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i Conyers, - - - - Georgia.,
proceedings of
Tl]e jNev? Council.
Conyers, G»., J»»- ls ‘; 1300 '
Kity'”mwii?CE •■SSifStyKa Keagnn, C
iSTSken Lfco tho Helms, oath of Ord., 1 office and be
AM
ILjuly J called installed the city in council office, (lie to
f „r
tier. following standing com
The appointed by the
littees were
»iniinceCom. BiL Chan. B Hudson,
Chas E Reagan.
■ Iff Sanitary C un. J A Goode, chin
food.
■ Street Cion. T J Almand. chin,
■ E Reagan. Com. M L Wood,
■fe ■ Cemetery
A D Summers.
■ Schol Com. A D Summers
HcJJ Almand.
■ M of Health Com, Dr. M
■Stewart, chm., W U Wallis and
HjJ ■Mr, Langford. CE Reagan elected
was
Buyer protein. elected clerk at
■ Il JH Wallis was
salary of $125 without costs.
■Hie I bond was fixed at $500.
LK Bishop was elected marshal
Imd tax collector at a salary of
POO Ills bond per month fixed without $500.00 costs. for
was at
pwslial and $8500.00 for tax col
[ I lector, <10 VcKnight elected Dep
was
d-marshal at a salary of $25 00
hr month without costs. i 1 is
pud T was D fixed Bradford at $500.00. elected
was
Ursct overseer at a salary of $25.
Ins per month, he to feed the mule at
expense. His bond was fixed
it $200.00.
hr. L A Lee was elected city
.Treasurer, bil.iry. -*D is to receive no
His CT was fixed at
W 10.00.
Re salary of the mayor was
Nat $125 per annum.
Hie salary of the chairman of
be street committee was fixed at
U per annum, for extra services.
Hie members of council will re-
5eive e ^ch $12 per annum, and are
tempted b- from street duty.
pectHilly • following report was res
submitted to tlie mayor
»»«council of 1900 by the retir
I'nuHyg J ,! st mayor and council. It is as
-
lumber 0 f fines by Mayor
Kn U'3—money iiTer collected" $485.00. 1
12 cnsli cemetery lots sold
59.00.
AR; i uicens col. by city
Am; 498.75.
money from street tax 207.85.
' vor ked out 282.50,
1 ,iu e city for uncollect
ei , ‘ taxes
502.19.
‘3 due on notes $270,43.
oi!v 5 wane 1 School Board
■<-Ufc 300.00.
pity Fi;'= h ; ds notes for about 80.00.
uncollected 40.00.
License
Ordinance,
■finance fixing license and
jjV *-pen ‘ g rates, which terms, and
IK' : liceus shall be
.
j, " rc l i d by the
«in a ne mayor and
Vu, the city of
license be granted for
f r rom January 15, 1900,
n ., , lowing
specified lines of
t* ^8 rates n tinned find
terms and conditions
CONYERS, r ) SATURDAY, JAN. 6, 1900.
stated:
Iternernate vendue masters per
clay 25.
Blacksmith shops, selling
goods other than their
own manufacture 2.50.
All warehousemen and out¬
side cotton weighers 10 00
Local and non-resident gu¬
ano agents delivering here 10.00.
Upon all dealers in general
merchandise 10.00
Upon all dealers in family
groceries 5.00.
Upon all drug stores 10 . 00 .
Upon all hotels 10 . 00 .
Upon all boarding houses 5.00.
and restaurants
Upon all livery, feed and
sale stables 15 00.
Upon all two horse drays 10.00,
All one horse drays 5.00.
All dealersiu Manufactured
lumber, lime, brick, coal 10,00.
All dealers, in fresh meats,
fish etc 15.00.
All dealers in fresh fish and
oysters 2.50.
All undertakers 25.00.
All dealers in buggies wag¬
ons, carts and harness. 10 . 00 .
Bankers, brokers and com¬
mission merchants 25.00.
All local and non-resident
cotton seed buyers ship¬
ping off, other than to lo¬
cal enterprises 25.00.
All furniture stores, furni¬
ture, stoves, musical in
fltruments, machines etc. 25.00.
’Ir 11 tor shops r ao
All photogiaphcis i ^ o.
Fire insurance agents, oca
and i tinerant U; ’
Ali dealers in cigarotts 1 </.< 1.
All dealers in pistols and
pistol cartridges o.OO.
