The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
ORDINANCES.

BY Committee of the Whole
nm oIulhahce Tor the improvement Of
Bay street extension, from the west side
OF Wadley street to the corporate limits
OF the city of Savannah, under the terms
ana provisions Of an act of the legisa-
tuTe Of Georgia approved Oct. /, 1857.
section l. Be 1t ordained by the mayor
ana aldermen of the city of Savannah, in
council assembled, under the terms and
OF Georgia approved Oct. /, 1887 that the
commissioner of public works for the city
or savannah be, and he is hereby author
lied and directed to build and construct
a roadway thirty 600 feet in width from
the west side of Wadley street, in the
city OF Savannah to the western cor
porate limits of the said city on that
certain street in the said city known
| as Bay street extension, and to pave
the SAID roadway on said Bay street ex-
{ tension with crushed granite stone foun-
dation six Co inches deep and with a
wearing surface of ebert three go inches
oeep, ana also to enclose the said road
the work in the way of grading the
placing of catch basins, the construction
OF drains and crossings, and all other
completion of the said roadway on the
said Bay street extension
Sec; 2. Be it further ordained, That af-
Ter the total cost of the said work shall
nave been aScertained Qhere being no
street railroad company having tracks
running through the said portion of Bay
street eXtension), one-third of such 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
TINS ordinance, real estate fronting on
SAID portion of Bay street extension and
on either side thereof according to 'front.'
age ana the pro rata amount of the cost
OF the said work is hereby assessed against
the said abutting real estate and it's own
ers as aforesaid. The frontage of inter-
Sectlng streets and lanes shall be as
sessed as real estate abutting upon the
portion of the said street improved, ana
the mayor and aldermen of the city OF
q oil lr. e.. ali 4. ~
purposes of this ordinance, the owner OF
the real estate so AUDITING and shall pay
from the city treasury it's just pro rata
as such owner of the cost of said work,
according to frontage in addition to its
one-third of the entire cost.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That
after the said Improvement has been COM
pleted, the commissioner of public works
for the city of Savannah shall prepare
ana submit to council a statement show
ing the cost of the improvement herein
provided for, and also an assessment roll
showing, as to two-thirds of the cost, how
1t is apportioned amongst the several
abutting parcels including the street in
terseetlons, and give the sum chargeable
10 each parcel, with the name of the
owner After Decentralization and adop-
ton of said statement and assessment
roll by the council of the city of Savan-
nan, 1t shall then become the duty OF
the city treasurer to send to the abutting
property owners their proper bill for the
same, as It may be ascertained by the
city council, and if such bill so sent be-
presentation or sending of the same, it
shall then become the duty of the city
amount, together with costs, against the
persons and property aforesaid, which ex-
ecution shall be made and levied out Of
ecutions for city taxes
Sec a. 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 Feb 70, 1896, and published for in
Iormatlon. A. N. MANUCY,
Clerk of Council.