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Baconton Street Improvements and School System.

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provide for the maintenance, support, and operation of said school or schools by levy and collection, as other taxes are levied and collected, a special ad valorem tax upon all of the taxable property in the Town, in addition to all other taxes now authorized, not to exceed five-tenths of one per cent., or five mills on the dollar value; provided that separate schools shall be provided for white and colored children, and that all children, whose parents are bona fide residents of the Town, shall be entitled to the benefits of said schools, and provisions may be made for the admission of non-resident children upon payment of such reasonable rates as may be prescribed. Said school or schools shall be conducted and operated by a Board to be elected by the Mayor and education. Council, to be known as the Baconton Board of Education and of which the Mayor of the Town of Baconton shall be Chairman, and of which, in addition to the Mayor, there shall be four members to be elected as soon after the ratification of the paragraph as is practicable, so the first four selected shall hold office one for one year, one for two years, one for three years, and one for four years, and that their successors shall hold for terms of two years; said Board, to accomplish the purposes of said school or schools, shall be and is hereby clothed with power and authority to do and perform all necessary acts, and to devise, design, and adopt all necessary means and ways for the proper conduct and operation of the same; to adopt such plans, courses, and curriculum as may seem proper and which do not conflict with state law; to appoint all needful officers and teachers, fix their salaries and qualifications; and said Board shall have and keep regular minutes of all its proceedings, and shall, at or before the beginning of each scholastic year, furnish the Mayor and Council with a written estimate of the funds necessary for the support, operation, and maintenance of said school or schools for the ensuing year, and at the end of each scholastic year to submit a report of the amounts received from all sources, with such other information as the Mayor and Council may

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require; and said Board shall make all reports required of such bodies by the laws of Georgia; and the Town of Baconton is hereby required and authorized, upon request of said Board, to levy such per centum or proportion of the special tax hereinbefore provided for as the Board deems necessary for the operation, maintenance, and conduct of the school or schools; said tax to be known as the "School Tax" and turned over to the Board to be used for school purposes only; provided, further, that before the provision of this paragraph, with reference to schools, shall become operative, the question shall be submitted to a vote of the qualified voters of the Town; and the Mayor and Council shall, within thirty days, after the passage of this Act, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, order an election to be held in the Town for the ratification of this section relating to schools, under the same rules and regulations by which all of said town elections are held, after first publishing notice of said election once a week for four weeks prior to said election in the official newspaper of the Sheriff of Mitchell County; and all persons qualifying to vote under the rules and regulations of said town election shall be entitled to vote in this election, and those voting shall have written or printed on their ballots "For Public Schools" or "Against Public Schools." If two thirds of those voting vote in said election "for public schools," then the provisions of this section shall become operative, and the Mayor and Council shall so declare the same and spread their declaration upon the minutes of the Mayor and Council. If public schools fail to carry in said election, the same question may be resubmitted to the qualified voters of said town as often as every six months, upon the application of fifteen freeholders to the council, which application shall be spread upon the minutes of said council.

Sec. 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved March 19, 1926.

Bainbridge Street Improvements.

BAINBRIDGE STREET IMPROVEMENTS.

No. 12, FIRST SESSION.

An Act to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Bainbridge, upon a written petition signed by the owners of fifty-one per cent. of the lineal frontage of the property abutting on both sides of the streets, alleys, and sidewalks to be paved, to pave the streets, sidewalks, and alleys of Bainbridge, and providing for two methods of assessments and payment thereof, to wit: The owners of the adjacent property being assessed for and paying two third of of the costs of said pavement, and the City one third including also all the intersections of streets, sidewalks, and alleys; and the other method being, to wit: The adjacent properties being assessed for and paying the whole costs of said pavement except the street, sidewalk, and alley intersections, which are to be paid for by the City; providing for the issuance of deferred paving-assessment bonds payable in ten yearly instalments; and providing for the issuance of fi. fas. and sales thereunder in case of default the payment of assessments; and authorizing the Mayor and Aldermen of said City to make and execute contracts for said paving when and after said petition signed by the owners of fifty-one per cent. of the lineal frontage of the property abutting on the streets, alleys, and sidewalks to be paved is filed with said Mayor and Aldermen of said City of Bainbridge.

