1t IS further ordained By the du-
thorttg dforesdid. That the Board Of Assessors
provided for by the ordinance passed in COun-
ell October 10, 1888, be and the same is hereby
abolished, and the assessment and valuation
Of real estate in the city of Savannah for pur-
poses Of taxation shall be determined as here
matter prescribed.
SEC. 3. Ind It is further ordained Jv tie
authority df0resdjd, That the Mayor shall
forthwith appoint as one of the standing com
mittees of Council a committee to be COM
posed OF five (5) Aldermen, which committee
shall be known as the Committee on Assess
ments, and it shall be the dutyOf said commit
tee 10 near all objections that may be made to
the assessment and valuation of real estate in
the city OF savannah for the purposes of tax
alton, and to determine the same, notifying
| the parties Directing Of the action of said
committee, that the persons Directing to
the decision or determination of said commit
tee can appeal to Council in conformity to the
ordinances of said city. Said committee
shall report to Council all objections made to
| assessments of real estate brought before
them and their action on same, and all reduc-
lions made by them from said assessments
shall be acted on by Council and If approved
shall be the basis of taxation for said prop
ertV for the time said assessment is made In
all divisions of real estate the said Committee
on Assessments shall determine the value of
the several divisions of said property, which
shall aggregate in all cases the total valuation
OF the property before the division of the
same, ana snail notify the owners of the Valu-
alton so determined on, who may appeal to
Council within ten (l0) days after such mott
hcatiOn if they are dissatisfied with said vau-
alton of the several divisions Of said property.
All partial assessments of new improvements
and general assessments of real estate for the
purposes of taxation shall be made from time
to time as Council may direct, by such num-
Der of freeholders as said committee may Sc
lect, and after such assessment
Is made whether partial or general the same
snail be returned to Council, when the same
shaH De ordered hled III the Office OF the City
| Treasurer, and to such partial assessments of
new improvements and to such general as
sessments as may from time to time be made,
the owner or owners OF the property assessed
may object at any time within thirty (sO) DAYS
after the same IS filed in the office of the CITY
Treasurer and due publication of the filing of
the same is made, and the said objections
shall be acted on by said committee, and the
party or parties Directing shall be notified of
the action on such objection. and shall have
ten 40 days from the time of such action of
said committee to appeal from their decision
TO Council, and such assessments so made and
determined by said committee shall be assess
ment and valuation of real estate for the pur-
poses of taxation in the city of Savannah.
SEC. 4. 4 nd IL is here6y further Orddined bV
tie authority dfOFeSdjd, That from and after
the passing of this ordinance all persons build
in value to one hundred dollars ($lO0). to any
house in said city shall take out permit
from the office Of the Clerk Of Council before
any building or repairing is begun. For such
permit no fee shall be paid, and any nerson
who shall violate the provisions of this sec
ton Of this ordinance shall on conviction
thereof in the Police Court be fined in a sum
not exceeding twenty-five dollars, in the dis
erection of the court.
SEC. 5. AHd II is fjtrther Orddiaed Bytheau-
HOritV dfOreSdi6. That all ordinances or parts
of ordinances conflicting with this ordinance
are hereby repealed in so far as they so con-
llict.
PETITIONS AND APPLICATIONS,
Petition Of i. X. Collini for permission to
erect coffee stand in the Market. Referred to
Committee on Market.
Petition of John Rourke for permission to
rebuild and enlarge wooden house No. 80
Washington ward, Referred to Committee on
Fire.
No further business, Council adjourned.
FRANK f. REBARER,
Clerk of Council.