The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-02

SECTION l.-Be il ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the City OF savannah in Council
assembled That the sidewalks on both sides of
Barnard street, between Congress and state
streets, in the city OF savannah, are hereby re-
qulred to be of the uniform width OF fifteen Sl5)
feet
SEC. , Be il further ordained, That II the
owners OF real property AUDITING on SAID size
walk, do not make the same of the SAID width
by the first day OF April, 1888, the Committee
on Streets and Lanes shall proceed TO have the
said sidewalks made of the said width at the eX'
pense Of the owners OF real property abutunS
on said sidewalks and If the bills Tor the same
are not paid by said owners within thirty days
after their presentation, execution Tor the col
lection of the said bills, together with costs,
shall be issued by the City Treasurer against the
said owners and the said abutttng property,
which executions shall be made and levied out
Of the property described therein as executions
for city taxes. .
SEC. g. BE it further ordained, That all ordi-
nances and parts of ordinances Id conflict with
this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance read in Council the first time Jan
nary IL, read a second time January %, 1902
and laid on the table
AN ORDINANCE to amend section two OF an
ordinance entitled IAN ordinance to amend
an ordinance entitled an ordinance to amend
an ordinance to project and lay out IN the
limits of the City of Savannah south or Ander'
son street. certain streets and for other
purposes so as to do away with lanes south or
Anderson street. and for other purposes,
passed in Council FEBRUARY 24th, 1855, SO as 10
more particularly designate. and describe
Bull street as TO rectify the location OF Bull
street, and to lay out two streets one on eacn
side of the track of the Savannah, Florida ana
Western railway from Anderson street TO
Seventh street in said city, and TO lay out a
square in said extended limits of said city,
approved FEBRUARY 9th, 1887.
SECTION + Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of Savannah in Council
assembled That section of the above recited
ordinance, approved February 9, 1887, be and
the same is hereby amended by adding thereto
at the conclusion of said section the following
words. And the said Mayor and Aldermen shall
not open and shall not require or authorize tne
opening Of any crossings other than those herein
mentioned between Anderson and Seventh
Streets so that said section as amended shall
read as follows: That thirty-seven and half
feet on each side of the track of the Savannah,
Florida and Western Railway Company, ex-
tending from Anderson street TO Seventh street
in said city, be laid out and opened and declared
streets as soon as a dedication of the same be
made by the Savannah, Florida and western
Railway Company to the City of savannah. ana
that said streets, as laid out under tins ordl-
nance. the said Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway Company shall be required 70 put only
two crossings between the said Anderson street
and said Seventh street in said city, in addition
to one crossing on Anderson street and one on
Seventh street, and said streets shall be known
as Haines street and Plant street; and the said
Mayor and Aldermen of the City OF Savannah
shall not open and shall not require or authorize
the opening of any crossings other than those
herein mentioned between Anderson and Sew
enth streets.
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nances and parts of ordinances in conflict with
this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance read in Council the first time jan
uary II, 1885, read second time January p.
1883, amended to read as follows, placed on Its
passage and lost:
An ORDINANCE to provide for the paving and i'm
proving of Liberty street from Wheaton to
West Broad streets, in the city Of Savannah,
to make assessment for the same, and to col
leCt the said assessment.
SECTION /. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Al
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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
mttee on Streets aud Lanes be and it 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 Tattnan
street IN Of s sheet aspSa WHICH fYan sha
occupy a space of - feet on each
side of said portion Of Liberty street and be
laid and located 10 feet from the sidewalks 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 pave
ments which said spaces of 10 and 30 feet re
spectively shall be left for grass plots, except
that no space shall be left for grass plot on
the south side of Liberty street, between Whea-
ton and East Broad streets, and the roadway on
said section shall occupy space OF thirty
(35) feet instead of twenty-five feet.
SEC. 2 Be it further ordained, That the said
Committee on Streets and Lanes is also
thOriZed and directed to have laid on said Lib
erty street, between the west side OF Tattnall
street and the east side of West Broad street,
pavement of sheet asphalt which shall occupy
forty (40D feet of the said portion OF Liberty
street, extending from a line twenty feet
north of the south line TO line twenty-five feet
south of the north line.
SEC. 3. Be il 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
hpf
herenbefore provided and also graded; and
further, to have proper side drains, cross drains
and crossings placed on said portions OF said
Liberty street
SEC. l. Be it further ordained that the City
and Suburban Railway Company and the Sa
vannan Street and Rural Resort Railroad Com
pany are hereby required to pave between the
tracks of their respective roads, as the paving
to be done on the said portions on 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 railway companies fail to commence
said work and carry the same forward, the
same shall be done for the said railway COM
panes by the said Committee on Streets and
Lanes. and the cost thereof, If not paid on the
presentation of the bills 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 ordi-
nance in the case Of AUDITING property owners.
SEC. g. 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 coinpdnlesl shall have been
ascertained one-third Of such cost shall be paid
out of the City Treasury, and the other two
thirds from the persons owning real estate
fronting OH said portions of said Liberty street,
that is 10 say. one-third thereof from the OWL
ers of each side of said portions of Liberty
street, at the date of the resolution of Council
ordering the work to DO done Oh 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 If 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 to the City Treasurer, who shall imme-
diately issue an execution for the amount. to-
gether wiki costs against the persons and prop
erty aforesaid, which execution shall be made
and levied out of the property described therein
az are executions for city taxes.
SEC. d. BE it further ordained, That all ordi-
nances and parts of ordinances in conflict with
this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ayes Aldermen Thomas, Ellis, Mills, Nell,
Duncan. 1aines. McD0nougn and NiChols-S.
Nays-Aldermen Reid, Schwarz, Myers Wells
and His Honor the Mayor.
Ordinance on it's first reading
BY Alderman McDonough--
AN oRDINANCE TO amend an ordinance entitled
AN ordinance to protect cotton and other
merchandise while being loaded. unloaded or
transhipped in the port of savannah, and 10
diminish the risk OF fire by requiring that the
same be properly covered, and by prohibit
ing smoking" passed in Council October 10,
1857, so as 10 exempt naval stores from the