The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-12-29

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Signed as above stated, numbers 92
SO, "a and 80, bearing interest at seven
per centum per annum, payable Jan.
uary l, 1880 to the Macon and Bruins.
wick Railroad Company or bearer.
The bonds were authorized under the
general act of the legislature, incor-
porating the city of Brunswick. Feb.
ruary %, 1856, and by an ordinance of
council dated January 81. 1859, with
this endorsement on each bond: THE
Macon and Brunswick Railroad Com
pay hereby guarantees the ultimate
payment of the within bonds" signed
A. E. Cochran. president" Coupons
have been clipped from bonds 90, SO
and "a up to and including January
1, 1875; bond 80 has coupon due Jan
uary l, 1876 attached. We can find no
record of the numbers Of bonds in.
cluded in the compromise of 1879, and
it is therefore, impossible to state
whether or not these particular bonds
were ever taken up in the 1879 com.
promise. In the judgment of your com
mlttee, payment of these bonds is bar
red by the statute of limitation and re-
fer You particularly to the report of
She city attorney, attached hereto.
We recommend that the clerk of coun.
Gil be directed to communicate with
the holders, and send them copy of
This. report.
\ Respectfully,
4 ). E. du 5Isnon, Chairman.
y w. q. Cook s3a
n E|inspcsa uemmittess
hrom Committee th Education:
: Brunswick. Ga. Dec. 2s 1903.
'E1on Mayor and Council,
Gentlemen: Your standing com.
mittee on education, to which was re-
ferred the petition of the Brunswick
Library Association. it's subject being
request for the use of a room In the
city hall building. beg to make the
following report upon same:
We beg to recommend that room
No 9 be- allotter to- petitioners for
their use, free of charge, with the
that they be tenants
at will ard that the mayor and council
have the the privilege of using said
room VIII enever necessary.
Respectfully submitted,
w. B. Cook, Chairman,
J. E. du Bienon,
Committe on Education.
Adopted.
Ordinances,
An ordinance to + gulate the posi-
tion Of telegraph, te phone and cleo.
trio light poles and lmiliar poles. on
the public streets of ne city Of Bruins
wick, and for othe' purposes, was
read the second and third time but
final passage delayed until next Meet
ing of council.
Motion, by Aldernn du Bignon:
That the mayor be authorized to ap-
point an acting treasurer until one
is elected to fill the unexpired term.
The mayor stated he would appoint
anyone council or the finance com
mittee might select, and on ascertain
ing that the finance committee de-
sired to have w. F. Symons appointed,
passed an order directing the clerk
to notify W. F. Symons Of his ap-
pointment as acting treasurer from
January l, 1904, uLtil the Office is
filled by election.
Bills and accounts properly approv.
ed and audited read and ordered
placed in course of settlement.
The mayor announced that upon in
formation laid by the marshal he had
suspended Impounding Officer A. C.
Strickland for two weeks.
The marshal stated to council that
the officer had been negligent and
derelict in duty, explaining the cir.
cumstances. The action Of the mayor
was sustained.
Adjourned until 1880 o'clock a. H.
Januarv 4, 1904.
N. D. Russell,
Clerk of Council
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