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Savannah Beach, Georgia,
January 30th, 1941
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A special meeting of council was held todavat °:5 :30 p.m. and was
attended by Mayor Jones, who presided, and Councilmen Griffin, Henry,
Lovell, Ferguson, and Slotin and Town Attorney Dutton.
CouncilmanFergtaab i moved for the adoption of the following resolution.
Councilmt n Gf•f'fn: seeonded� sand t the motion passed. .
RESOLUTION
Resolved by tie Mayor and Councilmen of the Town of Savannah Beach,
Tybee Island, in Council assembled, that the following Notice be sent
to the Solicitor General of the Eastern Judicial Circuit of Georgia,
notifying him officially in behalf of the Mayor and Councilmen of the
Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, of the results of an election
held by the Mayor and Councilmen of the Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee
Island, on the 30th day of January, 191-1 in accordance with law, to
determine whether or not said Mayor and Councilmen of the Town of
Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, should incur a bonded indebtedness
and requesting him to prepare and file an appropriate proceedings in
Superior Court,ofCha.tham County, Georgia, for the validation of such
bonds.
NOTICE TO THE SOLICITOR GENERAL
STATE OF GEORGIA
CHATHAM COUNTY
TO THE HONORABLE SAMUEL A CA fl , SOLICITOR GENERAL OF
THE EASTERN JUDICIAL COURT OF GEORGIA:
The Mayor and Councilmen of the Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island,
r municipal corporation in Chatham County, Georgia., and of the State
of Georgia, desiring to incur a bonded debt, as prescribed in
Paragraphs One and Two of Section 7, Article 7, of the Constitution
of the State '5f Georgia, held an Election on the 30th day of January
1941, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of
Georgia, and in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia and
the Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, controlling and regulating
such Election, and the returns of said Election show prima facie that
such-Election was in favor of incurring such debt by issuing bonds.
NO W, THEREFORE, the Mayor and Councilmen of the Town of Savannah Beach,
Tybee Island, being. the Officers of said Town, charged by law with the
duty of declaring tile result of the Election within twenty (20) hours
after so declaring he result of said Election, Notify you as Solicitor
General of the Eastern Judicial;Circuit of Georgia,'in which said Town
lies, in writing of,the fact that an Election was held for the
Issuance of bonds ads aforesaid, on the 30th day of January, 1941, in
siad Town and that said Fiection.was: n-favor of the issuance of said
bonds, namely: c 1 .SEE PAGE 851
YOU ARE THEREFORE requested hereby o prepare and file in the office of
the.Clerk of the Superior Court of Chatham County, Georgia, a petition
as required by law, providing for the validation of said bonds, and
you are further requested to file said petition as soon as possible.
SIGNED: Roland R. Jones, Mayor
Morris s Slotin, Councilman
Jos. F. Griffin, 0
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W.S. Lovell, Councilman
W.W. Henry,
Geo. A. Ferguson "
Service is hereby acknowledged, any and all further service is
hereby expressly waived. This the 31st day of January, 1941.
SIGNED: Solicitor General E.J.C. of Ga.
Coinoilran Griffin moved for the adoption of the following resolution.
Councilman BenryyIn seconded, and the motion passed.
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, by resolution of the Ynyor and Councilmen of the Town of
Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, in meeting assembled on the.27th day
of December, 1940, an election was called to,be held in the Election
Precinct in the Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, on the 30th
day of January, 1941, to submit to the qualified voters of said Town
the question of incurring debt and issuing the following bonds, to -wit:
BONDS, the proceeds of which shall be used by the Mayor and
Councilmen of the Town of Savannah =each, Tybee Island, to construct
and /or erect and maintain a sanitary sewerage and disposal plant, in
the sum of Thirty Two Thousand Dollars ($32,000.00).
AND, WHEREAS, by said resulution it was provided that the
fora and manner in which said bonds should be executed would be
fixed by the Mayor and Councilmen of the Town of Savannah Beach,
Tybee ,Island :
T'JEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the said Mayor and Councilmen
of the Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, `in Council assembled
that each of,the said bonds authorized to be issued in said Election
shall be signed by the Mayor of said Town, the corporate seal- of said
Town shall be attached to or impressed upon each of said.bonds, and
attested by the Clerk of Council; the coupons to be- attached to tie
bonds shall not be authenticated otherwise than by the facsimile
signature of the Mayor and Clerk of Council, etched, lithographed
or engraved upon the coupons.
Councilman I ryLmov_ed,:for :the, adopt :,onvt ;tithe ' ®: tieing resat on.
