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Georgia Gazette.
[No. 75 1 -)
AN ORDINANCE
■or granting Licenses to Persons keeping Billiard Tables,
■ or retailing Spirituous Liquors* within the Limits of
■ the City of Savannah, and Hamlets thereof.
I, DE it ordained , by the Honorable the Mayor and
f dJ Aldermen of the City of Savannah, in Council
assembled, and it it hereby ordained , by the
puthority of the fame, That, from and immediately after
Ehe pafling of this ordinance, if any person or persons within
Rbe limits of the city of Savannah, er hamlets thereof, not
feeing duly licensed agreeable to the tenor of this ordinance,
[fliall at any time presume to keep a billiard table, ftudfle
[board, or lkittie alley, tavern, inn, ordinary, punch house,
porter house, ale or beer house, and shall retail any wine,
brandy, rum, gin, porter, beer, cider, punch, spirituous
or flrong drink under any name whatsoever, in any quantity
less than three gallons, then he, Ihe, or they, so offending,
and being thereof convicted before the City Council, fliall
forfeit thefum of fifty dollars for every such offence; one
half thereof to go to the person or persons so informing, and
the other half to the use of the city.
11. And be it ordained , by the authority aforefail,
That all applications in future Jo r licenses to keep billiard,
tables, ihurfle boards, or lkittie alleys, or to retail spirituous
lwtiors, within the limits of the city afortfaid, Hull be
made to the City Council on their second meeting in
March, June, September, an :l December, yearly and every
year, v/ho may grant litenfes for billiard tables, lhutfle
boards, or lkittie aile s, and retailing spirituous liquors, to
persons applying therefor, mid producing good recommenda
tierfs of their character and behavior, the persons so recom
rnen ing being ibcurity in the sum of two hundred dollars,
to be approved of by the City Council; which licenses Hull
continue and be in force for the term of one year, and no
longer* *
111. And be it further ordained, by the authority
afo iv laid, That all persons intending to apply for licenses
as afore laid Ih .11 give in their names, with the places of
their abode, at least three days before .the meeting of Coun
cil, to the Clerk thereof, and also a certificate, figtfej by
two or more creditable persons, letting forth the applicant
to be a fit person to obtain a liccnfe; and the Clerk fliall
enter the names, with the places cf abode, of all appli
cants, in a book to be kept for that purpose, and lay the
fame before Council.
IV. And be it ordained, by the authority aforefaid,
That the City Clerk fliall deliver licenses, iigned by the
M wof, or in his absence by the presiding Alderman, to
such persons as have been approved of, and who ill all apply
at his olfi.ee ahd produce a receipt from the City Treasurer
for the following funis, (as the case may be) that is to fay:
Licenses granted the second meeting of March, June, Sep
tember, and December: Foi a billiard table, the fiun of
two hundred dollars; a Ihuflle board or lkittie alley, one
hundred dollars; and for retailing Ipirituous liquors in a
smaller quantity than three gallons, and not lei’s than one
qu irt, the sum of twenty-five dollars; and in a lexs quan
tity than bite quart, fifty-two dollars; to commence from
the day in which such licenses were granted, giving at tlie
fame time security as aforefaid; and it ilia.ll be the duty of
the Treasurer to make a fair and just entry, in a book to,
be kept for that purpose, of the names and places of abode
of ah nidi perfjii9 who fliall have taken out licenses, as
aifo ot what films of money and securities he fliall have re
ceived for the fame lo taken out, and lay the lame before
the City Council whenever he flail be required so to do.
V. And be it ordained, by the authority aforefaid,
That the form of such license fliall be as follows: City
Council of Savannah. This is to certify, That
bath given bond, agreeable to law, for two
hundred dollars, with security, for his due compliance with
ail the laws that now are and which fliall be enabled and
be of force in tins flute refpeding taverns, punch houses,
and retailers of spirituous liquors, anJ keeping of billiard
tables, so fiir as the lame relate to the city of Savannah,
•and the hamlets thereof, and alio all the ordinances of the
city relative to the fame: Fherefore the said
is hereby authorised to retail
lu’tbe house wherein-he now rcfidcs in, in
•street, ward, and in no other place whatever
in Savannah, from this dqy of
in the vt..r of our Laird until
the day cf next ensuing.
