Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-14

city of Savannah.
SECTION l. Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen Of the city Of SdgaRndh, in Council
assembled, and 1t IS hereby ordained 6g he
authority Of the same, That 1t shall not be law
full to lay any pavements or sidewalk on River
street. in said city, of q greater width than
six (6) feet and no pavements or sidewalks
shall be laid in that part of River street OBJ
pOsite to and north of the building In said
street known as the Planters Rice Mill.
SEC. 2. Be it further ordained Buthe auth or
ity aforesaid, That all ordinances or parts of
ordinances conflicting with this ordinance be
and the same are hereby repealed in so far as
they so conflict.
By Alderman Hamilton
AN ORDINANCE to provide for the appoint
ment of an Assessor to assess the value of all
property, real and personal, in the city of
Savannah, for the purposes of taxation by
the MayOr and Aldermen of the citv of Sa-
yannah, to define the duties Of such, and for
other purposes.
SECTION l. Be it ordained 6y the Mqvos.
and aldermen of the City Of SdCdnndh. in
Council assembled, and IL Is herein Ord05Oed bg,
the authority of tie same, That the MAYOR and
Aldermen of the city of Savannah shall. at the
first regular meeting of Council in july 1891
or at the first meeting of Council thereafter
elect an assessor who snail receive a salary
Of - dsllars per annum, payable monthly
who shall hold his office until the first meeting
of Council in the year 1885, when his success
sOr shall be elected who shall hold his Office
for three years from that date, and at the
first meeting of Council every three wears
thereafter there shall be elected an assessor
who shall hold his Office and receive such
salary as hereinbefOre prescribed.
SEC. 2. Be IL further ordained bV the duthori-
ty aforesaid, That before entering upon the
duties OF his Office the assessor shall give bond
in the sum of - Thousand dollars, with
two good and sufficient sureties, to be APPROX
ed by the Mayor, conditioned for the faithful
performance of the same.
SEC. 3. Be it further ordained BIZ the authority
aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the as
SOS AT i'm ph .,
appraise the real property of the city and
keep full and complete record of the same
setting forth the location, value and descrip-
ton of all lands and buildings liable to taxa
ton.
SEC. 4. Be it further ordained 6y tile author
ity dforerGid, That it shall be the duty of the
assessor to keep in his Office, in a book well
and strongly bound, an alphabetical list OF
all real estate owners within the limits of the
city, showing the appraised value Of each
piece or parcel Of real estate, the width and
depth and number of each lot, and the kind Of
building or buildings, if any, thereon, together
with the amount Of tax assessed upon each
and every piece or parcel of SAID property.
SEC. 3. Be it further ordained by the dUthori-
IN df0resdid That the assessor shall publish
for the information of the people the time at
which the returns for taxes shall be made, and
it shall not be lawful for him to receive any re-
turn after the expiration of the time designat-
ed for making the same, unless such time shall
have been first extended by the City Council,
assess all defaulters and deliver returns so
made by him to the City Treasurer, and the
assessor shall stamp or otherwise mark every
return made by him to the City Treasurer
setting forth the date on which such return
was made, and the period at which it should
have been made by the person or persons for
whom he may make such return, and he shall
also keep a separate alphabetical list of all
persons IN default of their returns or taxes.
SEC. 6. Be it further ordained 6y the author
tty GfoTesdtd, That the assessor shall also
keep a careful record of all changes of real
property, whether by improvements, injury
or destruction, with view to the equitable
increase or decrease of the appraisement
thereof; and in addition to the several duties
herein prescribed he shall perform all the
duties not inconsistent herewith as may be
prescribed by City Council.
SEC. z. Be 1t further ordained by
the authority aforesaid, That every
person and corporation owning real pro
perty in said city on the ---, liable to be
taxed under the tax ordinance of said city,
except stocks in banks and banking assOcIa-
tloLs organized under the laws of this State
or OF the United States, shall make a return
thereof to the assessor within - days after
that date, and it shall be the duty of the as
SCISSOR to cause list of all persons and corpora
lions making such returns, showing the amount
returned by each, to be published in the official
paper of the city at the end of each month. as
made, the President or Acting President
OF every such bank or banking association in
said city shall, within ten DAYS after the first
the assessor of all stockholders in each bank
or banking association holding stock therein
on the first day of January of such year,
whether resident or non resident, with the
place of residence of and the number of shares
held by each, ana showing the market value
of such shares. Every person liable to taxa
ton under the tax ordinance of this city shall
make return of the business in which he is
engaged, and of the number and character of
vehicles by which his tax is to be graduated
to the assessor, within - days after the first
day of --, and every person commencing to
carry on any of the said kinds of business. or
increasing the number of his vehicles, or COM
mencing to keep or use vehicles after the first
day -, shall make a return thereof
within ten days after so commencing or in
creaslng. Every person having a dog or dogs
on the fret day of January of each year shall
make return thereof to the assessors within
ten days after that date, and every person
bringing dog or dogs into the city after that
date, to be kept here, shall make a similar
return within ten days after bringing in such
dog or dogs.
