Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-06-15
SESSION OF COUNCIL is
One OF Much INTEREST
More Paving Of Sidewalks is
Ordered

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Regular meeting Mayor and City
Council, June 18th, 1911.
Present, Mayor Mathis, Aldermen
Allen, Bolton and White; Absent AL
dermen Council and Riley
Minutes last regular meeting and
called meeting June 3rd and 9Th, read
and confirmed.
Alderman Bolton read following and
offered as resolution:
Relay with concrete or artificial
stone blocks.
West side Lee street Lamar 70
Church, west side Lee street Church
to Finn, East side Lee street Taylor TO
Brannon avenue. West side Lee street
Lamar to Jefferson. South side For
syth street Lee to Jackson. South side
Jefferson Lee to Winn Front of H.
D. Watts driveway on Forsyth street.
On motion Mayor directed to extend
invitation to State Dental Association
and Georgia Firemen's Association.
On motion matter of selling negro
lot referred to city attorney to inves
tigate,
On motion city lots on south and
north side of Church to be sold at
public outcry on first Tuesdan in July.
On motion Clerk to issue fi-fas for
all uncollected taxes and put in hands
of City Marshal.
On motion special policeman at ice
factory relieved
Ordinance committee reported fol-
lowing ordinance. On motion rules
suspended and ordinance as read al
opted
On motion ordinance as read put on
final passage and adopted as a whole:
An Ordinance to Amend Section 353 of
the Code of Ordinances Of the City
of Americas.
Section l. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and City Council Of Americas,
and it is hereby ordained by the au-
thority of the same, That Section 353
/ of the Code of Ordinances of the City Of
Americas be and is hereby amended 20
read as follows:
Section 1853. Each house shall he
separately metered and connected,
where meters are used, except such
property where the water rents are
paid by the landlord and in that case
it shall be permissible to connect as
many houses as the aggregate rent
will amount to not not over $4,000 per
annum, to one meter.
Should there be more than one
Hhouse connected through same me
ter, then the minimum charge shall be
placed on each house, except in the
exception as aforesaid, and the excess
amount of water charged for at the
rate of 20 cents a thousand gal
Ions"
Section ,. Be it further ordained by
the authority aforesaid that all ordin-
ances or parts of ordinances in conflict
are hereby repealed
Mayor Protein called to chair. Mayor
offered following resolution or notice,
On motion adopted as read:
Notice is hereby given that at the
next session of the Legislature a bill
will be introduced to amend the City
Charter of Americas, Ga, SO as to
create a Recorders Court for said city
and for other purposes under the fol-
lowing caption:
AN act to amend an act to amend,
revise and consolidate the several acts
granting Corporate Authority to the
/ City of Americas; to confer additional
power upon the Mayor and City Coun-
Gil of Americas; to extend the Corpor-
ate Limits of said city and for other
purposes. Approved Nov. the eleventh
1889, so as to provide for a Recorders
Court in said City Of Americus, and
for other purposes"
This June -, 1911.
On motion matter of drawing license
to cover persons selling life insurance
stock and stock of like character, re-
ferred to Ordinance Committee.
Petition Empire State Guano Co,
asking exemption from taxes for a
term of five years read.
Petition Americas Broom Factory
asking exemption from taxes read.
Petition of T. L. Bell to be allowe L
to erect storage room in rear of his
place Of business read and referred 10
Fire Committee with authority.
On motion specification for boiler at
pumping station referred to Water ana
Sewerage Committee Mayor moved
Water and Sewerage Committee take
the matter under advisement and re-