The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-14
NO COUNTY POLICE
HAVE NO Authority 10 GRANT
POOLERITES REQUEST.
SAY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
REPORT OF THE COUNTY
ATTORNEY.

Legislation Looking TO the Paving
of the Road Along the Blum at Isle
of HOpe-PrOperty Owners Will Be
Asked 10 Convey Eight Foot strip
to the COunty-PubIic Road to BE
Opened From Bay street Extend
ed to stiles Avenue-Reyiewers
Appointed to Pass Upon Utility OF
Public Road Between LaROche
and Dale Avenue-Ccmen Gravel
Contract Made-Oyster Privileges
Granted Commissioners Accept
Invitation to Unwilling of jasper
Memorial Tomorrow.
County Attorney Cam reported at
the November meeting of the County
Commissioners yesterday that there is
no law authorizing the commissioners
to establish a board of county police
This means the application for a coun-
ty patrol made by the. citizens of Pool
er will be turned down.
Col. Cam, in his report, cites a de-
cision of the Supreme Court of the
state in a case which is identical with
the one at issue, wherein the court of
last resort held that, however great
the need of such a patrol, it can only
be obtained by special enactment of
the General Assembly, there being no
law empowering the county fathers
to afford such protection. The report
was adopted.
The Isle of Hope Road.
In the matter of the petition of A
NJ. Barbee and others for the paving
of the road on the bluff at Isle of Hope
along the river from Demere's point to
Wimberly, Col EstilPs place, the coun-
ty attorney informed the commission
ers that a roadway has existed along
the river between the points indicated
in the petition for more than thirty
years in continual public use, except,
possibly, in front of the "Old Bee"
place. In front of that place, he
stated, a right of way fifteen feet wide
for a public road was granted several
years ago.
This status of affairs, he added,
gives the county the right to consider
the roadway a public one, notwith-
standing it may have been originally
laid out as a private way and the
deeds to the land convey to the lower
water mark. There being nothing
definite as to the width of the road
way, he suggests that the owners of
abutting property convey to the coun-
ty a strip of land running between
the two points indicated, eight feet
wide on either side of the center line
of the present wheel ruts. The rec
ommendation was adopted.
VIII Open New Road.
The commissioners decided to open
a new public road between LaRoche
avenue and Dale avenue. A communi-
cation from the property owners was
read. In this letter the property own
ers submitted that they would be glad
to obtain the thoroughf4re, provided
that in opening the street the county
would in no way encroach upon their
property. Reviewers were appointed
to pass upon the utility of the pro-
posed street.
A petition from c. F. Graham and
others, asking that a new public ROAD
be declared from Bay street extended
to Stiles avenue, was referred to. the
Committee on Roads and Bridges with
power to act. Three applications for
leases to oyster lands were granted
they having been duly advertised.
The commissioners signed a contract
for 300 cars of cement gravel, the con-
tract being awarded to the Cement
Gravel Company of Augusta. Twenty
five thousand one hundred and sixty
nine dollars and thirty-four cents in
accounts were passed for payment.
Accepted ID. A. r. Invitation.
An invitation from the Lachlan Nc
1ntosh Chapter of the Daughters OF
the American Revolution, asking the
County Commissioners to be present
at the unwilling of the Jasper me-
mortal tomorrow, was accepted with
thanks.