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..`r Logan asked for t1e pleasure of Council and Mr `ialthour made motion to
1K proceeded with the c :se - -- so it was ecided to hear the case.
~ All witnes ^es were called back into the rocm.and the--,case
N proceeded.
Harris was called and he said that he had loaned his car to another _party
' by the name of San,said he was asked !'a fishing but was sick and could
or not ge,on Friday nig t he left on Thunderbolt car from East Broad and
'winnett sts at 8 :1r p. n.to go to choir practice at Thunderbolt.
Logan asked im what t me he was on Tybee,Harris said he was not on
Tybee.
Label Lewis was called, en December llth 1925 s'^e wa.s living at 1 Bast
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Jwinnctt st she saw .illiarn "arris from 3:30 to B :r(' p.m.on that day he .
went to chair practice on that day about 8:r0 p.m.- - - Mr i crrisey
asked r er when was Har-is arresj:ed,she said on Dec.l2th,she saw Harris
on night of December llth went to church with him on night of llth to
Thunderbolt at B :Cn P.I.he was in her sight all of the time,Frid y aft -
ernoon sloe saw im from '':(1° P to time of going to churcU -- - -
Mr Brenxsan asked Chief when wa6 tiarris`arrested,the Chief said he had .
gene to Police ?arra.cks an'd identified him on Saturday a t u
rda Y fo lloaing the
stopping of the car on Tybee said he recognized hire as soon =ts he saw
him as the ran he had seen in Smiths store on the day pre -rious- - -
%:r Igiorrisey asked if it was not so that Arthur Thomas was the person
whom held told the Chief to look out for this man.
i4ayor Harris testified that he had one with the Chief to the Pclice
Barracks and aftea having had eix or eight ,risoners linedup,asked the
chief to identify the man he had seen on Tybee and that the Chief picked
Harris out, the first one.- - - I, : :r 3rert ti.n in suarning up the case said
the testimony shows that Harris was on the island, that he has brought
up no disin.rerested parties to to testify in his behalf and that Council
could increase or decrease the fine as they saw fit,- - - Mr Lorrisey
Oaid in conclusion that no case had been :jade against the efendent.
The Room was cleared a-d ;_ouncil went into session - - - Tyr Walthour
made a motion to fine him 25.rr or 3l' days in jail,which was
seconded by Mr Espy and the mot on carried unanamously.
There being no furt'ier business ^cuncil adjourned subject to the call
of the ayor.
Town of 'rybee,Ga. February 9th 1926.
The -re ular neeting of Town Council was held to-day at 4:00 p.m. and was
attended tended by the Mayor and Councilmen Lspy, Cann, Horevi tz and Mr .Brennan.
A petition was read from ;.H.Sea,y for reimbursement to him for the loss
of pistol loaned by him to Officer Whalley last surer sualmer and which was
never returned, the Mayors opin ian was that the Town shau1': not be liable
for the act- of this offices as he had acted. withaut authority and on
metier. of Mr Espy -- seconded by Mr Horovitz,that Mr Seay be notififd
that the Town could not not assume tae liability for the loss of this
istol,the Clerk was instructed to write a letter to dir. Seay to this
ffect, - -- the motion passed.
A bill from the J.C.Lewis :actor Co amountir to $ 3'.3r fc r' epairs
to a 7 ord cupe the property of ..ar J.E.Register, jr was presented- -this
damage resulting from Mr ; ;egister assisting in arresting yergusor
'Wilson is t summer-- o_n motion of Mt Espy that the bill be paid and
seconded by Mr Horovitz it was passed.
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The C.R.R.pl =aced a, crossing over t';e tracks . Stone stye t on
Jaruar;r 26th 1926.
The cross i n=, over the tracks at Lovell station being in baci condition
the Chairman of the Streets and Lanes Committee was requested to take
the .:, t er up with f.he '. t.R.and have them repair it.
The question of sending; samples of water to Atlanta, was brought up
and the ,at ,er w4,s ref err re i to Dr iligloton.
As it e as yap ; a rent r,hat in a short time the inroads of the surf would
be such at Lovell station that the intersection at Butler ave and Tilton
:.venue would be washed away,thereby cutting off the entrance to r'crt
Screven at this ypoitt, it vas decided that should t';is condition occur
Second avenue tiX4i 11 be opened up to connect with the road to the reser-
vation.
' question ' permitting s Tomm ie Fig.; to love one of her cottages,
The aP� i��n cf eralttln�� Mrs
located _partly on the property line of MY.ii.Dyer, it being an encroachment,
onto her property and up to the property line was discussed,and Iir B en-
nan ,,as of the opinion that as this cottage had been built before the
ordinance creating the l'foot building line was passed,and as she was
simply moving it beca.; se it -49S encroaching upon someone elses property
it would not be necessary for her to al?cw for the 1!' feet from the
property line.
The Mayor :mentioned the .10Te necessity of reassessing some of the property
on the island and also Nutting on the books for assessment some of the
new property that has not as yet been assessed.
The Mayor said that he wanted Council to go on record as favoring the
construction of a 1'n foot boulev=ard all the way from Lazaretto Creek
to the South End of J,f the isl.and,having sidewalks of concrete,a grass
piit in the centre planted Bath flowers, pa1 s trees -- sometin ; that
would add a touch of beauty to Tybee.
r Cann said the bulkhead around Venetian Terrace had cost 4 23rd(. nr,
and that he wod1d take up with the Glebe Dred:inh Co the question of
turnip; same over to the Town.
The iuiayor informed Council that the authorities iu xImX in Atlanta have
expressed a desire to return the i ilitarybencampment to Tybee this
coming summer and that as it is impossible to have the use of Fort
S crev.en, he thou ht it well to have a committee apo i nted to see if
a suitable place could be found, in the event V :net.ian Terrace could
not be used.
The Mayor called attention to the had condition of the beach in front
of Ar A.B..Pa.lrners'cottage caused by the action of the river at this
peint,he has instructed Mr Goodman do the work necessary to correct
this condition_.
The .mayor suggested to Council the great good that could accomplished
by one of the land dredges of the County, :if it were possible to ;et
the use of one of these machines for a short while to level sand dunes
fill up low places, dig ditches where necessary and do away with quite
bit of weeds,etc.,he appointed a committee consisting; of ,.fir iicrovitz,
walthour and Espy to call on the County Commissioners its a,hd have
the County Engineer map out a system of draina e etc.,on the Island.
There being no further business Council adj ourned subject to the call
of the iayor.
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