Life insurance agents, lo
cal l he and license itenerant. fees y0.
r neie >v pioMt.e,.
for shall apply only to such nisi
ness or advocations as are set <>!
in the foregoing schedule and shall
be in effect from January 15, 1900
to January 15. 1901. All license
fees now r in force and not ment ion¬
ed in the above schedule, shall re¬
main in force for the year 1900
the same as for the year 1899.
On motion the rules were sus¬
pended the ordinance read and re¬
read and adopted.
On motion the hog pen ordi¬
nance as now stands will remain
in force for the year 1900. H
reads as follows; "*
Be it ordained by the mayor and
city council of said city of Conyers
that Section 61 of the Amended
charter and By-Laws of said city
relating to the regulation of hog T
pens etc. in the city be so amen¬
ded as to rend as follows :
No person or persons shall be
allowed to build here, or keep any
hog pen or stye on their promises
within a less distance than (75)
seventy-five feet from a public
street, residence, place of business
church, school house, or well with
in the corporate limits of said city,
And all pens or styes for the
ing of any hog or hogs shall be at
! least 8 feet square, flored and ele
rated not less than 20 inches a
hove ground, and the pen to be
kept in a clean, inoffensive and
healthy condition, and said pens
or than"two styes shall hogs at not the contain time, more j |
same
and must not be located within
less distance than ten feet of ad
jeruinsr lots without the consent^
of all interested parties. Provi-
ded, the foregoing does not apply !
to hogs kept and allowed to run !
in a h;; ; - and open lot not
t!i j i 85 feet square, or its equivo
lent Any person or persons
guilty of any violation of thisordi
nance shall be guiliy of disorderly
conduct and punished ns prescrib¬
ed in Section 20 of the Amended
Charter of Conyers, and the pen
or pens or styes shall be ordered
removed by the mayor at the ex¬
pense of-the owner.
REPORT FROM OLD COUNCIL.
Feeling that the citizens of Con¬
yers are desirous of knowing 1h«
exact condition of the city’s af¬
fairs, I have prepared this full
and I trust, clear report. The re¬
port cannot be clear and just
without entering into many appa¬
rently trivial details. The sever¬
al parts of the city government is
so arranged as to enter into one
common place, namely, the treas¬
ury. If t he treasury is all right
the government is safe. So the
different departments of our city
should receive each its proper no¬
tice in this prepared statatoment,
as it is condensed from the
of the officers now of record in
Clerk’s office.
On (I'Ottrst Saturday in I*,
1898. J. had Lie Jiouoi to beelected
-Vnyorwith associates ihe fnllowihg gentle- advis
men as my and
ers: W j Williams. T J
nl(i ? J j 1 Jjon^sliorPy 0 O Iutdoi,
KT Street and W U Wallis.
On the first Monday in January
wh were all duly sworn into office,
The city’s'nflairs following were then officers in our
hands. Tlie
were elected : J It Maddox, Clerk ;
LK Bishop, Marshal; E A Har
pe;’, Deputy Marshal; N B Lack
- StTeet Boss So the year’s
work lay out before us
Ott investigation it was found,
to the surprise-of many, that the
city was several hundred dollars
, mf j n0 ntottey to pay the
debts. This was discouraging and
to ug a]1 occa8 j one d the greatest
anxiety The Mayor and council
then appreciated fully the sensa
^ on an( j awkwardness of holding
1 ^ j ] positions without enjoying
0 c a
{the open, earnest and free aym
pathy and confidence from the
citizens The interest in’the city
at that time was involved in cer¬
tain issues unnecessary now to
mention But the city survived
the strain of the election, and tlie
officers undertook the task hearti¬
ly to administer the city’s affairs
in a cheep way Only a few months
passed and something came over
the spirit of the people’s dreams,
for the ministers of the city came
up bravely and encouragingly to
our assistance. The best citizens
now and then as occasion permit¬
ted gave us expressions their of confi¬
dence and assuiancea of sat¬
isfaction. So that when the city
was turned over Monday last we
feel that by hard work, by econo¬
my and faithfulness to dnty we
have a right, so far as our official
ads are concerned, to the full con
fidenee and respect of all the cili
zens, as the following figures will
prove: city „ to in debt and
The came us
we handed it over to our succes
sors practically out of debt, with
every branch of the government
i materially improved. But it may
be argued, oh ves, our taxes are so
heavy! Remember, the taxes for
1808 was 77c on the $100. For
1899 it was only 85c. That argu
im.nt fails.
