The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-11
OFFICIAL.

| Lane Committee was read and referred
to the Committee on Streets and Lanes
Petition of George U. Beach, calling at
tention to the narrow and steep condition
of the steps a the foot of Whitaker street
leading to the wharves. and asking that
| they be widened, was read and referred TO
| the Committee on Streets and Lanes.
Petition of the Isaac Joseph Iron Com
! pany, submitting a proposition relative
| 10 the garbage or the city, was read and
referred to the Committee on Streets and
| Lanes.
Petition of T. E. Ryan, asking to be re-
lieved from double assessment in house
| hold furniture, petitioner claiming he is
not the owner of any personal property,
| was read and referred to the Board of Tax
| Assessors.
Petition of VIM W. Cornwell, relative
to tax fl. fa.s and asking that the said ex-
| ecutions be cancelled; petitioner repre-
sents that he has no personal property
| subject to taxation, was read and re-
| ferred to the Board of Tax Assessors.
Petition of Capt. ]. L. West of the Sa-
| vannah Cadets. asking that they be Civ
| en- four and a half cases of rife cartridges
unclaimed for thirty years or more and
stored al the powder magazine; petitioner
claims they are valueess in their present
condition, but by extracting the lead and
remelting they can be used in target prac-
tice. was read and referred to the Com
mittee on City Lots.
Petition of Alfred Kent, offering 10 cents
per square foot for any portion of lots own
| ed by the city at the intersection of Hunt
ingdon and Roberts streets, was read and
| referred to the Committee on CITY Lots
and Opening streets
The following petitions were read and
| referred TO the Committee en- Public
Health
r, j. Grower, for permission to trans
fer lot No. 1885 Laurel Grove Cemetery to
Mrs. S. A. Coats.
Harrison & Myrick representing j. A
Ferris asking permission to transfer lot
No 224 Laurel Grove Cemetery to Mrs.
E. A. Proctor.
Mrs. w. H. Rose, for permission to
transfer lot No. 1852 Laurel Grove Gene
terry to Mrs. l.. A. Newton
| S. 8. McFall for permission to dig a
dry well at the southeast corner of Bull
| and Eleventh street lane
ORDINANCES.
The following ordinance read In Coun-
! Gil the first time July II, 1860, read the
second time Aug. 8, placed upon its pass
age and passed
BY Alderman Horrigan-
An ordinance to amend on ordinance
entitled IAN ordinance to establish har-
Dor lines in the Savannah river and to
regulate the building ami repair of struc-
lures in said river" passed Feb 49, 1890
Section /. Be 1t ordained by the Mayor
and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in
Council assembled, That the above enti-
tied ordinance be and the same is hereby
| so amended that hereafter all bulkheads
built in the Savannah river on either side
thereof between the cross-tides above the
| city of Savannah and the sea shall be
built not nearer than twenty 600 or farther
than thirty 900 feet from the harbor lines
established by the United States govern
ment and after a compliance with the
terms and conditions OF the SAID o-dipance
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained that all
| ordinances and parts of ordinances in con-
hct with this ordinance are hereby re-
pealed.
On its first reading.
BY Alderman Dixon
An ordinance 10 amend an ordinance,
| pasesd Feb IS, 1891, and entitled "An
| Ordinance 10 amend an Ordnance passed
June 1, 1887. and codiied in Section 1883 of
MacDonelrs Code of Savannah"
Section 1. BE it ordained by the Mayor
| and Aldermen of the city of Savannah. in
Council assembled, That Section l of the
| above-entitled ordinance, passed Feb. is,
1891, is hereby so amended that hereafter
it shall be the duty of every occupant of
any building, residence place of bust
ness in the city of Savannah TO place the
boxes or barerls referred 10 in said sec
ton lin one of which shall be deposited all
matter and material of a non-combustible
character such as dirt, ashes manure,
tin cans, etc, and in the other matter and
material of a combustibe character) out
side of the gate in lane at or before
seven CD O'Clock a. M, city time, and,
where there are no lanes, at the outer
edge of the sidewalk a or before the
time mentioned, and also TO remove the re-
ceptacles as soon as they are emptied by
the Scanvenger Department. Where there
are narrow alleyways. on which abut
three or more houses. it shall be the duty
of the owners of the said houses to pro-
vide a box or barrel at the point where
the alleyway opens on the street in which
box or barrel it shall be the duty of the
| occupants to deposit the matter and mate
rial as provided for in said Section l and
this amendment. II shall be the duty of
the sanitary inspectors to see to the car
rying out of the provisions of this amend
ment.
Sec. 3 Be il further ordained That
any person violating the provisions of the
aforementioned ordinance, or of the
amendment thereto, or any one of them,
shall be subject, upon conviction before the
Police Court of the city Of Savannah 10 a
fine not to exceed fifty 600 dollars and to
imprisonment not to exceed ten Q0) days,
either or both in the discretion of the
court, and each days violation or neglect
of the said provisions or any of them. shall
constitute separate and distinct offense
Sec. 8. Be il further ordained That all
ordinances and parts of ordinances in con-
hict with this ordinance are hereby re-
pealed.
On IDS first reading.
By Alderman Dixon
An ordinance for the improvement OF a
portion of Bolton street. under the terms
and provisions of an act of the Legis-
lature of Georgia approved Oct. /, 1887.
Section /, Be it DRAINED 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 build
and construct on Bolton street, in ehe
city of Savannah. beginning at the west
side of East Broad street and extending
to the tracks of the Savannah Florida
and Western Railway Company, a road
way Of thirty-nine @9) feet in width of
Augusta gravel, and they are also author
lied. and directed n enclose the said Rad