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hereinafter set out: and further. 1t
! shall be the duty of any person using
| any such road carriage upon said
streets, to see to it that the same is
registered and equipped with the num-
/ bering required by the first section of
! this ordinance. and any person OPP
Grating, propelling or using any auto
mobile, locomobile or other similar
road carriage upon the streets of said
| city, the same being then and there
unregistered, and failing to display the
registered number of such road car
riage as required in the foregoing sec
! ton, shall be liable to all the penalties
prescribed herein.
Any person violating any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance shall be pun
! ished upon conviction before the Po-
! lice Court of the city of Savannah, by
| a fine not exceeding twenty-five (25)
dollars, or Imprisonment not exceed
| ing twenty (20) days. either or both,
| in the discretions of the court.
| Sec. q Be it further ordained that
! all ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Ordinance read in Council for the
first time Jan. 20, 1904, read second
time Feb. 3, 1904, placed upon its pas
sage and passed:
BY Alderman Garfunkel-
An ordinance to amend an ordinance
entitled: An ordinance to fix water
rate for water used in laying and con-
structing cement sidewalks and for 9TH
er purposes, adopted Nov. %, 1903 by
changing in Section / the words twen-
ty-five cents to fifteen cents, and for
other purposes.
Section 1, Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Aldermen of the city of
Savannah in Council assembled, that
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out in the foregoing caption, is hereby
amended by striking out the words
twenty-five cents and by substituting
in lieu thereof the words fifteen cents,
so that said section shall read: That
| from and after the adoption of this
ordinance the following water rate
shall be charged and paid for the wa
ter used and constructing cement side
walks in the city of Savannah, to-wit,
on the basis of fifteen cents per one
hundred square feet of the same, and
this rate shall be paid to the city treas
urer in advance before beginning such
work.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained that
all ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict with this ordinance be and
they are hereby repealed.
Ordinance read in Council for the
first time Jan. 20, 1904, read a second
time Feb. 8, 1904, placed upon its pas
sage and passed, all members present
| CID voting in the affirmative:
| By Committee on Streets and Lanes
An ordinance for the Improvement
of Farm street from the south side of
| Bryan street to the south side of New
| street, under the terms and provisions
of an act of the Legislature of Geor-
| gia, approved Oct. 1, 1887.
Section l. Be it ordained by the May
or and Aldermen of the City of Savan-
Il in, h led he
terms and provisions of an act of the
Legislature of Georgia, approved Oct.
| /, 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 directed to build and
construct on Farm street, in the city
of Savannah, from the south side of
Bryan street to the south side of New
street, a roadway of stone blocks thir-
| ty 800 feet in width between the curb
| ing, said pavement at all street and
| lane intersections to extend over the
full width of said Farm street; that is
| to say, to lines coincident with the re-
| spective property lines, and they are
authorized and directed to lay the nee
| eSsary curling 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 construc-
| ton and completion of said roadway
on said portion of Farm street.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That
any street railroad company having
| tracks running through said portion
| of Farm street to be improved under
this ordinance, is hereby required to
pave the width of it's tracks and two
| feet on each side of every line of the
tracks of said street railroad COM
| pany, with stone blocks as the said
work progresses, and in the event this
is not done by said company, the di-
rector of public works, and the said.
| committee shall see to its being done
| at the expense of said street railroad
company.
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 (1-3) 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 ordinance the real
estate and abutting on said portion of
| Farm 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 abutting real estate and its own
ers as aforesaid, according to from
tage.
The frontage of intersecting streets
and lanes is assessed as real estate
| abutting on said portion of Farm
| street to be improved, and the Mayor
| and Aldermen of the City of Savan-
| nah shall be, for all the 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
| said work, according to frontage in adj
dition to its one-third Q-3) of the en-
| tire cost as hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 4. 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-
ell 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
thirds (23) Of the cost to be apportion-
ed, how it is apportioned among the
several abutting parcels, including the
street and lane intersections and Civ
ing the sums chargeabie to each parcel,
with the name of the owner.
Upon the consideration and adop-
ton of said statement and assessment
roll by the Council of the city of Sa-
vannah, it shall then become the duty
! OF the city treasurer to send to the
! abutting property owners their proper
bill for the same, as ii may be ascer-
tanned by the City Council, and If such
bill so sent be not paid within thirty
$500 days after the presentation or