The morning news., 1894-11-12
OFFICIAL.

John L. Mertens, lot 10. Currytown ward;
Mrs c. Muller, lot IS, Lloyd ward; Mrs.
Tatnan street; Mrs L. A. Rogers, house
No. Z Nichols street; Mrs. Alice McDon-
NELL house PIP Charlton street.
ORDINANCES.
Ordinance read in council for the first
time Oct. a. 1884, read a second time Nov.
Z, 1884, placed upon its passage and passed.
BY Alderman o. O'Brien-
An ordinance for the Improvement of a
certain portion of Bryan street in the
city OF Savannah, under the terms and
provisions of an act of the legislature
OF Georgia, approved oct. !, 1887.
section 1. Be it ordained by the mayor
and aldermen of the city Of Savannah
in council assembled, under the terms and
pr pffoVlslons y OF an act of the legislature
OF Georgia, approved Oct. l, 1887, that the
committee on streets and lanes of the
city OF Savannah be, and it is hereby
street, in the city of Savannah, from the
east side of Drayton street to the west
Slde OF Abercorn street, with Belgian
blocks, the said pavement TO be twenty
two feet and three-tenths of a foot (229
IN width from the east line of Drayton
street to a point two hundred and six
east thereof, and twenty-nine feet in
width from said point. Two nun
dred and six feet and two tenths of
line Of Drayton street, to the west
line of Abercorn street, a distance
OF one hundred and four feet and six
with stone curbing, and to do the grading
and all other work that may be incident
to the sa d pavement
Sec. Be it further ordained, That af-
ter the total cost of said work shall have
been ascertained, one-third of the cost
shall be paid out of the city treasury,
and the other two-thirds from the per-
sons owning real estate fronting on said
portion of the said Bryan street that is
to say, one-third from the owners of the
sald portion, at the date of the adoption
OF this ordinance, according to frontage
on each side Of the said portion of the
said street to be improved under this or
dinance, and the pro rata amount of the
cost of said work is hereby assessed
against the said abutung real estate and
us owners as aforesaid. The frontage OF
Abercorn street and the square shall be
assessed as real estate abuttng upon the
said portion of Bryan street, and the
mayor and aldermen of tho city
tents and purposes of this or
dinance, the owner of the said
pay from the city treasury its just pro
rata as such owner of the cost of said
work, according to frontage, in addition
to it's one-third of the entire cost. If the
assessment according to frontage is not
paid by the abutting property owners
within thirty days (3O after the presenta-
tion of the bill for the same, which bill
shall be sent TO the said owners by the
city treasurer, it shall thereupon become
the duty of the said city treasurer to
issue an execution for the amount of
said bill, together with the 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. 8. Be it further ordained, That all
ordinances and parts Of ordinances in
conflict with this ordinance are hereby
Ayes and nays called upon the passage
of the above ordinance: Ayes-Aldermen
ton, Remshart, Mcmillan, O'Brlen and
Acting Mayor MillS 3.
Nays-None.
Ordinance read in council for the first
time oct "a, 1894 read a second time Nov
Z, 1894, and laid on the table.
By Alderman O Brien-
An ordinance for the Improvement of q
portion of Drayton street in the city of
Savannah, under the terms and provis-
ions of an act of the Legislature of
Georgia, approved Oct. !, 1887.
Section I. Be it ordained by the mayor
and aldermen Of the city of Savannah in
council assembled, under the terms and
provisions of an act of the Legislature
of Georgia, approved Oct l, 1887, that the
committee on streets and lanes of the
city of Savannah be, and ii is hereby au-
thorized and directed to pave Drayton
street in the city of Savannah, from the
south side of Bay street to the north side
of Broughton street with shell, laying the
shell over the present pavement of rocks,
for the purpose of improving the same,
and to do all work incident to said she'll
ing.
after the total cost of said work shall
have been ascertained, one-third of the
cost shall be paid out of the city treas
ury, and the other two-thirds by the per
sons owning real estate fronting on the
said portion of Drayton street, that is to
say, one-third from the owners of said
portion, at the date of the adoption of this
ordinance, according to frontage on each
side of said portion of said street, and the
pro rata amount of the cost of said work
is hereby assessed against the said real
estate and it's owners as aforesaid The
frontage of interSecting streets and lanes
shall be assessed as real estate abutting
upon the portion of said street, and the
mayor and aldermen of the city of Savan-
nah shall be, for all the intents and pur-
poses of this ordinance, the owner of the
real estate so abutting, and shall pay
from the city treasury its just pro rata
as such owner, of the cost of said work
according to the frontage in addition to
its one-third of the entire cost If the
assessment according to frontage is not
paid by the abutting property owners
within thirty 800 days after the presenta-
tion of the bill for the same, which bill
shall be sent TO the said owners by the city
treasurer, it shall thereupon become the
duty of the said city treasurer to issue
an execution for the amount of the said
bill, together with the costs. against the
said persons and property aforesaid.
which execution shall be made and levied
out of the property described therein, as
are executions for city taxes.
Section III. Be it further ordained, that
all ordinances and parts Of ordinances in
conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Ordinance read in council for the first
time Oct, 10, 1894, read a second time Nov
7, 1894, and laid on the table.
BY Alderman Folliard-
An ordinance to amend an ordinance Cu-
titled AN ordinance to regulate the
granting of permits for the repairing of
Improvements within the city limits OF
Savannah and the making of changes
therein" passed by the council of the Cftv
of Savannah on the 18th day of March
1894
Section /. Be it ordained by the mavor
and aldermen Of the city of Savannah h
in council assembled, that the above r.
cited ordinance be and the same is hereby
amended, so that hereafter, upon fhe
filing Of a petition to make repairs NOT
to exceed the sum of one hundred dollars
in amount, il shall be the duty Of the clerk
of council TO refer the same 10 the chIaf
fireman, and, upon the receipt Of this ne
tition it shall be the duty of the chief 6re-
man to make an investigations and IF
in his judgment the repairs are i'm lxeepinr
with the ordinances of the city of Go
vannah, he shall be authorized to grant
the petition, and it shall be the dufy nf
the chief fireman to endorse his action
upon the petition Cwhether the same bo
granted or refused), and TO return same t0
the clerk of council and also to sec 10 IL
that the permission granted by him is
not abused. ~
Section 2 BE Il further ord,i,,a a..