The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-22

W lWo-SlOFy TIN TOOI stores, ana upon
conditL>i that the said William Mar
Gus yields to the city of Savannah his
possession and title to the encroach-
ment on Liberty street, occupied by the
stoop of the present old building.
Sec. 2. BE it further ordained That
all ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
On its first reading.
By Alderman Watson
An ordinance for, the Improvement of
Price street, between Bay and CASTOR
streets, in the city of Savannah, under
the terms and provisions of an act of
the Legislature of Georgia, approved
Oct. l, 1887.
Section I. Be it ordained bv the
Mayor and Aldermen of the city Of
savannah in Council assembled, unde !.
the terms and provisions of an act Of
the Legislature of Georgia, approved
Oct. l, 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 Price street, in the city
OF savannah, from the south side of
Bay street to the north side of Castor
street, except the intersections of
Broughton, Oglethorpe avenue and
Liberty streets (the said excepted
streets being already paved with as
phalD, a roadway of vitritied brick
twenty-seven feet in width, between the
curbing, and they are authorized and
directed to lay the necessary curbing
and to do all the work in the way of
grading, the placing of catch basins,
drains, crossings, and all other things
incident to the construction and COM
pletion of the said roadway on the said
portion of Price street.
Sec. q Be 1t further ordained, That
after the total cost of the said work
shall have been ascertained, (there be-
ing no street car tracks, except on
Broushton and Liberty streetsl: one
third Of such total cost shall be paid
out of the city treasury and the other
two-thirds from the persons owning at
the date of the adoption of this ordi-
nance the real estate abutting on said
portion of Price street, to be improved
under this ordinance, according to
frontage, and the pro rata amount of
the cost of such work is hereby assess
ed against the said abutting real es-
tate and its owners. as aforesaid, ac-
cording to frontage. The frontage of
intersecting streets and lanes is as
sessed as real estate abutting upon said
portion of Price street to be improved.
and the Mayor and Aldermen of the
city of Savannah shall be. for all the
intents and purposes of this ordinance,
the owner of the real es-
tate so abutting, and shall pay
from the city treasury it's just
pro rata as such owner of the cost of
said work, according to frontage, in
addition to it's one third of the entire
cost as hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, That
n fv,IN fore.
provided for has been completed, the
Director of Public Works for the city
of Savannah and said Committee on
Streets and Lanes shall prepare ana
submit to the Council of the city of
Savannah statement showing the
cost of the Improvement herein provid-
ed for. and also an assessment roll
showing as to two-thrds of the cost
to be apportioned, how IL is apportion-
ed among the several abutting parcels,
including the street and lane intersec-
lions, and giving the sum chargeable
to each parcel, with the name of the
owner. Upon the consideration and
adoption of said statement and assess
ment roll by the Council of the city
of Savannah, it shall then become the
duty of the city treasurer to send to
the abutting property owners their
proper bill for the same as ii may be
ascertained by the City Council, and,
If such bill so sent be not paid within
thirty 800 days after the presentation
or sending of the same, it shall then
become the duty of the city treasurer
to issue an execution for the amount,
together with costs, against the per-
sons and property aforesaid, which ex-
ecution shall be made and levied out
of the property described therein; as
are executions for city taxes.
Sec. 4. Be ii further ordained, That
all ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
RESOLUTIONS.
BY Alderman Thomas
Resolved by the Mayor and Alder
men of the city of Savannah in Coun-
Gil assembled, that so much of that lot
of land, the property Of the board of
public education for the city of Sa-
vannah, In the city of Savannah,
known on the map of said city as lot
twelve Q2), Davis ward, as is needed
for the extension of CASTOR street
formerly Davis street,. between East
Broad and Bowen streets, and on the
southside of CASTOR street, be and the
same is hereby condemned for the Wild
ening of said portion of CASTOR street,
formerly Davis street, and to this an1
that John C. Rowland, of the city of
Savannah, be and he is hereby ap-
pointed the assessor on the part OF
the city of Savannah under the pro-
visions of the law touching condanna-
ton.
II IS further Resolved that due no.
tice of this resolution be served upon
the said Board of Public Education for
the city of Savannah and further pro-
ceedings be had in conformity with
the statute.
Adopted.
BY Alderman Thomas
Resolved, By the Mayor and alder
men of the city of Savannah in Coun
ell assembled, That the petition of the
Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten. this
day filed with the clerk of Council. be
granted, and that the said Kate Bald
win Free Kindergarten be authorized
to sell and dispose of all of lot eighty
tsO) and part of lot seventy-nine C79)
Solomons ward, in the city of Savan-
nah, consisting of sixty (60) feet on
Whitaker street and one hundred and
ten Q10) feet on Thirty-eighth street,
free from all claims of the city of Sa-
and from the condition men
toned in the deed of June rs, 1901 from
the Mayor and aldermen of the city of
savannah to the said Kate Baldwin
Free Kindergarten. The purchase price,
over and above seventeen hundred
($l,f0Ol dollars, is to be
used in the Improvement
Of the lot in Lester ward on the
northeast corner of Montgomery and
Thirty-first streets, mentioned i'm the
said petition, which lot is to be con-
veyed by George j. Baldwin to the
Kate Baldwin Free kindergarten in
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