The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-07-15
COUNCIL REcESSES UNTIL MON
DAY NIGHT TO CONSIDER
THE MATTER.
Bill is Submitted and Read in Coun-
Gil, But Motion to Adjourn is Made
Matter.

OlIy COuuCll met III duJOuIuSu S0S-
sion last night for the purpose of TAX
ing action on the amendments to the
city charter, giving the city authority
to dispose of all Towns Commons
property. The report of the special
committee, composed of members of
city council, members of the board
of education and citizens generally,
was submitted, reporting favorably on
the plan, and the proposed bill was
read, but before it was adopted Aid
erman Hopkins moved that the meet
ing recess until Monday night in or
der to give the members of council
an opportunity to read the bill. The
motion was carried and the meeting
recessed until Monday night at
O. clock.
The question involved is one of the
most important that has come up in
Brunswick in recent years, therefore
the bill is interesting to the people
of the city generally 1t is as fol-
lows:
AN ACT to amend an Act entitled
''an Act to consolidate and amend the
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 Cen
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
reversion 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.
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
rlght or authority to expen0 and ap-
propriate money.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid that in making
such sale and disposition OF said Town
commons, said mayor and council
shall have authority to cancel and null
lily any existing lease contracts as
to any or all portions of said Town
Commons in all cases where such
sales or conveyances are made to the
holder or holders of such leases, and
in the event the holder does not de-
sire to purchase the fee, then in lieu
OF cancellation of such lease, the fee
In reVersion may be sold by said
mayor and council upon such terms
and such considerations as they NAV
deem expedient, the object of this act
being to make provision by which said
ToWn Commons may be conveyed and
owned in fee.
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
1872, to levy and collect a tax of not
less than one-tenth of one per CEN
tum and not more than two per cent.
OF one per centum annually, the
amount of said tax levy as herein linn
tied, shall be fixed by the Board of
Education Of Glynn county, on all of
the taxable property within said city
for the support of the public schools
of sad city.
said taxes shall be levied and the
collection thereof Enforced in the
same n:r ner as S provided for the
levy and tollectic of taxes generally
~ said mayor al council. All mon
ics arising from he levy of such tax
shai' re paid over by said mayor apc
council to the board of education OF
flynn county, Georgia, to be by said
board used in the support of the pnb-
lie schools of said city. It shall be
the duty Of the traasrrer of said