The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-24
ORDINANCE
VNDI1N a N E.
~ the committee of the whole

whole
An ordinance for the improvement n,
South Broad street, in the city of Sayan-
nah, from the west side of East BROAD
street TO the east side OF West Broad
street, under the terms and provisions ~
an act of the legislature of Georgia an.
proved Oct /, 1887. az
Section l. Be it ordained by the rnavo.
and aldermen of the city of Savannah hi
council assembled, under the terms AMI
provisions of an act of the legislature M
Georgia approved Oct. l. 1887. Thai III
commissioner OF public works for the citv
of Savannah be and he is hereby author
lied and directed to build and construct
on South Broad street in the citv M & d
Vannah from the west side of East Rross
street TO the east side of West Pros
street, Two " roadways of vitrified brick
each twenty-five (25) feet in width one "A
the said roadways of twenty-five on fssJ
to be on the north side of the said street
and the other on the south side of the Sal
street. The said commissioner is also sr
thorized and directed to enclose the saf
two roadways with stone curbings. 10 cor
Struct grass plats at the sidewalk nsve
ments on either side of said street. also Il
do all the work in the way of gradingr N
placing of catch basins, drains, crossing
and all other things incident to the con
Structlon and completion of the said tU
roadways of vitrihed brick and the Sal
improvement on the said South Brosd
street. The intersecting streets and lares
shall be paved to the property line viii
the said vitrified brick
Sec; ?. Be it further ordained, That Al
street railroad company having
tracks running through the sail
South Broad street to be imJ
proved under this ordinance is herebgl
required to pave the width of its track and
two 20 feet ON each side of every line 81
track of the said company with vitrifedl
brick, as the said work progresses andl
in the event this is not done by the said
street railroad company, the said commits
sioner shall see to its being done at the ex
pense of the said railroad company.
Sec. 3. Be ii further ordained, That
after the total cost of the said work eX
elusive of that done by or for a railroad
company, shall have been ascertained, one-
third of such total cost shall be paid out
OF the city treasury, and the other twO
thirds from the persons owning, at the
date of the adoption of this ordinance, the
real estate abutting on each side of ths
said South Broad street between East
Broad and West Broad streets according
70 frontage; and the pro rata amount oi
the cost of said work is hereby assessed
against the said abutting real estate. and
Its owners as aforesaid The frontage Oh
interSecting streets and lanes are assess
ed as real estate abutting upon the portion
of the. said South Broad street to be i'm.
proved. and the mayor and aldermen OF
the city of Savannah shall be, for all the
1ntentS and purposes of this ordinance, me
owner of the real estate so abutting, and
shall pay from the. city treasury its just
pro rata as such owner for the cost of said
work according to frontage in addition 70
its one-third of the entire cost as herein
before provided.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That
after the Improvement hereinbefore pro
Vided for has been completed, the commls-
Sioner of public works for the city OF Sa-
vannah shall prepare and submit to coun-
Gil statement showing the cost of the
Improvement herein provided for, and also
an assessment roll showing as to two
thirds OF the cost to be apportioned, now
1T is apportioned amongst the several abut-
ting parcels, including the street and lane
intersections, and giving the sum charge
able to each parcel with the name of the
owner Upon the consideration and adop,
ton of said statement and assessment ron
by the council of the city of Savannah II
shall then become the duty of the city
treasurer to send to the abutting properly
owners their proper bill for the same as Il
may be ascertained by the city council,
and if such bill so sent be not paid WITHIN
thirty (3O) days after the presentation vi
sending of the same, it shall then become
the duty of the city treasurer to issue an
execution for the amount, together WIZ
costs, against. the persons and proper!
aforesaid, which execution shall be mau55
and levied out of the property described
therein as are executions for city taxes. =,
The said statement and assessment ron
shall also show the amount payable by 4
street railroad company, and should SUN
company fail or refuse to pay Dill LOT tne
same thirty days after its presentation il
issue an execution against the sald con.
pany and its property, together with cost9'
which shall be made and levied as are eA-
ecutionS for city taxes. ~
Sec. g. Be 1t further ordained, That an
ordinances and parts of ordinances IN con
f1ict with this ordinance are hereby re-
pealed. IN
Ordinance passed in council March ~
1895 HERMAN MYERS,
Attest. Mayor.
A. N. MANJTCY. Clerk of Council.