The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-24
ORDINANCE.

An ordinance to provide for house NUM-
bering in the city of savannah:
Section l. Be II ordained by the mayor
and aldermen of the city Of Savannah, in
council assembled, that Bay street be ana
Il is hereby made the northern initial
point for house numbering, and Bull
street the dividing line, numbers to run
east and west from said Bull street, in
the city OF Savannah.
The decimal or block system shall be
used; that Is, one hundred numbers to the
block, the first block from one to one
hundred and the next block commencing
with one hundred and one, and so on.
odd numbers shall be placed on south
and west sides Of the street, ana even
numbers on north and east sides.
Streets running east and west shall be
designated as Bay street east, Bay street
west, etc, and in cases where street
entends north Of Bay street. ike Farm
street, II shall be designated as Farm
street north but the part running south
Of Bay street shall be designated as Farm
The division OF one hundred for streets
| running north and south, north OF Cas-
ton street shall be as follows From Bay
/ 10 Broughton street, Broughton 70 Soutn
/ Broad street South Broad to Liberty
street, Liberty to Jones street, and Jones
| to Castor street, and said divisions south
/ Of CASTOR street to be applied to every
| block.
| from Bay street shall be numbered 50
| as to correspond with numbers on paral-
| lei streets, and streets running east ana
! west beyond East Broad and west Broau
! streets although with another name, snau
! be numbere as IL they were continual
| ton of the streets ending at those points.
Sec. g. BE IL further ordained, tnat the
| commissioner Of public works Tor the
| city of Savannah, under the guidance and
| direction Of the special committee in
| charge of the house numbering, snail see
10 the carrying out OF the above and tore-
going plan for house numbering in ac-
cordance with the said plan, and shall
have plats, prepared Of every street show
ing number of houses and vacant lots, and
shall see to Il that number is designated
10 every thirty feet of space, and further.
that any points not covered in this ordi-
nance which may arise during the pro-
gress of the work shall be submitted 10
council for consideration.
Sec 3. Be 1t further ordained that, az
ter the completion OF the work hereinbe-
fore provided for, when numbers shall
thereafter be made necessary on account
of fire, or rebuilding, or new buildings.
then the owners of the property shall be
required, at their expense, to furnish their
own numbers, and they shall be of same
style and material as other numbers on
the said street.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained that the
commissioner Of public works, in connec-
tion with the said special committee is
hereby directed to reminder the city of
Savannah as herein provided for, and,
further, that the preliminary work as to
cost of materials, preparation OF plats,
and other details shall begin at once, and
| the placing Of nambers on houses, as
hereinbefore provided for, shall be COM
| menced not later than Oct. /, 1886, and be
| completed by Dec. 81 1896.
Sec. ). Be It further ordained, that all
| ordinances and parts Of ordinances in
conflict with this ordinance are hereby
| Ordinance passed in council July Is. 1898.
HERMAN MYERS, Mayor.
Attest; A N. Manuex- Clerk OF couRca-