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Cdun.dilmari Fer son., eoonded and : t4e:=motion :passed..__
RESOLUTION
AREASn,'the2 th;.dayof ;Deceruber;° 19409 Cth4�S Pr €tnd - ;
Councilmen; of :the Town Aof . S .ua.nnah. ,Beach.,_ :, Tybee Isla .d', they being
theoofficets Qha ±Bed. byL1aw with ,1evy,.ngr, taxes 70ont 4ctX g debtg,
said' managing( the: of 'aiTrt 3of the Mayor )and Caunci_ men of the Town of
Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, a municipal corporation in Chatham
County, Georgia, passed a resolution and order calling for an
election to be held in said Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island,
as provided by law, on the 39th day of January, 1941, for the
purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of said Town of
Savannah.Beach, Tybee Island, the question of determining whether
or not the Mayor and Councilmen of the Town of Savannah Beach,
Tybee Island, would issue bonds as follows:
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OF BONDS `
Wheareas, ' in Order to improve the
and tenitart conditions at Savan-
'bee ,Ialan , it is necessare
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t and /o erect and maintain
age disposal ply t; and,
s, uoiess the sewerage disposal
cony rusted• and /or erected and
ed.', same will cause an unsanl-
d - 'unbeaithy condion on the
affecting the general welfare of
bitants of said 'Mend; and,
efts; the Town has not , sufficient
rem current' takes' to do the Weems-
Work' to cOnitruet ; and /or erect and
loin -said sewerage disposal plant;
efts,, under and by virtue of the
tile state .Or Georgia, the Mayor
tcilnaen of the Town of Sayan•
ach, Tybee Oland, a municipal
tion . , authorized to istue bonds
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Municipal corporation for any
rAd ai the several purposes and in the
pin:unt of for each purpose hereinafter
set out. and designed and described as:
=Bfi the proebed od which shall be
used y the Mayor and Councilmen of
the own of Savannah Beach, Tybee
'Island,'
to conatrµct and /or erect and
me*t aln a sanitary sewerage and dis-
Pesa7. ylant, in 'tf.te.: sum bf' Thirty-two:.
Thousand ' boilers (533,000.00) to ' be
known designated and described as Beni•
to Seweraga Bon .. -
�ded the, . requisite assent of the
eual d vq�r of .,the Town of SeYan-
nah aeh;,',Ty a'Asiand, to the issuance
bf. Beady` filet obtained, as pre
scr by ;law. , '
ore,' notice is 'hereby given bs
d. Mayor and Councilmen of (he
Savannah, Beach, Tybee Island,
eorg9a. = as follows:'
PARAORAPH ONE
at for theyg�urpose of obtaining the
voters 1 the town afnSavannah Beach,!
Ta'kee<ifsland. and in .accordance with the
lays of the state of citorgia in such cases .
made and provided, the Mayor and
Coufl dirden- of the- Town of Savannah
Beach, Ty a Island, hereby ' giye notice
te, the qua rs of said Town of
Savannah pita ,�abee• Island that an
election of -the said qualified voters has
been duly called and ordered ' by the
said May0r, and COune Men of the Town
of Savanifah Beach• ghee Ialaitd,• and
wilt be held on the >30t day of January.
1941, to detei�mine he question el
whether the said bonds shall be issued
bI' tthe Adam and Councilmen of the r
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ANT MlIR )g BONDS, the
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Mayor and Councthrien of the Town of
Savannah Beach. Tybee Islaand, to con-
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erage dishoeal plant to be used for the
improveis t,. and general welfare of tite
in the' $u�h of Th ri try- -taete Thousand uusand�Doll
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BONDS, the proceeds of which shall be used by the Mayod and
Councilmen of the Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, to construct
and /or erect and maintain a sanitary sewerage and disposal plant, in
the sum of Thirty -two Thousand Dollars (:32,000- ..00).
AND WHEREAS, the said The Mayor and Councilmen of the Town of Savannah
Beach, Tybee Island, published a Notice of said Election in the
Savannah Evening Press on December 28th, 1940, and January 4, 11, 18,1941,
a space, of Tftirty (30) days next precedingthe date of said election, that
being the news paper published in Chatham County, Georgia, in which the
Sheriff's advertisements are published, notifying the qualified voters
of the said Town of Savannah Beach, that on the day named, to -wit,
January 30th, 1941, an election would be held to determine the question
of whether the said bonds should be issued by said Town, the said notice
containing all the specifications and information required by law; and:
WHEREAS, said election was held on the said 30th day of January, 1941
in accordance with said Resolution and Order and Notice, as required by
law; and
WHEREAS, the several ma.nrgers of said election brought in the returns
from the precinct, as required by law, which returns have been made to
the Mayor andCouncilrnen of the Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island,
they being the Officers calling and ordering said election; and
IT APPEARING to the Mayor and Councilmen of the Town of Savannah Beach,
Tybee Island, and the the Mangers of said election who brought up
said returns, as provided by law, in joint session assembled, who in the
presence of and together with each other canvassed and consolidated said
returns, that said election was held in the regular toting precinct in
said Town and that said election was held by the same persons and in the
same manner and under the same rules and regulations that elections for
officers of said Town are held; and
WHEREAS, said The Mayor and Councilmen of the Town of Savannah Beach,
Tybee Island, and the several Managers in said election who brought in
the retunrs in the presence of and together with each other, consolidated
said returns and the said result of the election was as follows.
FOR AGAINST TOTAL
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Sanitary Sewerage Bonds in the
suiu of 332,000.00 345 1 346
AND IT FUR ER APPEARING from the Registration Lists of said Town as
certified by the Clerk of Council and as furnished to and used by the Ma
Managers of said election, which Registration Lists were filed with said
returns of said Managers, that the total number of registered voters of
said Town is FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY NINE (429).
