The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-16

aict with this ordinance are hereby re-
repealed.
An ordinance on it's first reading Dec
80. 1896 read the second time Jan. 10. 1897.
placed upon its passage and passed:
BY Alderman Garrard-
An ordinance to change the name of the
standing committee now known as com
mittee on health and cemetery" so that
same shall be styled Committee on pub
lie health"
Section /. BE it ordained by the mayor
and aldermen of the city Of Savannah, in
council assembled. That the name of the
standing committee now known as com
mttee on health and cemetery" be- and
the same is hereby changed, and said COM
mttee shall hereafter be styled and known
as committee on public health"
Sec. 2. BE it further ordained That all
ordinances and parts of ordinances In con-
fiict with this ordinance are hereby re-
pealed.
An ordinance on its first reading Dec.
&c. 1896, read the second time Jan 49, 1897
and laid upon the table to allow sundry
protesting citizens to appear before coun-
ell:
BY Committee of the Whole
An ordinance to amend that ordinance
passed Oct. IL. 1898, and amended March
o. 1895 entitled IAN ordinance to regu-
late passenger vehicles used for hire In
the city of Savannah"
| Detllbu l. tpG IL bIQdhueu DN the mayor
and aldermen of the city of Savannah In
council assembled. that the above recited
ordinance be, and 1t Is hereby so amended
that hereafter it shall be lawful for the
drivers of passenger vehicles for hire in
the city of Savannah to charge as much
, as fifty cents (50c), for each passenger
transported by them to and from wharves
east of East Broad street and west Of
West Broad street.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, that to
the stands established by the committee
on streets and lanes, under said ordinance,
the following be added, to wit: ION Sun
days the vehicles may stand west of john
son square, and on all days in the week
, four a. vehicles may be stationed on the
east side of Bull street, south of Liberty,
, and two (2) on the south side of Liberty
street, west of Bun street, provided how
ever, that the entrances TO the De Soto
hotel and Hussars' Club are not blocked,
and the said vehicles shall not be station
ed abreast on either Bull or Liberty
streets"
Sec. 3. BE It further ordained that all
, ordinances and parts Of ordinances In con-
fiict with this ordinance are hereby re-
pealed.
An ordinance on its first reading Dec.
16, 1896 and by unanimous consent read a
! second time and on motion laid upon the
, table. Taken from the table Jan. 49, 1897
placed upon its passage and passed by the
following vote: Ayes, Hon. Herman
Myers, mayor; Aldermen Bacon, Letter
Falligant, Garrard Hudson, Kolshorn
Lamotte. Lester, Sereven, Watson.
BY Alderman Garrard-
An ordinance for the Improvement oil
portions of President and York streets ir
S the city OF Savannah, under the provis
ions of an act of the legislature Of Geor
gia approved Oct /, 1887.
II Section l. BE it ordained by the mayor
and aldermen Of the city Of Savannah, il
/ 4.s aF,g
provisions or an act Of the legislature o
Georgia approved Oct ], 1887, that th'
L commissioner of public works for the city
Of Savannah be and he Is hereby author
lied and directed to build and construct
on President street, in the city of Savan-
nah, from east side of Bull street to the
west side of Drayton street, a roadway
of sheet asphalt forty (40) feet In width
and upon York street, in the city of Sa.
: vannah from the east side OF Bull street
to the west side of Drayton street, a
roadway of sheet asphalt twenty-three
(23) feet in width. The said commissioner
is also authorized and directed to enclose
the said two (2) roadways with stone
. curbng and to do all the work in the way
i of grading, constructing drains, cross
drains, catch basins, and all other things
incident to the said Improvement OF the
4 said portions of President and York
| streets.
after the total cost of the said work on
the said portions of the said two streets
Z shall have been ascertained, one-third oil
e such cost shall be paid out of the city
I 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 the said portions
= of the said two streets according to front
age; and the pro rata amount of the cost
D of said work Is hereby assessed against the
. said AUDITING real estate and its owners
!, as aforesaid, separate assessments. shall
e however, be made for the portion of Pres
. ident street and for the portion of York
- street to be improved under this ordinance
: so that the respective lot owners shall be-
required to pay their proportionate shares
r of the cost of the work upon their respec
, | tive streets. The frontage OF intersectinf
= streets are assessed as real estate abuttlng
:, upon the portions of the said two streets
4 to be improved, and the mayor and alder.
= men OF the city of Savannah shall be, fol
e all the intents and purposes Of this ordi
j nance the owner of the real estate Sc
: abutting, and shall pay from the cit,
8 treasury its just pro rata as such owner
for the cost Of said work according Il
a frontage in addition TO its one-third Of thu
q entire cost as hereinbefore provided.
q Sec 3. BE 1t further ordained Tha
y after the Improvement hereintofore pro
: vided for has been completed, the com
0 Savannah shall prepare and submit e
council a statement showing the cost o.
the Improvement herein provided for, an(
also an assessment roll showing as t
: two-thirds Of the cost to be apportioned
= how Il is apportioned among the Revera
> AUDITING parcels, including the street in
= tersectlons and giving the sum charged
bic to each parcel with the name OF tn,
. owner Upon the Consideration and adop
ton of said statement and assessment
roll by the council OF the city Of Savan
nah It shall then become the duty OF ID,
- city treasurer to send to the abuttini
: property owners their proper bill for thu
= same as II may be ascertained by tn,
= city council. and II such bill so sent b,
not paid within thirty 800 days after tn,
!, presentation OF sending Of the same 4
shall then become the duty of the cit,
= treasurer to issue an execution for tn,
= amount. together with costs against tn,
q persons and property aforesaid, which ex
. ecution shall be made and levied out o.
! the property described therein as are ex
n ecutions for city taxes
Sec. 4. BE It further ordained. that al