The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-16

llrst time Nov. 8, 1904, and published
. for information.
]. ROBERT DREAMER,
Clerk of Council.
| By Committee on Streets and Lanes
An ordinance for the improvement
of Bryan street, from the west prop
| erty line Of Abercorn street to the west
| property line of. East Broad street, in
| the city of Savannah, Georgia, under
the terms and provisions of an act of
the Legislature of Georgia, approved
| Oct. l. 1887.
Section 1. 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 Bryan street, in the city
! of Savannah, from the west property
, line of Abercorn street to the west
property line of East Broad street a
/ roadway of vitrified brick twenty-one
| CID feet between the curbing, said
| pavement at all street and lane inter-
| sections to extend over the full width
| of said Bryan street, that is to say. to
| lines coincident with the respective
| property lines, except on the intersect-
! ing street, Price, which said last
named street has been heretofore
paved; and they are authorized and
| directed to lay the necessary curbing,
1 and to do all the work in the way of
I grading, the placing of catch basins,
l drainS crossings, and all other things
| incident to the construction and com
| pletion of said roadway on said por-
| ton of Bryan street.
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| a street railroad company having
| tracks running through said portion of
| Bryan street to be improved under this
ordinance, is hereby required to pave
| the width of its tracks and two feet
| on each side of every line of the tracks
1 of said street railroad company with
| vitrified brick, as the said work pro-
| crosses, and in the event this is not
i done by said company, the said direc-
| tor of public works and the said COM
mittee shall see to its being done at
| the expense of said railroad company.
| Sec. 3. 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
| shall be paid out of the CITY treasury.
| and the other two-thirds by the per-
| sons owning at the date of the adop-
| ton Of this ordinance, the real estate
| AUDITING on said portion of Bryan
| street to be improved under this ordi-
nance, according to frontage, and the
| pro rata amount of the cost of such
| work is hereby assessed against the
said abutting real estate and it's 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 Bryan
street to be improved, and the Mayor
| and Aldermen of the city of Savannah,
| shall be for all intents and purposes
| of this ordinance, the owner of the
real estate so abutting, and shall pay
| from the city treasury its just pro
| rata as such owner of the cost of such
| work, according to frontage, in addi-
| ton to it's one-third Q-3) of the entire
cost as hereinbefore provided,
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained that
after the improvement hereinbefore pro-
vided for has been completed, the said
director and the said committee shall
prepare and submit to the Council Of
the city of Savannah a statement
showing the cost of the improvement
herein provided for, and also an assess
ment roll showing as to two-thirds
| (2-3) of the cost to be apportioned, how
1t Is apportioned among. the several
abutting parcels, including the street
and lane intersections, and giving the
sum chargeable to each parcel, with
the name OF the owner.
Upon the consideration and adoption
OF said statement and assessment roll
by the Council of the city of Savan-
nah 1t shall then become the duty OF
the city treasurer to send to the abut-
ting property owners their proper bills
for the same, as 1t may be ascertained
by the City Council, and If such bills
so sent be not paid within thirty GOD
days after the presentation or send
ing of the same, 1t shall then become
the duty of the city treasurer to issue
executions for the amount. together
with the costs, against the persons
and property aforesaid, which execu-
lions shall be made and levied out OF
the property described therein, as are
executions for city taxes. The said
statement and assessment roll shau
also show the amount payable by a
street railroad company, and should
such company fail or refuse to pay
bill for the same thirty $500 days after
the presentation or sending OF the
same, II shall be the duty Of the city
treasurer to issue execution agalnst
said company and its property for SAID
bill, together with costs, which shall
be made and levied as are executions
for city taxes.
Sec s. Be II further ordained that
all ordinances and parts Of ordinances
in conflict with this ordinance are here
by repealed.
Ordinance read I'm Council for the
first time Nov. .. 1904. and published
for information.
]. ROBERT DREAMER,
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