The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-26
OEEICIALl.

specific tax 20 be required of all parties
| engaged in the business Gin the city of
Savannah of repairing bicycles when said
| parties do not deal in supplies, shall he
ten dollars annually. including the pres
ent year. For prompt payment the usual
discount Of ten per cent. shall be allowed.
Sec. 3 That all ordinances and parts
of ordinances in conflict with this ordi-
nance are hereby repealed.
| The following ordinance read the first
time March g. 1860. read the second time
March g. and at the request of the alder
man introducing was permitted TO be
| withdrawn.
| By Alderman Haas
An ordinance to prohibit the building
of open or exposed fires in the city of
| Savannah.
Section /. Be it ordained by the Mayor
and Aldermen of the city of Savannah,
| in Council assembled, that it shall be UNI
| lawful for any occupant OF any premises
| in the city of Savannah to build, or make,
| or allow in the yard or other enclosure
| of the said premises, any open or ex-
| posed fire, and any person violating this
| ordinance shall be subject, upon conVic-
ton before the Police Court of the city
| of Savannah, to a fine not to exceed nfty
(5N dollars. or imprisonment not to ex-
| coed ten Q0) days, either or both in the
discretion of the court
Sec. q Be it further ordained that all
ordinances and parts of ordinances in con-
f1ict with this ordinance are hereby re-
| pealed.
The following ordinance, read the first
| time March g. 1900, read the second time
March q. 1900, placed upon its passage and
| adopted by the following vote: Aye, His
honor, the Mayor, and Aldermen Dixon
| Mills, Doyle, Tiedeman, Haas. Bacon, Jar
rell Schwarz and Wells-10. Nays, Alder
| man Thomas.
| BY Alderman Dixon
An ordinance for the Improvement of
the portion of President street in the city
of Savannah herein mentioned, under the
terms and provisions of an act of the
| Legislature of Georgia approved Oct. l.
1887:
Section /. Be it ordained by the Mayor
and Aldermen of the city of Savannah,
In Council assembled, under the terms and
/ provisions of an act of the Legislature
of Georgia approved Oct !, 1887, that the
director of public works for the city of
Savannah, and the Committee on Streets
and Lanes OF the said city, be, and they
are hereby, authorized and directed TO
pave with vitr.fed brick President street
in the city of Savannah, from
the east side of East Broad street,
to the east side Of Reynolds street, be-
i tween the curbing already laid on said
portion of President street, the said pave
ment of vitri1ed brick shall be 51A feet
in width, and the said director and com
mittee shall do all the work in the way
of grading the construction of drains and
cross drains, and al other work incident
10 the improvement herein provided for.
The street railroad company having its
\ tracks on the said portion of President
street is hereby required to pave between
its tracks and two feet outside the said
tracks
Sec. 3 Be it further ordained, That
after the total cost of the said improve
ment herein provided for, exclusive of
that done by or for the street railroad
company, shall have been ascertained.
one-third of the said cost shall be paid
out Of the city treasury, and the other
two-thirds from the persons owning, az
the date of the adoption of this ordinance,
the real estate abutting on the SAID por-
ton of President street according to
frontage, and the pro rata amount of the
cost of the Improvement herein provided
for is hereby assessed against the said
abutting reaf estate and It's owners ac-
cording to the said frontage. The 'front.'
age of intersecting streets and lanes shall
be assessed as real estate according TO
frontage, and the Mayor and Aldermen of
the city of Savannah shall be treated as
the owner of the said streets and lanes
and shall pay from its treasury its just
pro rata according to frontage of the cost
of the said Improvement, in addition to
its one-third of the entire cost.
Sec. g. Be it further ordained, That aft
] CT tUb improvement herein PROVIDED lot
has been completed the said director and
the said committee shall prepare and sub
init TO Council a statement showing the
cost of the said improvement and an as
sessment roll showing to two-thirds of
the cost how 1t is apportioned amongst the
several abutting parcels, including the
street intersections and giving the sum
chargeab bic to each parcel with the name
of the owner. A statement of the amount
that may be ascertained by Council to be
due shall be sent by the city treasurer to
the property owners (Which bill may be
presented personally or sent by maiD, and
should the said bill not be paid within
thirty days after the sending of the same
1t shall then become the duty of the city
treasurer to issue an execution against
the property owners and the abutting
| property, together with interest and costs,
which execution shall be.made and levied
out of the property described therein as
are executions for city taxes Should q
street railroad company fail or refuse to
pay the bill against the said company
within thirty days from the presentation
or sending OF the same. it shall then be-
come the duty of the city treasurer to is
sue similar execution against the said
railroad company, which shall be made
and levied as are executions for city taxes.
Sec. A. Be ii further ordained That all
ordinances and parts of ordinances in con-
fict with this ordinance are hereby re-
peaed.
The following ordinance, read the first
time March g. 1900, by unanimous con-
sent read the second time, placed upon
It's passage and adopted:
BY Alderman Tiedeman-
An ordinance to provide for the sale
| of property herein described
Section l. Be it ordained by the Mayor
and Aldermen of the city of Savannah
in Council assembled, That the Mayor of
the city of Savannah is hereby author
lied to convey in the name of the mu-
nicipal corporation to H. w. johnson at
and for the sum of 50, 10000 the eastern
thirty 800 feet of lot No. 81 and the west
ern thirty 800 feet of lot 80 Thomas ward
and to T. M Cunningham, Jr., for 81 $50 10
the western thirty feet of lot No. 81,
Thomas ward, in the city Of Savannah
in accordance with the respective propo-
sitions to Council.
Sec. q That all ordinances and parts
of ordinances in conflict with this ordi-
| hov, IA