The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-08
COUNCIL MINUTES.
(Ohicial.)
Called Meetinu,

mayor; Aldermen Cook, Abrams,
Bourne, Dart, Jones and Roberts.
Absent: Aldermen Leybourne and
McKinnon.
The following call was read:
Brunswick, Ca, May 25, 1917
A meeting OF the mayor and coun-
ell is hereby called for this, Friday,
May %. 1917, at 3 o'clock p. NJ. to
consider important city matters.
BY order OF the mayor
j. HUNTER HOPKINS, Mayor
Attest: n. d. Russell, Clerk OF
Council.
Resolution by the finance commit
tee
Whereas, United States Maritime
corporation proposes to erect and
operate in this city a plant for the
construction Of ships and other water
craft, and for that purpose to ac-
quire and improve real property;
therefore, be it and it is hereby re
solved by the mayor and aldermen
Of the city OF Brunswick in council
assembled, that all property, real
and personal, of United States Mari
time corporation, its successors and
assigns, taxable or which will be tax
able during the term hereinafter stat
ed by said mayor and council, and
which will be actually used by said
company in connection with the oper-
alton Of its plant and the conduct of
its business in said city, be and the
same is hereby exempt from taxation
for term of years beginning the
first day of January, 1918.
Provided however, that if said
plant should cease to be operated for
as much as twelve consecutive
months during the said term of ten
years, then this exemption shall
cease to be operative from and after
the expiration OF said twelve months
unless said company shall within
ninety days after the expiration of
said twelve months pay to said mayor
and council the amount OF taxes
which, except for this exemption.
would be payable on said property
during the year in which the greater
portion of said twelve months cessa-
tion occurred, and said. payment if
so made shall operate as a reviver of
this exemption for the remainder of
said term of ten years, and if said
plant should again cease to be oper-
ated Tor as much as twelve consecu-
tive months during said term of ten
years, then this exemption shall
finally cease to be operative; it being
understood that mere temporary or
spasmodic operation of said plant
for the purpose of technically avoid
ing the effect of the suspension of OPP
eratlons for twelve consecutive
months shall be deemed and treated
as no operation.
Further resolved, that there shall
be conveyed to said corporation that
tract, lot or parcel of land containing
twenty-five and seventy-eight hun
dredths acres, more or less. and par
ticularly described as follows: Be
ginning at point on the west side
| of the Boulevard or shell road at
about three hundred and fifty-seven
feet north of a stone post marking
| the north line of the Incorporate linn
| its of the city Of Brunswick (said
point of beginning being more def
nitely located as the point of inter
section of the northern line of the
| Brobston addition to the city of
Brunswick with said Boulevard or
she'll road, thence westerly from
this point of beginning, along the
north line of said Brobston addition.
a distance of two thousand one hun
dred and sixty feet, to the eastern
side of a creek or drain: thence
southerly with the meandeFs OF said
| creek or drain TO the south line of
said Brobston addition; thence east
erly- along the south line of said
Brobston addition a distance of one
thousand three and ninety feet to a
stake; thence in a northeasterly di
rection 105 degrees Sc minutes ~ w
quadrant, a distance of seven hun
dred and three and one-half feet:
thence in an easterly direction paral
lei to the said north line of sale
BrObston addition, distance o.
twenty-four rect therefrom, to the
western side of said Boulevard Oh
shell road; thence in a northerly di
rection along the western side of sait
| Boulevard or shell road to the mi
tial point. Under the terms Of az
agreement between the said corpor
alton and Brunswick Board of Trade
and which is to be satisfactory tc
said mayor and council. Adopted
Adjourned
~ D. RUSSELL.
Clerk of Council.