The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-30
EIGHTEEN TO BE APPOINTED.
THE CITY COMMISSIONER TO BE
NAMED NEXT MONTH.

Alderman WiIIinIS settled Upon a.
superintendent Of Public Works.
and 4. r. FnWcctt 10 succeed Him
in the CounciI-The Appointment
of the City Assessors an Important
Matter-Mai. schwarz, MIR. Lester
Hubben aud Mr.. w. w. Chisholm
strongly Endorsed.
Several Of the city commission bills have
slready passed both houses, and are now
awaiting the governors signature, while
the others are all well up on the calen-
dar, and Will doubtless become laws with
in the next fifteen days
Under these new laws there viii be just
fifteen commissioners 10 be named by the
mayor and confirmed 10y the council next
month. They are the public works COM
missioner three police commissioners,
three FIRE commissioners. three water COM
missioners and five park commissioners.
There viii also DE three tax assessors, to
be appointed in the same manner
Mayor Myers. when seen yesterday 10y
a Morning News reporter, said his time
had been so entirely occupied with the
budget and other matters that he had not
been able TO give any time TO considering
1t is not likely that any of the APP
pointments viii be made before the lat
ter part OF December" said the mayor
Ii is pretty well understood that Alder
man Harry Wilnnk viii be the public
works commissioner. This win be a very
important position, and as Mr. Wfnink is
very strong with the administration ANA
has a large backing, there is little rea-
son to doubt that he win Doe the appointee.
The Morning News has IL on very good
authority that Mir. A. r. Fawcett viii
succeed Mr., Wilink as alderman. This
is said to have been understood for some
time
OF the other appointments TO be made
by the mayor, the three tax assessors
are by far the most important not mere
~ because salaries are attached but be
cause every PROPERTY owner In the city
Is interested. A large increase in tax re-
turns is expected as "a result OF this meas
ure. Col Garrard, who drew the bill, is
OF the opinion that the present system OF
tax assessments is entirely Inadequate,
both as TO real and personal property,
which opinion is fully concurred in by
Mayor Myers and the majority of the
board of aldermen
1t is a well known fact that the returns
OF personal property are much below
what they should be in a city of the size
and Importance Of Savannah, and that
majority of the population fails to make
any personal tax returns at all The be-
lief IS that the increase i'm tax returns
which viii result from the operations of
the board of tax assessors will more than
compensate the city for the expense of
maintaining the board, and, i'm addition
will enable the city TO make a lower tax
rate
There is an apparently pretty well found
ed rumor that Mai. John Schwarz viii
be one of the members Of the board. Mr.
Lester Hubbell is said to be another prob
able member. Several aldermen have eN-
pressed themselves favorable TO his APP
pointment There are various rumors as
10 the third member, but IL is taken for
granted that II will be some man familiar
with the values of real estate, probably
w. ". Chisholm, Esq.
Under the bill as introduced the board
OF tax assessors may elect a clerk to per-
form the clerical duties Of the board or
may select one of their own number as
clerk, in which case the assessor and
clerk is to devote his whole time and at
tention to the duties of his office
Mayor Myers said in speaking Of the
BOARD or assessors that he did not expect
that the increase in assessments on ac-
count OF the appointment of the board
would be very great for the coming year
for the reason that the board would he
appointed too late to do any great amount
Of work before the returns of property
for next year have been made 1t was
possible, he said, that the assessors may
not be appointed at once or if the law re-
quires the appointments to be made they
may be made with only nominal salaries
for the present which may be increased
when the board sets TO work upon the
assessments for the following year