Given under my hand and the seal of the city, the day
above mentioned.
VI. And be it further ordained , by the authority
aforefaid, That no peribn having obtained* a license fliall
keep more than one billiard table, IhuiSe board, or lkittie
alley, or retail spirituous liquors in mere places than one,
under the penalty of two hundred dollars; nor in any other
place than tlie one mentioned in .such license, without hav
ing firfi given notice to tlie City Clerk of his, her, dr their
removal; whereupon the Ckrk ihall obtain from tlie May
or, or presiding Alderman, a certificate on tlie back of such
license, lpacifying their removal and place of aliode : And
it any person (hall negleft or refufe so bring in their licenses
sat the expiration of tlie time for which tlie feme was grant
ed, or tor l'uch certificate in case of removal, he, Ihe, or
they, lb offending, Ihall forfeit their license, and net have
Another granted them for the term of one year thereafter.
VII. And whereas many persons not having license
make a practice of retailing spirituous and otlrer liquors,
and evade the law by charging tlie buyer with three gallons
or upwards, be it ordained, by the authority aforefaid,
A fiat fiuch person or persons convicted of delivering a less
quantity than three gallons at any one time Ihall incur the
penalty of fifty ntfince. to be rccov
red tend applied as herein after mentioned.
VIII. And be it further erdainsd, by the authority
FRIDAY, MARCH 1 6, 1798.
aforefaid, That every pet lon taking out>a liccnfe for retailing
of spirituous liquors in lots quantity than a quart find have
plainly painted in letters not less than two inches in length,
on ionic conspicuous place over the door, on the outside cf
tite {hop or house fronting tin street wherein such spirituous
liquors are fold* the name of such person, together with
the words, “ Licensed Retailer of Spirituous Liquors.”
IX. And be it further ordained , by the authority
aforefaid, That every person or persons who have hereto
fore taken out a license, or Ihall hereafter take out a license,
for retailing spirituous liquors, neglefting or refilling to
have plainly painted as aforefaid the names of such person
or persons, together with the words, “ Licensed Retailer
of Spirituous Liquors,” within the (pace of sixty days after
the publication of this ordinance, ihall forfeit fifty dollars,
to be recovered and applied as herein after mentioned.
X. And be it ordained, by the authority aforefaid,
That no retailer pi spirituous liquors (tavernkeepers except
ed) Ihall fell or diipofe of any Spirituous liquors under a
quart after candle light; and that ail retailers of Ipirituous
liquors (tavernkeepers excepted) Ihall Unit up their fliops.
every night at beat of|li um; ‘under forfeiture of fifty dol
lars for every such offence, to be recovered as hereinafter
mentioned*
XL And whereas licenses have been heretofore grant
ed at all times, and to ail persons, when they have been
applied for, be it ordained , by the authority aforefaid,
That no License for retailing ipirituous liquors under a
quart Ihall be hereafter granted to any peri’ * who has not
been a refidenter of this city for one year prior to his, her,
or their application for the fame, or to any officer under
the Corporation, or to any pilot for the port of Savannah,
butcher, baker of bread, overleer, carpenter, joiner, brick
layer, plasterer, fliipwright, filter or goldlniuh, lhoeniak
er, fmilh, tanner, cabinetmaker, cooper, tailor, or to any
person exercillng any trade w hatfoever, unkls it Ihall ap
pear that by age, or any losses, misfortunes, licknefs, or
by the number of such person s family, he is thereby ren
dered incapable of maintaining his laid family by his labor in
fiich his trade, of which circum.tance the Council Ihall judge.
XII. And be it ordained, by the authority aforefaid,
That all fines and forfeitures Incurred under tins ordinance
to the amount of fifty dollars ihall be recovered bv levy of
distress and fide of the offenders-, goods and chattels, by
warrant under the hand and leal oi the Mav or or prefiding’
Alderman; and ail funis above the penalty of the bond jlndi
be feed for.
XIII. And be it ordained, by tlie authority aforefaid,
That an ordinance, entitled; An Ordinance for granting
Licenses to Persons therein deferibed, puffed in City Coun
cil the fifteenth April, one thousand leven hundred and
ninety-two, be, and the feme is hereby repealed.
