Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-15
CITY COUNCIL in
REGULAR SESSION
SOIORS Met Monday Night and
Transacted Business

ton.
Minutes last regular meeting and
adjourned meeting, February 2Sth
read and on motion confirmed
Committee on sale paving bonds
granted fruther time.
Alderman Allen moved to author
ize Finance committee to advertise and
sell paving bonds. On call yeas and
nays vote. Yeas, Allen and Bolton
Nays, Council, White, Brown and Ri
ley.
After hearing from each commit
tee, following budget on motion adopt
ed for year 1911: Cemeteries $1,000;
street department., $4,000; water
works, $4,000; FIRE department ST.
500; police department, $500.
Regular business suspended to hear
from committee from D. A. R. Com
mittee asked Council to have Rees
Park graded and cwbed at an ex-
pense of $1,000.
On motion, council to ask Board of
Education to pay for work out of the
school fund.
Following ordinance read and on
motion rules suspended and ordinance
as read adopted:
"Be it ordained by the Mayor aud
City Council of Americas, and it is
hereby ordained by authority of the
same, that the special license on
wholesale dealers in near beer be
fixed at one hundred dollars per an
mum, or any part thereof
"Be it further ordained, that all or
dinances in conflict with this are
hereby repealed"
Following ordinance read and on
motion rules suspended and ordinance
as read adopted:
BE it ordained by the Mayor and
City Council of Americas, and it is
hereby ordained by the authority Of
the same, that section of the license
and tax ordinance, referring to license
on cigarettes and cigarette papers,
be amended 50 as to increase the
license ON dealers in cigarttes and Gig
arctic papers to 800.
BE it further ordained by forego-
ing authority that all ordinances OF
parts of ordinances in conflict are
hereby repealed"
On motion, claim of Mrs Matthews
$780, for Crawford street extension, re-
fewed to city attorney.
On motion bill of Bethel church re
referred to Street committee.
Following ordinance read and OF
motion rules suspended and ordinance
as read adopted:
BE it ordained by the Mayor AMI
City Council of Americus, and it l!
hereby ordained by authority of thu
same, that on and after the passage
of this ordinance the Purchasing
Committee be, and the same is hereb!
abolished.
BE it further ordained, that all or
dinances and parts of ordinances il
conflict with this ordinance are hereb!
= repealed"
Alderman Allen offered the follow
ing resolution:
Whereas it is wrong in principle
and against public policy for an al
derman of a municipality to sell any
n thing to the municipality,
"Be it resolved by the Mayor AM
) City Council of Americas, Georgia
that no purchases for and on behal
of the city shall be made from an!
alderman of this city,
Yea and nay vote stood: Yeas, AL
len; nays, Bolton, White, Riley, CCun
: Gil and Brown.
Following itemized distribution o
cost of sanitary sewers in the even
the $4,000 bond issue carries, read
On motion council commits itself t.
carry out the sanitary sewerage sys
ITEM as per this estimate:
Americas, Ga, March 10, 1911.
"Mr. c. j. White, Member of Council
Americas, Ga.
= Dear Sir: In compliance witt
|. your request for itemized distribution
n of estimate of the cost of sanitar,
:. sewers which the city proposes t
g construct, in the event the bond issu'
for $4O,OOO.OO carries, would say tina
= my estimate is proportional for tn
I different districts as follows:
Brooklyn Notwithstanding all o
: the built-up portion; Davenport, Ad
y derton and Lafayette streets. ZAP
u proximate cost, $4,S5O.O0.
South Amerfcus-Em Embracing mair
- outlet; Lee, Elm, Dodson, Fielder, Hill
and Furlow streets, approximate cost
!, $16,SOO.OO.
North and East Observation-Disclosures
= ing main outlet; Lee, Jefferson, Fo"
: syth, Hudson, Lamar, Mayo, Cherry
Elmo, Church, Reese and Prince, ap
It proximate cost, $1S,350OO.
l, Hoping this information is as full
u as desired, am
Yours truly,
al. B. ANSLEY, City Engr.'
= Following resolution read and OF