The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-31
SPECIAL NOTICES.
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PROCLAIM ALTON.


City of Savannah. Mayors Office, Aug.
80, l9oO.-The Sanitary Board, in accord
ance with the provisions of an ordinance,
passed Aug. %, 1900, and entitled An
ordinance to provide for the cutting and
removal, or destruction of weeds and 9TH
er rank vegetable growth growing on pri-
Vate property within said limits to pro
vide a penalty for compliance with
the provisions hereof" etc. the said San
itary Board having notified me that in the
opinion of the board, 1t is necessary for
the preservation of the health of the city
to have cut and removed from private
property in the said city or destroyed
thereon, weeds and other rank vegetable
growth, | do hereby issue this, my proc
lamation requiring the cutting and remov-
al of such weeds and other rank vegeta-
Die growth in accordance with the provl-
sions of the following ordinance. Any
one failing to comply with its provisions
will be placed on the information docket
and fined.
Given under my hand and the seal of
the city of Savannah this. 30th day of Au-
gust, 1900 HERMAN MYERS,
(Seal) Mayor.
Attest; WIN. P. BAILEY,
Clerk of Council.
An ordinance to provide for the cutting
and removal or destruction of weeds and
other rank vegetable growth growing on
private properly within said city limits;
10 provide a penalty for noncompliance
with the provisions hereof, and TO author
ize the city authorities to cut and remove
and destroy such weeds and other rank
vegetable growth at the expense of the
owner or owners of the property on which
it grows.
Section l. Be it ordained by the Mayor
and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in
Council assembled, That whenever the
Sanitary Board of said city shall notify
the Mayor thereof that, in the opinion or
said board, it is necessary for the preserV-
alton Of the health of the city to have cut
and removed from private property in the
said city, or destroyed thereon, weeds and
other rank vegetable growth the Mayor
shall issue his proclamation requiring the
immediate cutting and removal of such
weeds and other rank vegetable growth to
the property line of said Lotto the destruc-
ton of the same by fire on such lot by the
owner or owners of said property, or the
agents of such owners having charge of
such property, and thereupon, if such
weeds and other rank vegetable growth is
not cut from such private property and re-
moved to the property line of such prop
erty or destroyed thereon by fire within
ten days after the first publication of
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in that event the owner or owners Of said
property, or the agent thereof having the
same in charge, shall, upon conviction in
the Police Court of the city of Savannah,
of failure to cut and remove such weeds
and other rank vegetable growth within
the time above named, be punished by a
fine not to exceed fifty (50) dollars, of i'm
prisonment not to exceed thirty 800 days
either or both in the discretion of the
court.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That in
The event of the failure of the owner or
owners or the agent of such property
having charge of the same, as the case
may be, to cut and remove such weeds
and other rank vegetable growth or de-
stroy the same within the time above
named, then and in that event the Mayor
and Aldermen of the city of Savannah,
through the director of public works,
shall at the expense of the owner or own
ers of such property. have the same cut
and removed or destroyed
Sec. 3. BE il further ordained, That
all ordinances and parts of ordinances in
conflict with this ordinance are hereby re-
pealed.