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submitted to Council and has been
fully read and considered. is in all re-
spects approved. agreed to and enter
ed into, by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the city of Savannah, and the said
Mayor is hereby directed to sign, exc
cute and deliver the said contract in
triplicate in the name of the Mayor
and Aldermen of the city of SaYan-
nah, by himself as such Mayor, and
the clerk of Council is hereby direct
ed to afiix the corporate seal and at
test the same
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained that
when said contract shall have been
duly executed and delivered by and
between the said corporations all work
to be done hereunder will be under
taken and will be carried to conf
pletion with all reasonable despatch.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, that
all ordinances and parts of ordinances,
in conflict herewith, be, and the same
are, hereby repealed.
On it's first reading.
BY Committee on Streets and Lanes
Section l. An ordinance for the i'm
provement of Drayton street from the
north property line of Anderson street
to the north property line of Thirty
first street, under the terms and provi-
sions of an act of the Legislature of
Georgia, approved Oct. l, 1887.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and AL
dermen of the City of Savannah, in
Council assembled, under terms and
provisions of an act of the Legislature
of Georgia, approved Oct. 1, 1887. That
the director of public works for the
city of Savannah, and the Committee
on Streets and Lanes of said city, be
and they are hereby authorized and di-
rected to build and construct ON Dray-
ton street, in the city of Savannah
from the north property line of Ander-
son street to the north property line
of Thirty-frst street, roadway of
vitrified brick Thirty-feet 900 in width
between the curbing, said pavement
at all street and lane intersections to
extend over the full width of said
Drayton street, that is to say, to lines
co-incident with the respective prop
erty lines, and they are authorized and
directed to lay the necessary curbing,
and 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 COM
pletion of said roadway on said portion
Of Drayton street.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That
after the total cost of such work shall
have been ascertained, One-third Q-3)
of such total cost shall be paid out of
the city treasury, and the other two
thirds (2-3) by the persons owning at
the date of the adoption of this ordi-
nance the real estate AUDITING on said
portion of Drayton street to be inn
proved under this ordinance according
to frontage, and the pro rata amount of
the cost of such work is hereby as
sessed against the said abutting real
estate, and its owners as aforesaid, ac-
cording to frontage. The frontage of
interecting streets and lanes is assessed
as real estate abutting on said portion
of Drayton street to be improved, and
the Mayor and Aldermen of the City
Of Savannah, shall be, for all the in
tents and purposes of this ordinance,
the owner of the real estate so abut-
ting, and shall pay from the city treas
ury its just pro rata as such owners
of the cost of said work, according to
the frontage in addition to its one
third Q-3) of the entire cost as here
inbefore provided.
Sec. 3. 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 Council of
the city of Savannah, a statement
showing the cost of the Improvements
herein provided for, and also an assess
ment roll. showing as to two-thirds
(2-3) of the cost to be apportioned
how it is apportioned among the sew
eral AUDITING parcels, including the
street and lane intersections, and
giving the sum chargeable to each par
Gel, with the name of the owner. Upon
the consideration and adoption of said
statement and assessment roll by the
Council of the City Of Savannah, it
shall then become the duty Of the city
treasurer to send to the abutting prom
erty owners their proper bill for the
same, as IT may be ascertained by the
City Council, and if any such bill
sent be not paid within thirty 800
days after the presentation or sending
of the same, it shall then become the
duty of the city treasurer to issue ex-
ecutton for the amount, together with
cost against the persons and property
aforesaid, which execution shall be
made and levied out of the property
described therein, as are executions
for city taxes.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That
all ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict with this ordinance be and
the same are hereby repealed.
Ordinance read in Council for the
time May %, 1904, and laid on the
table:
By Alderman Davant-
An ordinance for the improvement
of Thirty-frst street from the east
side of Lincoln street to the west side
Of Price street, except Habersham, the
interesting street, for which a paw
ing ordinance has been passed, under
the terms and provisions Of an act
of the Legislature of Georgia, approved
Oct. /. 1887
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Aldermen of the city of
Savannah, in Council assembled, I'M
der the terms and provisions of an
act of the Legislature of Georgia, APP
proved Oct. /, 1887, that the director
Of public works for the city of Savan-
nah, and the Committee on Streets and
Lanes of said city, be. and they are
hereby authorized and directed to build
and construct on Thirty-first street,
In the city of Savannah, from the east
side OF Lincoln street TO the west side
of Price street, except Habersham, the
intersecting street, for which a paw
ing ordinance has been passed, a road
way of vitrified brick thirty 800 feet
between the curbing, said pavement
at all street and lane intersections to
extend over the full width of said
Thirty-first street; that is to say, to
lines coincident with the respective
property lines, and they are author
lied 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 said roadway on said
portion of said Thirty-first street.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, that
after the total cost of said work shall
have been ascertained, one-third of
such total cost shall be paid out of