The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-07-26

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of all Towns Commons property, anG
the further fact that a bill viii be
passed during the present session c:
the legislature, providing for the sale
of this property, does not necessarily
mean that the law will become ef-
fective. 1t is left entirely with the
voters of the city and they alone will
say whether or not this property is
to be made fee simple. While very
little. if any opposition, has devel-
oped to the plan. and while it is gen.
orally believed that large majority
of the taxpayers of-the city favor the
sale of all this property, still the vot-
ers will be given an opportunity to
express their desire in the matter at
the next general election.
Before the act of the legislature
becomes a law, even after the bill
has been passed by the legislature, 1t
will be necessary for two-thirds Of
the registered voters to say that they
favor the sale of the property. The
bill, it is generally expected, will be
passed during the present session OF
the general assembly, and at the next
general city election, to be held In
December the voters of BrunswicS
will express themselves at the polls.
1t will take a two-thirds vote to au-
thoriZe the sale of the property.
This question is one of the most i'm
portant that has come up in this city
in many years, involving, as it does,
considerable city property. The bill
in full, as it will be introduced in the
legislature, is published below, and in
order to amiliarize oneself with the
subject, every taxpayer should read II
carefully, in order to be in position
to vote as he thinks right when the
election is held:
AN ACT to amend an Act entitled
several acts Incorporating the City of
Brunswick, and for other purposes
therein mentioned" approved August
27. 1872. and the several acts amend
atory thereof, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Geor-
gia, and it is hereby enacted by au-
thority of the same, that the charter
of the City of Brunswick be amend
ed by giving to the mayor and coun-
Gil of said city authority to sell, con-
-vey and dispose of all right, title,
equity, estate, interest, remainder and
rexersion of said mayor and council
in and to all that property in the cor
porate limits of said city known as
the Town Commons, upon such terms
and for such considerations as the
said mayor and council may deem ex-
pedient as herein set out.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid that said mayor
and council shall have full right and
authority to expend and appropriate
all monies received from such sale
or disposition of said Town Com
mons for any purposes or object for
which said municipality has lawful
right or authority to expen0- and ap-
propriate money.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid that in making
such sale and conveyance of said Town
Commons, said mayor and council
shall have authority to cancel and null.
lily any existing lease contracts
to any or all portions of said Town
Commons in all instances where such
sales and conveyances are made to the
holder of said leases. To the holder
of such lease the city shall exact and
collect for such fee simple title, the
following amounts, and not less, on
leases expiring within fifteen years
from July l, 1911, the sum of Is per
cent; leases expiring from over fif-
teen to thirty years 10 per cent. |;
leases expiring from over thirty to
sixty-fivs years per cent. and leases
expiring from sixty-five to ninety mine
years 1 IL per cent, said percentage
to be based upon the city assassmen
of the value of said real estate for
the year 1911; the expense of making
said deeds shall be borne by the
mayor and council; provided the hold
ers. of said leases shall avail them
selves of the right to purchase said
fee by the first day of January, 1913;
after the said first day of January,
1913, then said mayor and council
shall have the right to sell and con-
vey said Town Commons lots, either
to the holder of said leases, or the
fee in revefsion, at public outcry, to
the highest bidder for cash, subject
to the right to reject any and all bids
at such public sales, upon such terms
and conditions as said mayor and
council shall by ordinance from time
to time provide.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid that said mayor
and council shall have full authority
and it shall be the duty of said mayor
and council, beginning with the year
1912, to levy and collect a tax of not
less than one-tenth of one per cen.
tum and not more than three-tenths
of one per centum annually, the
amount of said tax levy as herein lin
tied, shall be fixed by a majority ol
the city members of the Board ol
Education of Glynn county, on all oi
the taxable property within said city