Jefferson City Charter Amended. JEFFERSON CITY CHARTER AMENDED. No. 453. amended. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Jefferson, Georgia, in the County of Jackson, approved December 12, Act of 1899 1899, so as to empower the mayor and council of said city to grant a franchise or franchises to an individual or individuals, a firm or corporation, to build, construct, own, maintain and operate a steam or electric street or interurban railway through and over the streets of said City of Jefferson; to provide for the division of said city into wards, and to provide for election of aldermen. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the City of Jefferson, Georgia, through its mayor and council, is hereby authorized and empowered to franchise. grant a franchise or franchises or right of way to an individual or individuals, firm, or a corporation or corporations, to build, construct, own, maintain, and operate through and over the streets of said city an electric or steam street or interurban railway. Railway defined. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, and it is hereby enacted by the same, That the said City of Jefferson shall be and is hereby divided into four wards, Ward limits to be known as first, second, third and fourth, as follows: First ward begins in the center of Sycamore Street, at the intersection of Martin Street, and follows the center of Martin Street and the general course of the same to the incorporate limits; thence along the incorporate limits in a westerly direction to a point where Gwinnett Street intersects; thence in an easterly direction along the center of Gwinnett Street to the intersection of Hill Street; thence along the center of Hill Street to the center of Lee Street; thence along Lee Street in an easterly direction into Sycamore Street to the beginning corner. Second ward begins at the center of Gordon Street on the Public Square; thence south along the center of Gordon Street to the incorporate Mayor and councilmén designated. Elections and terms of office. Jefferson City Charter Amended. limits; thence in an easterly direction along the incorporate limits to the corner of the first ward; thence along the Martin Street line of the first ward to the center of Sycamore Street; thence a direct line to the beginning corner. Third ward begins at the west side of the Public Square at the center of Lee Street; thence along the center of Lee Street into Railroad Street; thence along the center of Railroad Street to the incorporate limits; thence in a southeasterly course along the incorporate limits to the intersection of Gordon Street; thence along Gordon Street to the beginning corner. Fourth ward begins in the center of Lee Street at the intersection of Hill Street; thence westward along center of Lee Street into Railroad Street; thence along the center of Railroad Street to the incorporate limits; thence in a northerly direction to the incorporate limits to the intersection of Gwinnett Street; thence along Gwinnett Street to the intersection of Hill Street; thence along the center of Hill Street to the beginning corner. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the present mayor and five aldermen, to wit: J. N. Holder, mayor; P. Cooley, S. V. Wilhite, I. W. Rogers, C. L. Bryson, and V. A. Niblack, aldermen, shall be vested the municipal government of the said City of Jefferson, who shall serve their respective terms, for which they have been elected as representatives of the city at large and their respective wards as follows: P. Cooley, as alderman at large; S. V. Wilhite, as alderman from the first ward; I. W. Rogers, from the second ward; C. L. Bryson, from the third ward, and V. A. Niblock, from the fourth ward. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the second Monday in December, 1916, and every two years thereafter, there shall be elected by the qualified voters of the second and fourth wards an alderman from each respectively, who shall serve two years, and until their successors are elected and qualified. On the second Monday in December, 1917, and every two years thereafter, the qualified voters of the first and third wards, respectively, shall elect an alderman from each ward, who shall serve Jefferson City Water and Sewerage. for two years, and until their successors are elected and qualified. On the second Monday in December, 1917, and every two years thereafter an alderman from the city at large shall be elected by the qualified voters of the said city to serve two years, and until his successor is elected and qualified. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved August 18, 1916. JEFFERSON CITY WATER AND SEWERAGE. No. 512. An Act to amend an Act to amend the charter of the City Jefferson, in the County of Jackson, State of Georgia, approved August 14, 1909, to authorize the establishment and maintenance of a system of waterworks, and for other purposes. ment of sewerage Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act the mayor and council of said City of Jefferson may, for Enforce the purpose of enforcing compliance with regulations for water and the water and sewerage systems of said city, enter upon regulations. private property and make an estimate of the expense of building, constructing, and installing private closets or toilets and connecting them with the city water and sewerage systems; and the said mayor and council is hereby authorized to enter upon private property and build, construct and install and furnish material, labor and fixtures for building and constructing closets or toilets and connecting them with the water and sewerage systems of said city at the expense of the property owner, whenever the property owner fails or refuses to connect his premises to the water and sewerage systems. The clerk of the mayor and council for the City of Jefferson shall make up an itemized state Kingsland City Charter Amended. Executions. Proviso. ment of the expenses for making such connections, and de- Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of Approved August 19, 1916. Purposes for raising revenue. KINGSLAND CITY CHARTER AMENDED. No. 320. An Act to amend an Act, entitled "An Act to incorporate Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Kingsland City Charter Amended. License, oc cupation maintain and regulate all things needful and necessary appertaining to the protection of life, liberty, and property, the suppression of crime, the maintenance of law and order, payments of debts of the city, for educational purposes, for hospital and charity institutions, for the care of the poor, for the establishment and maintenance of necessary squares, streets and parks, for quarantine purposes, for caring for prisoners and providing means and places for their detention and punishment, and all such other purposes as will tend, in their judgment, to add to the comfort, safety, convenience, benefit, health, and advantage of said city and its citizens, and all the material improvement of said city as may, in their best judgment, be necessary, and for all other purposes in order to properly carry on the city government as herein indicated and not forbidden by law, to levy and collect an ad valorem tax not to exceed one per Ad valorem cent. on all the property, real and personal, within the tax levy. corporate limits of said city which is subject to State tax under the Constitution and laws of this State. And also to impose and collect such tax as they, the city council, may deem necessary and proper upon all trades, business, callings, professions, sales, labor and pursuits which are legal subjects of taxation, and may enforce the payment of the same by license or direct tax in such manner as they may determine to be best and most advantageous. They may also impose, assess, levy and collect taxes on capital invested in said city, on stocks of corporations, choses in action, and in such incomes and commissions derived from the pursuits of any profession, trade or calling, banks, express, insurance corporations, agencies, and all other corporations which are not expressly prohibited or exempted by the laws of this State or the United States, but all taxation on property shall be uniform on the same class of subjects, to be fixed by the city. And said city council shall have the power and authority on any day fixed by them between the first day of January and the first day of May of each year by proper ordinance to fix the percentage of ad valorem tax and the scale of special tax to be levied for said year; to provide the method of collecting same and provide and specific taxes. |