The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-10
OFFICIAL.

! the following words. viz: Provided
that in that portion of said city of
Savannah bounded on the east by Hab-
ersham street. north by Huntingdon
street, south by Gwinnett street and
west by Montgomery street. that only
one wooden dwelling and clubhouse be
erected on single lot, and no wooden
| dwelling be erected on a lot OF less
than forty-three feet and nine inches
'front.'" and by also striking out, in
the twenty-fourth line, the words
and" and further" so that said sec
ton. as amended, shall read as fol-
lows:
52S. Fire Limits-The fire limits of
| the city of Savannah shall be included
within the following boundaries, to
wit: Savannah river on the north,
East Broad street on east commence
| ing at the river at the foot of East
| Broad street and running southwark
ly along the east side of East Broad
street to its intersection with South
Broad street: thence along the north
side of South Broad street to its in
tersectiOn with Price street: thence
along the east side of Price street to
Taylor; thence along north side Taylor
street to Habersham street; thence
along east side of Habersham street to
Huntingdon street; thence along north
side Huntington street to west side
Montgomery street to its intersection
with the south side of Jones street,
and thence along the south side of
Jones street to its intersection with
West Broad street. and thence along
the west side of West Broad street to
it's intersection with Indian street. and
thence along the northern side of In
dian street to the point on the Savan-
nah and Ogeechee- canal where the
northern line of said Indian street ex-
tended would intersect said canal;
thence again to the river; provided,
that no wooden house or structure shall
be built in the city of Savannah north
of Anderson street with wood or shin
gle roof
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained that
ali ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
On its first reading.
By Committee on Finance
PREAMBLE.
Whereas, the administration of the
government of the city of Savannah
for the fiscal year 1905 will cause an
expenditure in the various depart
ments of said government in sums es-
timated, to-wit:
Board of Health Observation-Disclosures.
Charity Observation-Disclosures.
City Clocks NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
D1SpenSary .......................
Drainage and Dry Culture ............
Fire Uniforms Observation-Disclosures. ........
Fire Department, Maintenance. .........
Fire Department, New Engine. ........
Gwinnett Street Tunnel ..............
Harbor and Wharves Observation-Disclosures.
Harbor Improvement and Advertis-
ing ..................... .................
Hospitals .......................
House Drainage ..............-.....
House Drainage, Maintenance. ........
Interest, Bonded Debt. .................
Incidentals, including Office Charity.
Law Department, Incidentals. ..........
Laurel Grove Cemetery. ................
MdIkeI .......-...'s .'.'....'.... .'.....''.
Parks and Squares Observation-Disclosures.
Parks and Squares, Tree Planting. -.
Parks and Squares, Tree Nursery.
Opening Streets, including Deferred
Payments .....................
Paving Streets .......................
Police ............!..........
Police Uniforms Observation-Disclosures.
Police Reserves .......................
Printing and Stationery ....G..........
Public Buildings, Repairs .............
Public Buildings, New City Hail..
Public Library ...!...............
Plumbing Inspector Observation-Disclosures.
Storm Sewers .......G.............
RoA0llSos AiOAdolAl6 A00Al0AhS AhopCNSOA
and Aldermen ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Scavenger Department .................
Scavenger Department, Electric Rail-
way Contract with County .......
Sink Department, O.. e. NJ. ...........
SINKING fun0 ...................
Sidewalks in Thomas and Wells
HarkS ...........-..s,......
Streets and Lanes OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Streets, Grading New .........................
SfrnafG Not Of
PaVements ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Waterworks, New, Old and Exten>
Slons ..............s...... .........s.....
Waterworks, Duplicate Compressors. {.
An ordinance to assess and levy
taxes and raise revenue for the city
Of Savannah; for the regulation of GER
tain kinds of business in the corpor-
ate and jurisdictional limits of said
city; fixing penalties for the violation
of the revenue ordinances of said city,
and for other purposes connected with
taxes and revenue of said city.
Section 1. The Mayor and Aldermen
of the city of Savannah, in Council as
Sembled, do hereby ordain, That from
and after the first day of January 1905,
the inhabitants of said corporate and
jurisdictional limits of said city, and
those who hold taxable property within
the same, and those who transact, or
cept such as are exempt from taxation
by law, shall pay toward the support
Of the government of said city, and
for the safety, benefit, convenience and
advantage of said city, the taxes here
matter prescribed.
Sec. 2. Every person and corpora
ton owning real property in said city,
including improvements, shall pay a
tax to be assessed by Council upon the
value of said property by the first day
of April, 1905, at the rate of one and
forty-five one-hundredths per centurn
upon the value thereof, except on such
property as may be exempt from taxa
ton under the laws of this state.
Any real property, including new i'm
provements, which shall become taxa
BILE after the first day of January, 1905,
shall be subject to taxation from the
first day of the month Immediately
succeeding the time when the same be-
comes taxable, and the owner or own
ers thereof shall pay such proportion
of the tax required by this ordinance
as the time left in the year 1905 shall
bear to the whole year.
Every person and corporation
owning real property in said city on
the first day of January, 1905. shall
pay taxes upon such real property
upon the assessment thereof lawfully
adopted.
The value of real property
TO be taxed under this section OF this
ordinance shall be ascertained by means
OF the assessment provided for by the
ordinance Of the city on that subject,
or any ordinance amendatory thereof
Sec g Every person and corpora-