The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-02-18
PLAN SUGGESTED BY
CITIZENS ADOPTED
Paving Commission is Created and
Duties Defined. Will Agree
With Council on Work.
ELECTION LAWS DEFINED
Women Have Opportunity to Regis
ter and Vote. Books to Be Open
For REGENERATION.

At meeting of the Mayor and
Council Wednesday night the paving
plan drawn up by citizens of Mari,
eta, indorsed by several local organ
ization and submitted to the mayor
and council for approval was passed
into a city ordinance. This was the
first legal step toward paving and the
men whose names were suggested by
the citizens plan for paving are now
officially the paving committee, with
authority to take up the matter with
the city authorities.A
A meeting 81 the paving committee
will be called in the next few days
! and they will elect chairman and
get down to business with the mayor
and council in deciding what streets
are to be paved, how much on each
street and the amount of bonds to be
issued.
The matter of voting was brought
up at the meeting of the council We'd
nesday night and review of the law
brought out the following informa-
ton: The registration books will
be open for ten days some time prior
to the election and eligible citizens
may register to vote in the election.
The matter of women voting was also
discussed and it was agreed that Wo-
men would have the same privilege as
men to comply with the law in reg
istering for the election. The books
will be open in the council room at
date to besset later.
The law governing. the necessary
vote to carry the election was defined
as follows: Two-thirds of the bal
lots cast must be for paving, and this
twc-thirds for paving must be ma
jority of the number registered for
the election. In other words, if there
were 1000 voters registered and TAO
came to the polls and voted, 499 for
paving, PAL against there would be
1 a thirds majority of the votes
cast, but not majority of the num-
fail. If there are 1000 voters regis
tered at least sol must vote for paw
ing and not more than ESQ against
for the election to carry.
Following is the paving ordinance
passed by the council creating the
paving commission, with their duties
defined.
State of Georgia, County of Cobb
City of Marietta-ss:
WHEREAS, it is the sense of the
citizens of Marietta that said NUM-
cipality incur a bonded debt as pre-
scribed in paragraphs l and 2, Sec
ton 7, Article T. of the Constitution
of 1877, and use the proceeds of the
bonds issued therefor, solely for the
payment of the cost for paving streets
and sidewalks in said city, as shown
by the holding of a public meeting
and the adoption thereat of resolu-
tons for submission to the Mayor
and Council of said city; and,
WHEREAS, said resolutions con-
tain the following recommendations
/. That a Bond or Paving Com
mission be named by the Mayor and
. Council, composed of the following
named citizens of said city: j. E..
Massey, A. V.Cortelyou, Geo. H. Ses-
sions, James T. Anderson, R. A. Hill,
dui
2. That said Commission be ap-
pointed with the following duties, to-
wit:
a. Confer with the Mayor and
Council and agree with them on
amount of bonds and kind of bonds
II. to be issued;
{2) Decide what streets are to be
paved, and how much on each street;
# 81 Select kind of paving to be
M laid on each street, after bids on all
kinds have been received by Mayor
and Council, and in making this sell
ection they are to take into considera-
tion the wishes of the property own
ers on each street as fer as in their
judgment it is practical to do so;
az Approve all contracts after
% the Mayor and Council have secured
sealed competitive bids on the sew
" eral kinds of paving, said Mayor and
Council to let said contracts but not
1 until approved in writing by said
# Commission;
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