In Council, March stb, i) c )'6.
Paired, JOHN GLEN, Mayor.
Atteit. Thomas Pitt, c. c.
Marfhai’s Sales.
Will be fold, at the Court bouf in Savannah, on the
loth day oj April next, between the hours of X and
II o'clock,
The following TRACTS OF LAND,
Levied on under an execution, David M>Credie verf us
James Greenhow, surviving Copartner of Grecnhow and
I’eflair, and Owen Owens, surviving Copartner of Owens
and Thornton: Ail that tract, containing Sco acres, situ
ated and being irl Wilkes county, bounded northeasterly
by vacant and Rabbet’s fend, northwesterly by M'Gkdan’s
land, southwesterly by*lands of Thomas Gl .feock, and on
ail other tides by vacant lands. Ail that tract, containing
650 acres, situated and being in Effinghafh county, bounded
ibutherly by lands of John Gable, Godlib Staley, Frederic
HeivefeUne, and Jacob Staley, northeaflerly by lands of
Thomas Swygover and Chrfftian Rabenhurit, northwtft
by lands of George Surges, and on every other fide by va
cant land. All that tract, situated in the diflrict of Aber
corn, in Effingham county, containing i'oo acres, bounded
weft paitly by vacant lands an#partly by Ciiriftian Reiile
fperger, call by John Cable and vacant land, and southerly
by the lots of Abercorn. AH that plantation or tract of
ianTm Effingham ccur.ty, Cfmt.feiiug.yoo acres, bounded
eaflwardly by lands of Jolm Cabfo, George
George Mackay, foutheaflerly by Laitner’s and vacant
land, and on all other lides by vacant lands.
At the fame time and place , will be fold,
NIX NEGROES,
As the property of James Greenhow, to fatisfy the afore
laid execution.
LIKEWISE,
Five Hundred Acres ofLAND, on Narrow
Branch, in Effingham county, a little above Indian Bluff,
oak land; and Four Hundred Acres in MTntolh county,
on tlie Aiatamaha rfver, tide swamp offtlie firft quality,
with feme high land adjoining ; returned by tlie Executors
as tie property of John MorH fen. deceased; like wife,
LIVE NEGROES, levied on as the property of said John
Morel; to fatisfy an execution of David Franks versus
Executors of John Morel, deceased.
O. Bowen, MarlhaL
Savannah, 13 tb March, 1798.
Jv U KJ 1 (J ~£. ~
\ LL persons having any demands against the Estate of
TIL John Barber, late of the county of- Liberty, de
ceased, are liereby requested to deliver them in, properly
attested, on or-before the firft day of May next, and rltofe
wlio are anywise indebted 10 the said Estate are requested
to make payment without dela’-, to
ROBERT JLi-UIiES, Administrator.
February i6 r 1798. - —-X—--
(4 dollars per ann.)
Attention 7
company orders.
All peribiis belonging to the Filature and Courthouse
Company are hereby commanded to appear at the
Courthouse fquijre, on the 27th inflaiit, armed ami accou
tred agreeable to orders from the Connmnder ii Chief of
this state. . GEO. THROOP, Captain .
Savannah, fAarcb 14; 1798.
DRIF FED into tlie public dock occuoied bv J unes’
Alger, FOUR OARED GAUGE, about 25
feet long, has 1; Lely had new upper works. The owner is
requested to pro- e the property, pay for this advertisement,
and take her awpy, previous to Monday the 26th instant,
othcrwjie on that day, precisely at 12 o’clock, it will be
fold at public auction, agreeably to law.
Geo. Throof, Harbor Mafler.
March 13, 1798. ;
JEN DOLLARS KhWAiil) ‘
—i.n',4 f ) LJN AWAY from the fubfcrilaer,
j j Tv A Negro Felloe, named TOM ,
i j kut had anot’,#r tiame, which I believe
i j was ES'QUi he is very black and like
aN>fy 26_-years of age, 5 feet 9or
inclwis high, very adive and fen
i-'. Able anti well known both in Chaflef
ton and savanrir.h, and on the roads
leading to the above places. Any pfl-Fon harboring him
fliall be dealt with to the utmfift rigor t>f tlie law ; and on
delivering him to me in Augusta, or ill any gaol on thfe
continent, fliall receive the above reward, and all reafou
abffe charges, by me. * \C. DYSART.
