The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-30
SPECIAL NOTICES.
PROCLAIM ALTON.

City of Savannah. Mayors Office, Aug.
80, 19OO-The Sanitary Board, in accord
ance with the provisions of an ordinance,
passed Aug IS, 1900 and entitled An
ordinance to provide for the cutting ana
removal or destruction of weeds and 9TH
err rank vegetable growth growing on pri-
vate property within said limits to pro-
vide a penalty for noncompliance with
the provisions hereof etc, the said San
itary Board having notified me that in the
opinion of the board it 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 vegetaoie
growth, l do hereby issue this, my proc
lamation requiring the cutting and remoV-
al of such weeds and other rank Vegeta-
Bile 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, Both day OF Au-
gust. 1900. HERMAN M1ER
(Seall Mayor.
Attest: VIM P. BAILEY,
Clerk of Council.
An ordinance to provide for the cutting
and removal or destruction of weeds and
Otner rank NeS6tdUle SIONlH SlONFAA5 St4
private property within said city limits;
20 provide a penalty for noncompliance
with the provisions hereof and TO author
lie the city authorities to cut ana remove
and destroy such weeds and other rank
vegetable growth at the expense of the
owner or owners of the property on when
it grows
Section l. Be it ordained by the Mayor
and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in
IL XIh
Sanitary Board of said city shall notify
the Mayor thereof that, in the opinion or
said board il is necessary for the preserN-
alton of the health of the city TO nave cut
and removed from private property IN lhe
said city, or destroyed thereon, weeds ana
other rank vegetable growth, the Mayor
shall issue his proclamation requiring 'he
immediate cutting and removal OF such
weeds and other rank vegetable growth TO
the property line of said lot or the destruc-
ton of the same by fire on such LOT py the
owner or owners of said property or the
agents of such owners having charge OF
such property, and thereupon' II such
weeds and other rank vegetable growth Is
not cut from such private property ana re-
moved to the property line or such prop
ertv or destroyed thereon by hre Wlthln
ten days after the first pubhcatloh Oh
said proclamation by the Mayor then ana
nropertv. or the agent thereof having the
same in charge, shall. upon conviction in
the Police Court of the city of Savannah
of A failure to cut and remove such weeds
and other rank vegetable growth WITHIN
the time above named. be punished by
fine not to exceed fifty $50 dollars, OF I'M
nrisonment not TO exceed thirty 600 days
either or both in the discretion OF the
court. :,
Sec. Q Be it further ordained, That IN
tho event of the failure of the owner OF
owners. or the agent of such property
having charge of the same, as the case
NAV be, to cut and remove such weeds
and other rank vegetable growth or de-
strov 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 OF own.
ers Of such property, have the same cut
and removed or destroyed
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained mat
all ordinances and parts of ordinances IN
conaiot with this ordinance are hereby re-
pealed.