The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-14
OFFICIAL.
ORDINANCES.


AN ORDINANCE to provide for the paving and
improving of Liberty street, from Wheaton TO
West Broad streets In the city Of Savannah. %
make assessment for same, and to collect the
said assessment.
SECTION l. Be IL ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen OF the city of Savannah Ia Council
assembled, under tho terms and provisions Of
the act Of the Legislature Of Georgia, approved
on the first day of October 1897. that the Com
mittee on Streets and Lanes be and II Is hereby
authorized and directed to have laid on ench
side OF Liberty street, from the west side Of
Wheaton street to the cost side of Tattnal street.
in the city Of Savannah, pavement with such
material as Council may hereafter by resolution
adopt by a two-thirds vote Of the members
present, which shall occupy 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
30 feet Of the middle Of the said street
between the said payements, which said spaces
of 10 and 30 feet respectively shall DO 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 q space of thirty five 49, feet. instead
of twenty Ave feet.
SEC. g. be IL further ordained, That the said
Committee on Streets and Lanes is also author
lied and directed 10 have laid on said Liberty
street between the west side Of TattnaI street
and the east side Of West Broad street, pave
ment with such material as Council hereafter
by resolution may adopt by two.thirds vote
Of the members present, which shall occupy
forty (i0 feet of the said portion OF Liberty
street extending from line twenty feet north
Of the south lne to a line twenty-five feet south
of the north line.
SEC g. Be it further ordained, That the said
committee IL also authorized and directed TO
have new curbs laid on Liberty street. inclosng
the said pc vement provided for In the two pre-
ceding sections, and b. 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 draius
and crossings placed on said portions OF sad
Liberty street
SEC. l. BE It further ordained that the City
and Suburban Railway Company and the Say
annah Street and Rural Resort Railroad Com
pany are hereby required 10 pave between the
tracks Of their respective roads az the paving
10 be done In the said portions on Liberty street
described in the preceding sections progresses
with such material as may los approved by the
Committee on Streets and Lanes, and should
the said railroad companies fail 10 commence
said work and carry the same forward, the
same shall be done for the said railway cOmpa-
MES by the said Committee on Streets and
Lanes and the cost thereof II not paid on the
presentation OF the bill for the same by the said
companies shall he collected by execution and
the levy and sale Of the property Of the said
companies provided by law and ordinances
in the case of admitting property owners,
SIC. 3. Be- IL 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 compqnies) shall have been
asceTtaned, one third OF such cost shall be paid
out Of tile 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, one third 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 10 frontage and the pro rata
amount OF the cost Of said work is hereby
assessed against said real estate and iCs owners
as Aforesaid. n such assessment Is not paid
within thirty days after the presentation OF q
bill for the same the amount Of such bills shan
be furnished by the Committee on Streets ana
Lanes 10 the City Treasurer, who shall immedi-
ately issue an execution for the amount 10.
gether with costs against the persons and
property aforesaid. which execution snail be
made and levied out Of the property described
therein as are executions for city taxes.
SEc. g. BE IL further ordained, That all ordl-
nauces and parts Of ordinances in conflict with
this ordinance are hereby repealed
Ordinance read in Council for The first time
MAY lG, 1893, read n second time May 80, 1888,
amended and passed.
Ordinance passed In Council, May 30, 1888.
RUFUS Il. LESTER, Mayor.
Attest FRANK 4. REBARER, Clerk OF Council.