The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-27
COUNCIL MINUTES.
Regular Meeting.
lOfficiall
Brunswick, Ga, June %, 1917.

Brunswick, Ga, June 70, 19lI
Present: Hon. ]. Hunter Hopkins,
mayor; Aldermen Cook, McKinnon,
Bourne, Dart, Jones, Leybourne. Rob
erts Absent, Alderman Abrams.
Minutes of previous meeting were
read and confirmed.
Alderman McKinnon was excused
from the meeting.
Petitions and communications.
From American Telephone and Tel
egraph Co, notice of their acceptance
of the franchise granted i'll ordinance
passed and adopted on the 18th of
May, 1917. Ordered filed.
From seventeen signers, petition
to shell ] street from Norwich east
to Lee street for the benefit of two
churches and property owners along
said street. Referred to committee
on public works.
From American Shipbuilding Co.,
for permission to build small office
in Bay street at south end of their
property, to build side track i'll Bay
street parallel with said property and
to fence i'll said improvements. Re
ferred to committee of the whole.
Reports of standing committees.
From taxes and revenues commit
tee on petition OF T. w. Edwards for
refund of $500 street tax paid in er-
ror, account of being over age, viz:
find that petitioner, being exempt by
his age, is entitled to the refund ask
ed for, and recommend that a vouch-
er be issued for the amount.
Respectfully: A. E. Leybourne,
chairman; j. Sidney Roberts, Geo. II.
Cook. Adopted.
From standing committee on public
works on petition of B. S. Wallace
for a portion of the horseshoeing and
blacksmithing work of the various
city departments, viz: that the com
munication will have due cOnsidera-
ton.
Respectfully: M. B. McKinnon,
chairman; Geo. H. Cook, Claude Dart
Adopted.
Resolution.
BY the Finance Committee:
Be it and it is hereby resolved by
the mayor and aldermen of the city
of Brunswick in council assembled
That the mayor be and he is hereby
authorized to borrow on behalf Of the
mayor and council the sum of one
thousand dollars for the purpose of
paying note for a like sum maturing
on the Both inst, and to execute
note or notes to the lender or lenders
of such money; such note or notes to
be payable within twelve months
from date or shorter period, and
to bear interest at rate not greater
than eight percentum per annum.
Further resolved, that the mayor
be authorized to renew said note or
notes for the whole or any part Of
said sum, if the original be made for
a shorter period than twelve months
from the date of the original note or
notes. Adopted
Resolution.
BY the Finance Committee:
Be it and it is hereby resolved by
the mayor and aldermen of the city
of Brunswick in council assembled,
That the mayor be and he is hereby
to borrow on behalf OF
five thousand dollars for the purpose
of paying a note for a like sum ma
turing on the Both inst, and to exc
cute note or notes to the lender
or lenders of such money; such note
or notes to be payable within six
months from date or a shorter period
and to bear interest at rate not
greater than eight percentum per an
mum. ~ay"-.. * 1fI
Further resolved, That the mayor
be authorized to renew said note or
notes for the whole or any part OF
said sum, if the original be made for
a shorter period than six months
from the date of the original note or
aotes. Adopted.
Ordinances.
An ordinance to amend an ordi-
nance entitled, AN ordinance defin-
ing sausage and meat food products,
regulating the manufacture and Ii
censing of the same, providing for
a penalty for a violation, and for
other purposes" passed and adopted
on the 18th day of March, 1917; and
Tor other purposes.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
mayor and aldermen of the city OF
Brunswick, Ca, in council assembled
that that certain ordinance entitled
IAN ordinance defining sausage and
meat food products, regulating the
manufacture and licensing of the
same, providing for a penalty for a
violation, and for other purposes"