The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-12-10
MARIETTA TO VOTE On
PAVING BILL TUESDAY

PAVING BILL IUtSDAl
The election for the paving bill
will be held at the same time as tn,
election for Mayor and Council, mex
Tuesday, For the benefit of the vo
ters who do not thoroughly under
stand the bill we are reproducing
1T below
AN ACT.
To amend an act entitled an act
to amend the charter of the City OF
Marietta, in the county of Cobb, SC
as to authorize the Mayor and Coun-
Gil of said city, to oil pave and per-
manently improve, with stone, brick
concrete, wood. or with such other
substance or material as they may
deem best, all that part of the public
square in said city used as drive
ways and to assess and collect from
the owners of the properties fronting
on said square. equally and ratably,
according to their respective frontals
one-third of the cost of such Oilng
or paving and improvement and to
assess and collect from the owner OF
the carline or company whose tracks
occupy said square, so much of the
cost of oiling, paving or macadamiZ-
ing the public square as is occupied
by their tracks and 10 inches on each
side of the rails thereof; also to au-
thorize said Mayor and Council to
oil or pave ana i'm prove in the same
or such other manner as they may
sdeem best, all streets intersecting
said public square and to assess and
collect from the adjoining property
owners on each side of such street,
one-third of the cost OF oiling or paw
ing and improving of said general
streets, Wherein said properties are
situated and in addition thereto, to
assess and collect from the car line
or company occupying Atlanta Street
and Church Street SO much of the
cost of oiling, paving, or macadamiz-
ing said streets as is occupied by
their tracks and Is inches on each
side of the rail tn ereof. also to au-
thorize said Mayor and Council to
pave and perman emily improve the
sidewalks of said City on all the
streets intersecting with or leading
to the public square in said City, and
to assess and collect from the ad-
joining property owners, the cost
thereof; to provide when and now ali
assessments hereinbefCre provided
for are to be made, and when and
how they may be paid and collected;
to provide for statements of the cost
OF such oiling or paving and imprOy-
ing to all property owners who are
affected by such improvements, and
when and how executions may issue
against the property owners for any
oiling or paving or improvements
provided for in this act to provide
for the election by the Mayor and
Council of three Commissioners to
act in conjunction with said Mayor
and Council in seeing that said oil
ing or paving is properly done, &C
cording to the plans and specifica-
tions; to provide for an election to
be held as other elections are held in
said city for the Mayor and Council
men, for the ratifying of the provi-
sions of said act; to provide that
said Act shall not go into effect I'M
ill ratified by majority or the quail
flied voters Of said city at an cleo
ton called for that purpose, at such
time as the Mayor and Council may
see fit and for other purposes.
Section /. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State Of
Georgia, that from and after the
passage of this Act, the Act entitled
and Act to create new charter for
the City of Marietta in the County of
Cobb and to consolidate and declare
the rights and powers of said incor-
poration, anc for other purposes
Approved August 18th, 1904, be, and
the same is hereby amended by strik-
ing Section "a and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:
'The Mayor and Council Of said
City is hereby authorized and en-
powered to oil, pave and permanent
ly improve with stone, brick, con-
crete, wood or such other material,
as they may deem best, all that part