The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-01-28
COUNCIL HAD A
BUSY SESSION.
A NUMBER OF RESOLUTIONS
WERE PAssED-oTHER MAT
TIERS ATTENDED TO.
ONLY A FEW APPLICATIONS FOR
LIQUOR LICENSE HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED AS YET.
Regular Meeting.


Brunswick, Ga, Jan. n, 1902.
Present: Hon. j. E. du Bignon,
chairman of council; Aldermen New
man, McGarvey, Franklin. Kaiser and
Taylor.
Absent: Mayor Emanuel, Alder
men Calhoun and Cook.
Minutes of meeting Jan. "a, 1902
read and confirmed.
Applications to retail liquors were
i received from the following parties,
and ordered published:
Douglas & Morgan, 212-214 Bay
street; julius May, 200 Bay street;
Robert Levison, manager, corner
Monk and Grant streets; Sig.LeNison
agent, S10 Bay street; H. Selig, 225
Grant street; Patrick Horan, 612 Bay
street; Albert e. Wenz, 4O6 Bay
street; Phil Keller, 21O Gloucester
street.
Resolution.
i. By Alderman du Blgnon:
Be it, and it is hereby Resolved by
the Mayor and Aldermen of the City
of Brunswick, in Council assembled,
that
Whereas. The then mayor and coun-
Gil on the 18th day OF March, 1888, aid
pass an ordinance authorizing the
Mayor, with the advice of the Finance
Committee to borrow money and to
pledge or hypothecate as security the
bonds held in trust by the City for
the redemption of bonds maturing in
1909; and
Whereas, The ordinance was pass
ed in opposition to the opinion of the
City Attorney in 1897, ard is clearly
in violation of the law. therefore be 1t
Resolved, That this council intro
duce and pass ali ordinance resembling
tne said ordinance, and that the
same be stricken from the code of
ordinances now in the hand of the
printer, before publication.
Adopted.
The following ordinance was placed
on its first reading:
Ordinance.
By Alderman du Bignon;
An Ordinance repeating section CIT
of the code Of ordinances of the City
of Brunswick, providing for the hy-
pothecatiRg Of certain bonds, and
for other purposes.
Section BE 1t ordained by the
Mayor and Council of the City of
Brunswick, and it is hereby ordained
by the authority of the same, That
section GIT of the Code of Ordinances
Of said city compiled IN the year 1900,
provinding for and authorizing the
hypothecating of certain bonds to Sc
cure loans, be and the same is hereby
repealed.
Section 2.-Be it further ordained
by the authority aforesaid, That each
and every one Of the series of bonds
issued in 1893 and 1894, known as the
sewerage bonds, which have not been
heretofore sold or disposed Of for the
purpose for whicn they were issued
(such remaining ponds being sixty
four in number and for the sum of one
thousand dollars each) be held In
trust for the sole and only purpose OF
redeeming the bonds of said city is
sued in 1879 and 1880 and maturing
in 1909, and which said last named
bonds now outstanding bear seven
per cent interest from date and ag-
gregate sixty-two thousand one hun
dred and fifty dollars in face value.
Section 3.-Be it further ordained
by the authority aforesaid That the
Mayor be, and he is hereby authoriz-
ed and directed to communicate with
the holders Of such outstanding seven
per cent bonds with a view of re-
deeming the same with such five per
cent bonds now neida in the treasury
and that he submit to the Mayor and
Aldermen any offer ne may have for
the exchange or redemption of such
outstanding bonds.
Section 4.--Be it further ordained
by the authority aforesaid, That all
ordinances and parts of ordinances
D. conflict with this ordinance be, and
the same are hereby repealed.
Resolution.
BY Alderman du Bignon.
Be it, and it is hereby
Resolved, BY the Mayor and Alder
men of the City of Brunswick in coun-
Gil assembled, That an expert account
ant be employed to check up and
verify the Doohs OF all city officials
keeping accounts, for the year 1901.
Be it further
Resolved, That the Mayor and Finance
Committee be, and they are hereby
authorized and directed to employ
such accountant, provided the total
cost Of said WORK shall not exceed
two hundred and fifty dollors.
Adopted.
Bills and accounts properly approv-
ed and audited read and ordered plac-
ed in course of settlement.
Adjourned.
N. D. RUSSELL.