Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-09
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Many Matters of Interest disposed
OF at the December Meeting.

OF at the December Meeting.
The County Commissioners held the
regular monthly meeting yesterday.
commissioners Walker, Estill and Dor
sstt were present. The board agreed to
issue orders for the election for constables
on Jan. and for county officers on Jan. s..
fetltlons for county aid and relief from
uouole tax were referred to the approprl-
ate committees.
petition from members of the bar and
ollceIs OF the courts for telephone IN
the court house building was granted,
ana one was ordered TO be put up in the
JahitOr's lodge.
Inc committee, to which was referred
tne mater OF county farm and poor
mouse, made full report, but action was
deferred until the next regular meeting.
Inc committee on Roads reported favor
ABLY on the application OF George Dieter,
ID. w. Struck, and others for the opening
OF road running east from Lovers lane
70 the SSidaway shell road. The commit
tee recommended that the necessary steps
De taken tor condemning half an acre of
land on the SkidawaY road, the balance
OF tne right of way having been donated
by the owners.
The CLERK was authorized to advertise
LOT olds Tor making cut on the isle o
hope causeway and for the building OF
bridge across the causeway.
The application of Abram Minis, Joseph
ii. Baker and others for opening the road
now known as the Butchers Pen road
was reported on favOrably by the COM
mIttee on roads, and the road will be de-
cared open as soon as the owners OF
aouttlng property give the right OF way.
A communication from w. +. Bowe,
contractor for the new jail, In reference
to window frames and brick work was
received as information.
The petition of Mrs. A. S. McCleskey
asking that the line OF the Waters
road through her prof. erty be straight
ened, was referred to the committee
In charge OF the chain gang.
Accounts against the county amount
Ing to $l3,510 Sc were ordered to be paid.
The county license for retailing liquor
for 1887 was fixed at 500, the same as at
present.
Mr.. L. j. Thomas was appointed
county Engineer, to date from Dec. l.
RE Is 10 lay on under the direction of the
committee In charge OF the convict gang
such work as is to be done, and to have
the general superintendent of the same.
Inc work on the draining of the county
bas accomplished so much good that it is
the desire of the Commissioners TO push
1t forward as rapidly as possible. The
engineer will devote his entire time to
county work, such as is mentioned
above, laying off new roads, making sur
Veys, etc.
Commissioner Estlll made a report upon
the joint meeting OF the Commissioners
and citizens held to discuss the question
oil building new court house or remodel
ing the present one. The committee in
It's report submitted the following orders.
and asked that they be passed by the
board:
''Ordered thar plans and specifications
giving the approximate cost of the pro-
posed WORK be advertised for, first for i'm
proving the present court house; second
Iy, for new court house to be erected on
the site OF the present building.
Ordered that plan of the court house
lot and plan OF the present building be
prepared and copies of the same be made
for the use of the architects desiring to SUBJ
init drawings, plans and specifications to
he handed in on or before the second
Wednesday in March, 1887. and the archi-
tect whose plans are accepted to receive
The usual commission paid for such work
-2H per cent. Plans can be submitted
by the same architect for either re-
modelling the present building or for
erecting new court house, or for boz, h,
The estimate on the plan for remOdeling
not 10 exceed $4,000 and for a new build
ing not to exceed 100000.
'Ordered that the chairman ascertain as
accurately as possible the additional eX-
pense that Will be entailed upon the
county in PROVIDING suitable quarters for
the courts and public offices during the
removal of the present building and the
erection of new court house, SO that tbs
board may be fully informed as to the
relative expense Of adding to and i'm
proving the present editice, and the cost
and expenses attending the erection OF a
new building"
The report was adopted.