SEC. 8. BE it further ordained 6y the authority
Gforesdid, That all such returns shall be made
either In person or by agent or attorney, and
shall set forth the marketvalue of all property
liable to be taxed, but shall be on oath or af-
hrmation that the return is true. and that the
person for whom the return is made is not
liable to any other tax, and has no other prop
erty in said city liable to taxation under this
ordinance, and it shall be the duty of the as
SCISSOR to require such oath or affirmation in
sor being hereby authorized for the purpose of
this ordinance to administer such oath or af-
frmatiOn-and if any person required to make
any such return shall refuse or neglect to do
so within the time specified for the same.
he or she shall, on conviction thereof
in the Police Court, be fined in a
sum not exceeding $500, or imprisoned not
more than thirty days, or both, in the dscre-
tlon of the court. And it shall further be the
duty of the assessor, in the event of anv re-
fusal or neglect, to proceed forthwith to make
the return Glmself, from the best information
ne can OBTAIN, within ten days after such re-
turn Was due from the person from whom It
was required, and to notify such defaulter
thereef, IN writing, within ten days after
making the same, and in the event of the
neglect or refusal of a President or acting
President OF bank or banking association to
make the return required of him within the
Tune specified, or to afford to the assessor free
access to the list of stockholders kept in the
office or place of business of said bank or
banking association, it shall be the duty of
the assessor to obtain from the Governor of
the state OF Georgia, in the case of banks or
gained under the laws of this State, or from
the Comptroller of the Currency of the United
States, in the case of banks organized under
the laws of the United States, the last pre-
cedlng list Of stockholders of such bank, and
assess therefrom the taxes to be paid by the
stockholders thereof for their shares.
By Alderman Thomas
AN ORDINANCE to be entitled an ordinance to
project and lay out in the limits of the CITY
OF savannah south of Anderson street GER
tain streets and lanes and for other pur-
poses.
WHEREAS. By an act of the General Assem-
ply OF the state or Georgia, approved Septem-
Der q, 1883, entitled "An act to extend the
corporate limits Of the city of Savannah" it
was, among other things, enacted that anyone
who shall build across any projected street or
lane after the same shall have been surveyed
and laid out by the City Surveyor and shall
be designated by sufficient marks and bounds
shall, when the City Council proceed to con-
denim the same, be entitled to compensation
only according to the value of the prop
erty at the time such survey shall be
made; and whereas, said streets IN said
extended limits of Savannah, have been sur
yeyed and laid out by the City Surveyor and
are now designated by sufficient marks and
bonnds; and whereas, it is deemed advisable
to lay out the said streets and lanes so all
persons may know the same; therefore,
SECTION l. Be 1t ordained 5y the Mayor and
Atderpe7e Of the city Of Savannah, IN Council
authority of the same, That the following
streets III the city of Savannah, running
north and south, to wit, Lincoln, AbercOrn
DraytOn, Whitaker, Barnard, Jefferson,
shall be extended south TO the southern limits
of the city Of Savannah. as defined in said act
of the General Assembly, approved Sept. q,
1883, at right angles to Anderson street in said
city, the centre lines on the street thus ex-
tended shall be an extension in a right
line of the centre lines of the street
as they now exist, and the width of the said
street TO the southern limits of said city shall
be as follows: That is to say, Lincoln street
shall be fifty feet in width, Abercorn street
shall be seventy-tive feet in width, Drayton
street shall be forty-fve feet in width. Whit
aker street shall be forty five feet in width
Barnard street shall be seventy-five feet in
width, Jefferson street shall be fifty feet in
width, Montgomery street shall be seventy
five feet in width, West Broad street shall be
one hundred feet in width, Burroughs street
shall be sixty feet in width.
SEC. 2. Be II further ordained 5y the author
ity aforesaid That Bull street, in said CITY Of
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