N. B. He went off on the 17th of February, 1798.
F OK 5 a l &,
A BLACK MAN, a good cai-pentfr, can (have, dress
hair, ta’.e care of horses, or do ilmoft any house ori
plantation work. Apply to the PrinUrs.
March 9, 1793.
NASSAU, (New Providence) February 20.
ON Sunday an AnnrVan fehooner, named the Beauty*
Haynes, from Baltimore for Havana, loaded with
canvas, cordage, cop;ier, &c. was feut in by tlie May
flower privateer, Capt. Gibson.
An crdv Tof Council was ilfaed cn the 20th of November*
granting permi-fion to Spanifli vessels having not more tiian
one deck to trade between the free ports of Jamaica and
the Bahamas, and the Spanish color/kis in America, ao
cording to the several regulations of the Free Port A (ft,
notwithstanding tlie present hostilities; and also allowing
the lame liberty to Jiritifh vessels licensed for that purpose
by the Governors cf Jamaica and the Bahamas, lnftmc
tions are in conftquence issued to the Commanders of
King’s Grips and privateers not to molest the vessels, Britilh
or Spanifli, regularly so licensed, and bona fide employed
in the said trade.
February 23. Bythe Ihip Lively, Moultrie, which ar
rived here on Wecltitfday from London, we have the un
pleasant information of two ft.ips from Liverpool for these
islands, the Manchester and Union, being captured by French
cruisers; the former lent into Guadaloupe, and the latter
to Bourdeaux.
The brig Diana, Daniel, from this port for London, was
taken tlie 12th of November* by the Felix privateer of
Nantes, and retaken on the 23d of the fame month by the
•Sylph Britifli Hoop of war. The Frenchmen taken in the
Diana informed Capt. White of the Sylph/ that on the
night of the 16th of November the Felix was upset in a
sudden gust, and, though not a quarter of a mile from the
prize, 137 persons on board, includiug 22 Britifli and Ame
rican fcamen taken in several prizes, were drowned.
The Lively failed on the 9th of January Jwith a ftorefhip
for Bermuda, under convoy of tlie Hina frigate; and it
was understood that the Hind would fee the ftorefhip into
port, and after landing Governor Beckwith tliere was to
proceed immediately hither with Governor DowdefwtH.
_ William Dowdefwell, Esq. appointed Governor of these
hmfefelnrplfer T>>wdcfwelL b a Cap
tain in the ift regiinent of foot guards, lieutenant Colonel
in the army, and was Member in the present Parliament
for Tewke/hury. . - ■ i
On Wednefiay arrived here, his Majesty’s cutter Spar
row, Lieut. Wylly. 1 , r
By this vessel advices are received of the homeward bound
Jamaica fleet having cleared the Gulf, and of Sir Hyde
Parker being off Cuba witfT a powerful fquadren.
February 27. By a wrecker which arrived yesterday
from the westward inCrfligence is received of three Spanish
veflels, laden with gunpowder, from La ‘Vera Cruz for
Havana, being captured by Admiral Sir Hyde Parker’s
squadron off Cuba, and that they may be momently expell
ed here.
Yesterday the Lark privateer brig, Tucker, of this port,
returned from a crude, with the American (hip Fabius,
Cook, from Savanna la Mar, having on board a large
quantity of logwood, for which there was tio clearance.
ILc Fabius, (oon after coming into harbor, was taken pos
session of by an officer from the Topaz frigate.
A fehooner arrived this afternoon in three weeks from
Martinique. The army and navy in the Weft Indies had
enjoyed better health for several months past than at any
former period fmee the commencement of hostilities. An
infurrttftion had taken place at Guadaloupe, but was fiijv
pressed by Vhftor Hugues, wlajfc fyfttm of rule was entirely
terror. The report of feme d'tfturbances at Tribsdada, given
hi iatr American was peritftly iinfoupAA. 4..