The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-11-13
ACTION IS TAKEN
BY CITY COUNCIL
Appropriation by Congress
Must Be Used On
Our Bar
!
A RESOLUTION Is PASSED
Matter Came up Before the solons At
Their Session Last Nisht-sever.
al Other Subjects were
Handled.
A RESOLUTION is PASSED
SECULAR Meetinu.

present: Hon. A. ]. Crovatt, Mayor,
Aldermen Newman, du Bignon, Smith
and Dart. Absent Aldermen Kaiser,
Cook, Taylor and Robinson. The min
utes OF the previous meetings were
read and confirmed.
Petitions.
From the board of trade asking in
the interest of the health of the people
living at the steel plant site that the
holes made in digging the foundation
be filled up. Ordered filed.
From the residents and property
owners in the vacinity of l. and John
sons streets asking that L street be
Bhelled or covered with some other
substantial material from Il street to
Cochran avenue SO as to enable the
fire department to reach the prop
erty in said section when responding
to an alarm. Tabled
Communications.
From Duncan Wright, secretary of
ling attention to the appropriation
by the government of $4,000 for
work work ON the bar and ask
ing that such steps be taken as seem
desirable to procure early work by the
government under such appropriation.
lsrdered filed and suggestions car
3Tied out.
Reports.
d NJ aIlsle mayor and council;
leanensN Your speciaAA commit
Nee toswhich was referred the co1nmun-
ication of Mess. w. H. Bowen C Co..
its subject being removal of tree on
the line of curEing at the government
building ON Gloucester street, and the
varying width of sidewalks ON Union
street, beg to make the following
report OH same: That at called
meeting of the mayor and council held
November g, your special committee
was authorized to notify contractors
to remove said tree, and, that by reso-
ution passed at said meeting, the
width of the sidewalk at government
building on Union street was liked at
12 feet, due notice of which has been
given to the contractors and the rep
resentatives of the government. Ad-
opted.
From city Treasurer, George II.
Smith. transcript from the books
for the month OF October, 1893, salo
books having been examined and ap
proved by the finance committee. Or
uered published and filed.
From j. A Butts, city physician
and health officer, report for month
of October 1908. Ordered fled.
Resolution.
By Alderman du Bignon. Whereas
congress has appropriated $4,000 to
be expended on the outer bar of this
port, and whereas the commercial in
terests of this port requires the addit-
ional depth which will be obtained
from an expenditure Of said sum for
said purpose, therefore resolved
by the mayor and aldermen of the city
OF Brunswick in council assembled
that the engineer in charge of this
work be. and he hereby is requested
and urged TO begin the work Of deep
ening the outer bar of this port as
early as possible. Be it further resol-
we'd that copy of this resolution be
transmitted to Col. Quinn, the engi-
neer in charge of such work, and also
to Hon. w. G. Brantley, representa-
live OF this district in congress, and
Hons. A. o. Bacon and A. S. Clay
u. S. senators. Adopted.
Ordinances.
The following ordinance was placed
on it's second and third reading, pas
sed and adopted, as follows:
An ordinance to amend section 654
OF the code OF the city OK Brunswick
prescribing the limits within which
bnrses. mares and mules shall run at
large and for other purposes.
Section /. Be it and it is hereby
ordained by the mayor and aldermen
of the city of Brunswick, Georgia, in
council assembled that section 554 OF
the code of said city be amended by
striking from the second line thereof
the letter X, and by inserting in lieu
thereof the letter Q, SO that when SO
amended, said section will read as fol-
lows: 1T shall be unlawful for any
horse, mare or mule to run at large