The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-09-25
OFFICIAL MINUTES
OF CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING.

| Nash.
Minutes of previous meeting wee
read and confirmed.
Petitions and Communications.
From A. ]. Wood, representing lsni-
falo Bills Wild West Show, making
an offer to exhibit in this city Octo-
Der Is, 1912, provided the licenses 3e
fixed at maximum of 800. Referred
to taxes and revenues committee with
power to act.
Alderman Nicholson was excused
from the meeting.
From ]. T. Colson, city att lr2ey,
with reference to the judgment Of
Walberg against the city for 5000
damages, and in which by direction
of council, he had filed motion rCr
new trial; advising that it be PAL ana
terminate the litigation 1t app red
during discussion that the time for
further litigation had expired, and
a motion to pay the judgment and
costs, $3.50, was adopted on aye
and nay vote, viz Ayes, Aldermen
Cook, Calnan, Hopkins, and McKin-
non; nays, Alderman Ludwig.
On motion, the matter of the Wal
berg judgment was referred to the
mayor for investigation and report
findings at next meeting of council
The following applications for quit
claims deeds to Town Commons were
received and referred to the special
committee having jurisdiction there
off: No. 221, Jane Berrie; 222, Carrie
G. Johnson; 223, J. T. Hotch 224,
Joseph Wood; 225, E. j. Wood; 226,
John Lee Carter; 227, Ben Council
228, Mrs. j. l.. Segui; 229, Mrs. Fan
ME Hornsby; 230, Louisa Mason; 231,
Daughters of Zion; 232, Tom Thomas;
233, Norton Vance; 234, Henry c.
Hopkins; 235, Ellen L. Deloach; 236,
Ellen M. Thomas; 237, Alma Gardner;
23S, Jamie Gregg; 239, B. F. Jones;
240, Miss Minnie Hotch and Mrs.
Mary Lamb; 241, Stephen Houston;
ZAP, Emma Mckenzie; 243, Chris
Short; 244, w. NJ. Mckenzie; 245, Mrs.
c. H. Colesberry; 246, Miss Lula c.
Colesberry; 247, Miss H. Colesberry;
24S, Isaac Califf; 249, Jack Bailey;
$50, Carrie Eta Deloach; 251, Louisa
Mason; 252, Cuyler Stockton; 253, c.
H. Bell; 254, Peter Mccoy; 255, Tar
row Howard; 256, VIM. M. Floyd; 257,
Lula T. Penn.
Aldermen Leo and Nash appeared
w hn 81, ID
their chairs.
Brunswick, Ca, Sept II, 1912.
Hon. Mayor and Council,
Brunswick. Ga.
Gentlemen: Your special committee
on conversion of Town Commons 10
fee simple, beg to report favorably
on the following applications ml7s al
the last two meetings of council, and
recommend that the conveyan .es oe
made: No. 1879, A. E. Leybourne; l02,
Mrs. l. r. Wilson; 20l, Mamie A.
Brown; 202, E. G. Cohen; 203, c I.
Calnan; 205, T. J. Jackson; 206, Mis-.
L. c. Chilean; 207, Julia Hull; POS,
S. A. Hull; 209, Fred Lane; 211, Mrs.
Ella j. Jennings; 213, Lourania NJ.
Hull; PA, Hester Wilson; 215, Eliza
Farrier, trustee; 216, Mrs. Alice w.
Perry; PIT, Mrs. c. r. Thomas; 21S,
NJ F. and T. X. Mroczkowsh; 219, o.
w. Wheeler 220, w. b. Cook.
There are several parcels of the
Commons on which the mayor and
council hold claims in the shape of
tax lien deeds These claims bear
various dates, mostly running back
1895; the interest in some cases being
in excess of the face of the claim. To
pay up the interest will be quite
hardship on numbers of the lessees
who were ignorant of these claims
when they purchased their lease
holds and only learned of them when
making application for quit claim and
as it does not appear that the city
ever made any attempt TO collect them
and in order TO tighten the cost and
to facilitate the transfer to fee SIM
pie. we recommend that in fixing the
cost of conversion, that the interest
be omitted and in the two or three
cases already paid, that it be refund
ed.
Some contentious have been made
! in individual cases, of irregularities in
the tax deeds and requests made to
the council, and to the committee to
have them set aside, but your commit
tee assumes that the then city Off
Gals properly discharged their du-
ties in the premises, and we recon-
mend that in all cases the record be
sustained and the city's claims be
held valid
In some instances, we find that the
original lease was never entered on
the city lease record, nor can dupli-
cate OF the lease be found. These
were evidently prior to the Bond
Compromise in 1879. which would
| place their expiration in 1867. and on
a per cent basis for conversion to
II fee simrle As these parcels have