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Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the petition of authority of the same, that upon the filing with said property. Mayor and Aldermen of a written petition signed by the owners of fifty-one per cent. of the lineal frontage of property abutting upon the streets, sidewalks, and alleys to be paved and petitioned to be paved therein, the said Mayor and Aldermen are hereby authorized empowered

Bainbridge Street Improvements.

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and contract;
one-third
plan.

Whole-cost plan.

to establish, grade, pave, repave, macadamize, drain, and otherwise improve the streets, sidewalks, and alleys of the City of Bainbridge including necessary curbing manholes, catch-basins in the manner hereinafter set forth.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, that whenever said written petition signed, as set out in section 1 of this Act, by fifty-one per cent. of the owners of the lineal frontage of the property on both sides of the streets, alleys, and sidewalks to be paved is filed with the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Bainbridge, petitioning that said designated streets, sidewalks, and alley be paved, on the one-third plan, that is, the property-owners pay two thirds of the costs of paving said alleys, sidewalks, and streets, and the City pay one third of said costs and also all the costs of the intersections of all streets, sidewalks, and alleys, said Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Bainbridge shall be authorized to pass an ordinance for the pavement of said alleys, streets, and sidewalks, to make contract or contracts to the lowest and best bidder for said paving, and to accept the work when it is finished; all of which the said City of Bainbridge is authorized by this act to do.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that whenever a petition signed by fifty-one per cent. of the owners of the lineal frontage of property abutting on both sides of the streets, sidewalks, and alleys to be paved is filed with the Mayor and Aldermen of said City of Bainbridge, petitioning that said designated streets, alleys, and sidewalks be paved on what is known as the "Oklahoma" plan, that is the abutting property owners of both sides of the street paying the whole costs of the pavement of the sidewalks, alleys, and streets on said street, and the City paying only for the pavement of the intersection of the street, alleys, and sidewalks, the said Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Bainbridge shall be authorized and required to pass

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an ordinance providing for the pavement of said alleys,
streets, and sidewalks, to make contract or contracts to
the lowest and best bidder for said paving, and to accept
the work when it is finished, all of which the City of
Bainbridge is authorized by this Act so to do.

Sec. 4. That whenever fifty-one per cent. of the owners of the lineal frontage of property in a city block, abutting on streets, sidewalks, or alleys to be paved, petition the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Bainbridge to pave said abutting streets, alleys, and sidewalks, abutting on said block, on either the one-third plan as set out in section 2 of this Act or the "Oklahoma plan" as set out in section 3 of this Act, the said Mayor and Aldermen shall be authorized to pass an ordinance Ordinance. providing for the pavement of said alleys, streets, and sidewalks of the length, dimensions, and extent only of paving. said city block in which said block fifty-one per cent. of the property is owned by said petitioners, and according to the plan only as set out in the petition of said owners of said fifty-one per cent. of the lineal frontage of the property in said block abutting on the streets, sidewalks, and alleys petitioned to be paved.

Extent of

Curbing,

Sec. 5. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all necessary curbing shall be deemed and considered as duas, etc. a part of said paving, and shall be assessed accordingly. And that all necessary drains, manholes, and catchbasins made necessary by such paving or improvement shall likewise be considered a part of such paving and improvement, and the cost of the same together with all necessary expenses incurred shall be deemed and considered as a part of the total costs of such paving or improvement, and shall be assessed as herein provided.

Assessment

Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the assessment against the City, the property, prorated. and the owners thereof, abutting on said streets, sidewalks, and alleys under the provisions of this act shall

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