The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-04-24
YESTERDAYS MEETING.
Brunswick, Ga. April %, 1909.
council reconYened this day at 100

brunswick, Ga, April %, 1909.
Council reconyened this day at IL. so,
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Present: Aldermen Calnan, Cox,
Goldsmith, Leo and McGarvey.
Absent: Mayor Hopkins. Aldermen
Ludwig Taylor and Baker
Alderman Goldsmith was unanimous
! ly elcted chairman of the meeting.
The following ordinance was placed
en- its first reading and referred 20
the ordinance committees:
BY the Finance Committee:
AN ORDINANCE to levy and assess
tax for the support of the govern.
ment OF the city of Brunswick
Ga, for the year 1909, and for the
payment of the ordinary and extra
ordinary expenses OF said CITY r1r
sad year, and for other purposes.
section l. Be it ordained by the
mayor and aldermen of the city Of
brunswick, Ga, in council duly assem-
Died, and it is hereby ordained b. the
authority of the same, that for tbe
support of the government of the citv
OF brunswick for the year 1909 and
lor the payment of the ordinary apd
eXtraordnary expenses of said ritv
Tor SAID year, tax of one and thirty
hundredths Q.30) percentum of ibe
value OF the taxable property within
SAID city be and the same is harebv
levied and assessed on all pfDnef,tV
taxable by said city, and shall be
PAID by the several and respective
owners of the same in two (2) equal
payments, one on or before the thir-
tieth (30th) day of June, 1909 and
the other on or before the thirtieth
(50th) day of November, 1899 provid-
ed, any taxpayer shall have the right
to pay his or her whole tax at The
time the first installment Is due; ana
provided further that should any per-
son or persons liable for such taxes
fail to pay one-half of any and all
taxes due said city for said year Nv
the 3lst t3lst) day of July, 1909, th;
entire amount of such taxes for the
, year shall Immediately become due,
and it shall be the duty of the cI etil
Of the mayor and council of the city
of Brunswick to issue execution
! against such defaulting taxpayer or
taxpayers for the entire amount of
taxes due said city for said year BY
I such person or persons, and such ex-
ecution shall be enforced by levy ami
sale, as provided by the charter, ordi
nances and bylaws of said city.
! Sec. 2 Be it further ordained by
the authority aforesaid that the taxes
SO levied and to be collected shall b.
and are hereby apDortioned and ap-
propriated as follows 50-100 of one
percentum to he payment Of the ordi-
nary current expenses of said city for
the year 1909; 70-100 of one percen-
tum TO the payment of the principal
and interest of the public debt of said
city, and the remaining 10-100 Of one
percentum to paving and macadamiz
ing and otherwise improving the
streets OF said city during said year
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained by
the authority aforesaid that this ordi
nance shall be subject to amendment,
and the right is hereby reserved tc
levy an additional tax for said year
OEI. 7 DC 1t lui tliti OludlHSu ny
the authority aforesaid, that discount
Of 5 percentum per annum on the
amount due by all persons. firms ami
corporations as taxes, shall be allowed
to all persons, firms and corporations
who pay the entire amount of taxes
due by them respectively on or be-
fore the tenth (l0th) day of July. 1909.
Sec. 5. BE ii further ordained by
the authority aforesaid, that all ordi
nances and parts OF ordinances in
conflict with this ordinance, be and
the same are hereby repealed.
The following motion, " Alderman
Calnan for Alderman Goldsmith, who
was occupying the chair, was adopt
ed: "That council tender two carry
alIs to the confederate veterans to
ride in the procession on Memorial
day. April 26th." Adjourned
NJ D. Russell,
| clork Of Council.