The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-23

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ian fS91 piaH Referred to Committee on Fire
zen D y i.,eorge A. Mercer ct al, relative
oils, To toya,h Art Academy. Referred to Corr
porstio,.o rney for his opinion, aud levy to
bo,S%''Niun till action of Council,
Wv, pt?if II. Hesse for permission TO make
rosyy satya ection with West Broad street sewer,
mI fron1 Uses on York street, near Yves Bread
NV, So, eferred to Committee on Streets and
9o, iaUs Sanitary Board, with power To act.
$50 psl of estate Dr. ko'loch for permission
m ~ Sewer connections with Whitaker street
SeRrom premises, corner Bull and YORK
ad Str, Referred to Committee on Streets and
ID Ia Ind Sanitary Board, with power to act.
oRpINANcES
nance on its first reading, and by uhani-
n consent OF Council, read a second time,
"a upon Its passage and passed
alderman Thomas
ORDINANCE, to recognize the width Of Presi-
ent street, between Bull and Barnard streets,
N the city OF Savannah, 10 be seventy feet
and two inches.
SECTION l. Be it ordained by the Mayor and
aldermen OF the city of Savannah in Council
assembled, That the width of President street.
between Bull and Barnard streets, in the city of
Savannah, be and the same is hereby recognized
, to be seventy feet and two inches.
SEC. :, That all ordinances and parts of ordi-
nances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time
May 2 1sSS read a second time May 49, 1885,
placed upon its passage and passed;
AN ORDNANCE TO provide tor the compensa-
ton of the City Surveyor of the City of Sa-
SECTION I. Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Savannah, in Council
assembled, That from and after the first day of
june 1858 the City Surveyor of the City of Sa-
vannah shall receive an annual salary of two
thousand dollars without fees, payable as now
provided by ordinance.
SEC ?. That the fees hereafter collected by
the said Surveyor shall belong to the city of Sa-
vannah, and shall be paid by the said Surveyor
to the City Treasurer.
SEC. 3. That all ordinances and parts of ordl-
nances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed
Ordinance on its first reading:
BY Committee on Streets ami Lanes
AN ORDINANCE to provide for the paving and
improving of Liberty street, from Wheaton to
west Broad streets in the city of Savannah, to
make assessment for same, and to collect the
said assessment.
SECTION /. Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of Savannah in Council
assembled, under the terms and provisions Of
the act OF the Legislature of Georgia, approved
on the first day of October, 1887, that the Com
mlttee on Streets and Lanes be and II Is hereby
authorized and directed TO have laid on each
side OF Liberty street, from the west side of
wheaton street to the east side of Tattnall street,
in the city of Savannah, a pavement with such
material as Council may hereafter by resolution
adopt, which shall occupy a space of q
feet on each side of said portion of Liberty
street, and be laid and located 10 feet from the
sidewalk on each side of said portion of said
street SO that there shall be 10 feet intervening
| between said sidewalks and said pavement, and
| 80 feet of the middle of the said street
| between the said pavements, which said spaces
of 10 and 30 feet respectively shall be left for
| grass plats except that no space shall be left
| for grass plat on the south side of Liberty
| street, between Wheaton aud East Broad
| streets, and the roadway on said section shall
| occupy space of thity-flve 1857 feet, instead
of twenty-five feet.
SEC. 2 Be it further ordained, That the said
| Committee on Streets and Lanes is also author
lZa6 Directed Ia no "a on MI I hart
| street. between the west side of Tattnall street
| and the east side of West Broad street pave
| ment with such material as Council hereafter
| by resolution may adopt, which shall occupy
| forty 40 feet of the said portion of Liberty
| street. extending from line twenty feet north
of the south line to line twenty-five feet south
| of the north line.
SEC. 3. Be it further ordained, That the said
committee is also authorized and directed to
| have new curbs laid on Liberty street, inclosing
| the said pavement provided for in the two pre-
ceding sections, and to have the portions of the
| said street, between the said curbs paved as
| hereinbefore provided, and also graded; and
| further, to have proper side drains cross drains
| and crossings placed on said portions of said
| Lii erty street.
| SEC. A. Be it further ordained that the City
| and Suburban Railway Company and the Saw
/ annah Street and Rural Resort Railroad Com
| pauy are hereby required to pave between the
| tracks of their respective roads as the paving
to be done in the said portions Liberty street
| described in the preceding sections progresses
| with such material as may be approved by the
Committee on Streets and Lanes, and should
| the said railroad companies fail to commence
| said work and carry the same forward, the
same shall be done for the said railway comma
| MES by the said Committee on Streets and
Lanes, and the cost thereof, If not paid on the
| presentation of the bill for the same by the said
| companies, shall be collected by execution and
| the levy and sale of the property of the said
companies as provided by law and ordinances
in the case of abutting property owners.
SEC. D. Be it further ordained, That after the
| total cost of said work exclusive of the front
| age of intersecting streets and the work done
| for said railway companies) shall have been
aScertained One-Lhird of such cost shall be paid
| out of the City Treasury, and the other two
| thirds from the persons owning real estate
fronting on said portions of said Liberty street
| that is to say onethird thereof from the owners
| of each side of said portions of Liberty street
| at the date Of the resolution of Council order.
| ing the work to be done on portions of the
| street on which the several pieces of property
! abut according to frontage; and the pro rata
| amount OF the cost of said work is hereby
assessed against said real estate and its owners
| as aforesaid. II such assessment is not paid
| within thirty days after the presentation of a
| bill for the same, the amount of such bills shall
| be furnished by the Committee on Streets and
| Lanes 10 the City Treasurer who shall immedi-
| ately issue an execution for the amount, to-
gether with costs against the persons and
| property aforesaid. which execution shall be
| made and levied out of the property described
| therein as are executions for city taxes
| SEC. g. Be il further ordained, That all ordi-
nances and parts of ordinances in conflict with
| this ordinance are hereby repealed.
RESOLUTIONS.
| BY Alderman Thomas
Resolved That the Committee on Water be
| requested to consider and report as to advsa-
| bility of disseminating the use of the various
| pumps in such portions of the city as are sup
| piled with arteSian water.
Adopted.
| BY Alderman Nichols
Resoiued, That the Clerk of Council be and
| he is hereby instructed TO advertise an election
| to take place ut the next regular meeting of
Council for Chief of Police, to fill the vacancy
| occasioned by the death of Gen. r. II. Ander-
son.
Adopted
! By Alderman Duncan
| Resolved, That the cordial thanks of this
| Council, in behalf of the citizens of Savannah,
| be and they are hereby rendered Hon. Joseph T..
| Brown, United States Senator from Georgia for
his unremitting interest in the welfare of our
| city, and more especially for his valuable ser
vices recently before the Senate Committee in
endeavorng TO secure an adequate appropria-
tion from Congress for the improvement Of our
harbor and its approaches.
ResoIUed, That copy of the above resolution
be forwarded Hon. Joseph Il. Brown by the
Clerk of Council.
Unanimously adopted.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A communication was received from Robert
j. Wade. City Marshal, relative TO excavation
on Drayton street. near Congress street. Re.
ferred 10 Committee on Streets and Lanes.
Council adjourned.
FRANK L. REBARER,
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