The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-18
OFFICIAL.

Petition of the Benedictine Order, by
Rev. Father A. O'Hanlon, o. S. b.,
| asking to relieve land upon which a
church is now being erected, on Bull
streets, from taxes for year 1902, said
amount being $134.4O.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
| Petition of sundry citizens carrying
on business on Whitaker street, asking
| Council to pave Whitaker street with
brick from Bay to Broughton streets.
Received as information.
Petition of Moses Fl. Evans, asking
city to lease him twenty acres of land
| at Old Waters Works, Vale Royal
road. Referred to Committee on Wa
| ter.
Petition of Mrs. Lou Sheen, asking
Council to place light on Stone street.
Referred to Committee on Streets and
Lanes.
Petition of Mrs. A. F. Jenckes, ask
| ing Council to allow her to sell part of
| lot No. l160, Laurel Grove Cemetery,
to r. w. Holt. Referred to Committee
| on Public Health. -, r.
Petition of Henry Blum, requesting
| that execution for taxes on Lot 105,
Springfield Ward, be stayed and that
| property relieved from taxation, it he
| ing out of the taxable limits. Referred
to Committee on Finance
Petition of the Georgia Infrmary by
| H. c. Cunningham, attorney, asking
to be relieved from the payment of
| $173.55 for taxes for 1902. Referred to
| Committee of the Whole.
Petition of w. r. Daniels, Jr., asking
| a reduction of assessment on house
No. 4O7 Gordon street, east. Referred
| 20 Tax Assessors.
Ordinance read in Council for the
first time March 4, 1903. and referred
| to Committee on Finance, at meet
ing of April l. 1908, the Finance Com
mittee recommend that the said ordi-
nance be not passed. the same was
! then read a second time and laid upon
, the table.
BY Alderman Colding-
An ordinance to amend an ordinance
! to assess and levy taxes and raise
revenue for the city of Savannah.
Section l. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Aldermen of the city of
Savannah that the above entitled
ordinance is hereby amended by add
! ing after the words, every owner OF
! a wagon or other vehicle used as NOV
ing advertisements one hundred dol
lars, the following, the provisions of
| this ordinance shall not apply to a
street wagon hired for the purpose
/ of advertising any theatrical perform
ance, baseball game, football game or
athletic contest.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained that
all ordinances and parts Of ordinances
are hereby repealed SO far as they APP
! ply to this special case.
Ordinance on its first reading.
| BY Alderman Watson -.r
An ordinance for the Improvement
of Whitaker street from the south curn
line of Bay street to the north side OF
1 Oglethorpe avenue, under the terms
and provisions of an act of the Legls-
| lature of Georgia, approved Oct. /,
| 1887.
Section L. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Aldermen of the city of
Savannah in Council assembled, under
| the terms and provisions of an act OF
the Legislature of Georgia, approved
| Oct. l, 1887, that the director of pub
| lie works for the city of Savannah and
| the Committee on Streets and Lanes
| of said city, be, and they are hereby,
| authorized and directed to build and
| construct on Whitaker street In the
/ city of Savannah from the south curb
! line of Bay street to the north side of
| Oglethorpe avenue, roadway OF Wit
| rified brick tWenty-SeVen CID feet be-
! tween the curbing, said pavement at
| all street and lane intersections to ex-
! tend over the full width Of said Whit
aker street, that is to say. to lines CO.
| 1nclQenI WITH the respective property
| lines except on the intersecting streets.
st. Julian, Congress and Broughton
streets, which said three last named
streets have been heretofore paved
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 completion OF
| -
Whitaker street.
Sec. q Be it further ordained that
street railroad. company having
tracks running through said portion OF
Whitaker street to be improved I'M
der this ordinance, is hereby required
to pave the width of its tracks and
two feet on each side of every line OF
the tracks OF said street railroad COM
pany with vitrified brick, as the said
work progresses, and in the event this
is not done by said company, the said
director OF public works and the said
committee shall see to its being done
at the expense Of said railroad COM
pany.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, that
after the total cost Of said work, ex-
elusive of that done by or for a street
railroad company. shall have been as
certained, one-third of such total cost
SNAIL NC pau Jul VI NiAC tANy AiGdOul
and the other two-thirds (2-3) by the
persons owning at the datesof the ,adop-
ton of this ordinance, sthe real estate
abutting on, the said portion of Whit
aker street, to be improved under this
ordinance according to. frontage, and
the pro rata amount of the cost of such
work is hereby assessed against the
said abuttlng real estate and its own
ers, as aforesaid, according to 'front.'
age.
The frontage of intersecting streets
and lanes is assessed as real estate
abutting on said portion of Whitaker
street to be improved, and the Mayor
and Aldermen of the city of Savannah
shall be for all the intents and pur-
poses of this ordinance, the owner Of
the real estate so abutting, and shall
pay from the city treasury it's just
pro rata as such owner of the. cost OF
such work according to frontage, IN
addition to its one-third Q-O of the
entire cost as hereinbeforeI provided.
Sec. A. Be It further ordained, that
after the Improvement hereinbefore
provided for has been completed, the
said director and the said committee
shall prepare and submit to the Coun-
Gil of the city Of Savannah, a state
ment showing the cost Of the improve
ment herein provided for, and also an
assessment roll showing as TO two