AND IP FURTHER APPEARING from said. returns consolidated, as aforesaid,
that more than to-thirds (2/3) of the registered voters of said Town
voting at said election voted for said Bonds, and that two - thirds (2/3)
of those so voting were a majority of all the registered voters of said
Town:
AND IT FURTHER APPEARING that said Officers calling and ordering said
Election, Namely, the '_Tryor and Councilmen of the Town of Savannah
Beach, Tybee Island, in the presence of and together with the said
several managers of said Election did declare the said Election to be
in favor of said bonds, to -wit:
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BONDS, the proceeds of which shall be used by.the Mayor. and Councilmen
of the Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, to construct and /or erect
and maintain a sa.nitary'sewerage and disposal plant, in the sum of
Thirty -two Thousand Dollars,(32,000.00).
THEREUPON, IT IS ORDERED, that said Election is in favor of the
issuance of said Bonds.
AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the consolidated returns of the said
Election and this Resolution be entered upon the minutes of Council
of the Mayor and Councilmen of the Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island,
GIVEN under our hands and official signatures this 30th day of January,
1941.
SIGNED: Roland R. Jones, Mayor
Morris Slotin, Councilman
Jos. F. Griffin,
Wm. S. Lovell "
W.W. Henry ri
Geo. A. Ferguson
Councilman Griffin moved that a rising vote of thanks be tendered
Town Attorney Dutton for his efforts in behalf of the Town on the
Bond issue. Councilman Ferguson seconded, and7Council rose in a body.
Councilman Ferguson moved that thanks, be extended to the Mayor for
his ceaseless and untiring efforts in putting the bond issue through.
Councilman Griffin seconded, and also called for a vote of the Board,
which was unanimous. The Mayor thanked Council for the kind remarks,
and informed them that he felt like a new man, and appreciated very
much all they said about him.
Councilman Griffin moved that the following resolution be adopted.
Councilman Ferguson seconded and the motion passed.
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, on the 22n. day of April, 1939, J.B. Pound Hotel Company, by
Charles G. Day, Vice President, in consideration of a sea wall being
u
erected along the beach front of Savannah Beach, through a N.P.A.
project, agreed to pay 12.50 per lineal foot for 800 feet of sea wall a
paralleling the property of J B. Pound Hotel Company on the Strand, said
subscription being payable on demand; and,
WHEREAS, J.B. Pound Hotel-Company is unable to nay the balance of its
proportionate share under said agreement of April 22, 1939, in cash;
and,
.•dHEREA", J.B. Pound Hotel Company, by its president, J.B. Pound, hes
executed and given the Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, a promissory
note for the balance due of its proportionate share of said sea wall
project, dated January 11, 1941, in the sum of 11376.00, due sixty
days after date, interest at the rate of six (6) per cent per annum
said note endorsed by J.B. Pound personally; and,
WHEREAS, J.B. Pound Hotel Company is desirous of having the privilege
of reducing and /or renewing said indebtedness at its maturity in the
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event said J.B. Pound Hotel Company is unable to pay said note in
full; and,
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Councilmen of the Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee
Island, are desirous of discounting with the Savannah Bank and Trust
Company of Savannah said note given by J.B. Pound Hotel Company by its
president., J.B. Pound, and endorsed by J.B. Pound personally, dated
January 11, 1941, in the sum of `1:1376.00, due sixty los (60( after
date, bearing interest at the rate of six (6) per cent per annum; and,
':1HEREAS, the Mayor and Councilrnen of the Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee
Island, are willing for the said J.B. Pound Hotel Company, with the
consent and authority of the Savannah Benk and Trust Company of
Savannah, Georgia, to have the right to reduce and /or renew said note
from time to time without the authority of the said Mayor and Councilmen
of the Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Councilmen of the Town
of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, in Council assembled, that the promis-
sory note dated January 11, 1)41, for the sum of '41376.00, due sixty
(60) days after date, interest at the rite of six (6) per cent per annum,
executed by J.B. Pound Hotel Company by J.B. Pound, its president, and
end-�rsed by J.B. Pound personally, be discounted with the Savannah Bank
and Trust Company of Savannah, Georgia, t) apply the proceeds thereon to
indebtedness due by the Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, Georgia;
also
That said note be reduced and /or renewed from time to time without the
authority of the said ' `ayor and Councilmen of the Town of Savannah Teach,
Tybee Island, however, with the express permission and /or authority of the
said banking institution holding said promissory note.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned subject to the
call of the Mayor.
Henry 7. Buckley
Clerk /of Counci._
Roland R. J
Mayor.
Savannah Beach, Georgia,
February 6th, 1941
The regular meetig of Council was held today at 4 p.m. in the Council
Chamber in the Town Hall at Savannah Beach, and was attended by Mayor
Jones, who presided, and Councilmen Henry, Ferguson, Daniels and
Lovell, and Mr. M.W. Dixon, Y.R. Young and Ray Willis.
The minutes of the meeting of January 2nd., and January 30th were read
and approved.