There are only five sources of
revenue namely: Mayor’s court
street tax, license tax, ceme
tery lots and property tax.
ihe jlayor s court disposed of j
150 cases realizing a revenue of
$485
The Mayor issued 12 cemetery
deeds with an income of $59.
The Marshal collected of street
tax $207.85 and the amount, of
street tax wonted out was $282.50.
The$207.85 in cash went into Hie
treasury. The street lax hands
and the convicts from the Mayor’s
court with $1.50 in cash Besides kept up
the streets for 1899. this
a number of lamps were put up.
The clerk collected of license
tax and other license $498 75.
The city digest shows $408,887
returned as taxable property. All
of lected the city taxes few have hundred been col¬ dol¬
except a collected
lars. When this is it
will, with the other items due the
city, pay off every debt, All of
this is known to our distinguished
successors. So we turn over tho
city out of debt, or with enough
resources-to so put 1 it, \ and with
each , and , part , ot tlie city •,
every ,,Y 1 •,
improved. , \\ e wish ■ to say that .,
in our deliberations from first to
lost there was the utmost good
will and feeling n and respect 1 for
eacli , other. ,
Bo with this _ stnleinent
we
the matter feeling Hint we did
'dnlyaofarn.yodonlH Ihe city s .ifftiiis ate in dnring fine
and we are hopeful that under the
wise, able and conservative ad
minisi ration of our present Mayor
rind coimciliiicn ovciy 1)1 uucli ot
the city government will lie bet
tered. This should be the desire
of all. Con) ers is our home. Her
citizens are our neighbors and
friends Wo wish our efficient
officers, in conclusion, a happy
year and a successful ndmiuist ra¬
tion. Very respectfully, V.
W. Almand.
After having examined into the
above report we find it true and
correct.
Ciias. G. Turner,
Mayor.
Below will be found tlie report
of our city Board of School Com¬
missioners for 1899, which ex¬
plains itself:
fSjeliool Report.
Gentlemen : Wo hog leave to sub¬
mit- tlie following report of (lie worn
ing of the Public Schools for the
year 1899:
SPRING TERM.
Number of teachers employed.
VVhit£ School 6 .
Colored “ 2 .
SALARY OF TE VCHER8.
Supt, B i* Glenn per calender mo, $75.
5 assistants (white) “ “ 35.
Principal Cot. school “ i V 25.
Assistant “ . I u 20
.
EN ROLLS! ENT WHITE SCHOOL.
Average attendance for Jan. 217.
44 44 Feb. 221.
44 44 “ March 225.
44 44 April 223.
4 4 44 May 202.
“ monthly attendance for
five months 217.
Total no, pupils enrolled Sept
1st. ’98 to June 1st ’90 277.
ENROLLM ENT Colored SCHOOL.
Average monthly attendance
from Jan. to May 61 2 5.
Total no, pupite enrolled Sept.
1st ’98 to June 1st ’99 !29.
FALL TERM.
Number of teachers employed.
White School 6 .
Colored “ 1.
SALARY OF TEACHERS.
Supt. Prof. J D McClendon
pr calendar month. $ 100 . 00 .
Asst. Prof. Graves Colbert
pr calendar month 45.00.
4 Lady Assts. pr cal. mo. 85.00.
Principal col. school pr cal.
month 25.00.
Assistant col. school preal.
month (1 mo.) 20 . 00 .
ENROLLMENT.
school attendance Sept. 224.
“ “ “ Oct. 232.
“ “ ‘‘ ^*<>v. 241.
v monthly attendance fall terin i?!
Incrense pupils over spring term 14.
no. enrolled during
fall term 252’ S
ENROLLMENT. j
Colored school. Av. monthly j
attendance from Sept. 1st to I
.time 1st 020. i
Total n 11. pupils enrolled dur
ing fall term 96.
Total no. pupils enrolled dur¬
ing rail term 1898, 89.
Increase this year over last 08.
Financial ICxIiiljit.
RECEIPTS.
Ain’t on hand Jan. 1st
1899 ........ .............$628.36.
Ain’t reed from city of
Conyers .....................2226.69.
Ain’t reed from state......571.69.
i V 4 % “ non-res
ident pupils I20.14-$3346.67
DISBURSEMENTS.
Ain’t pd for incidentals40.14.
u “ u Janitor 62.00.
44 U A • coal 2S.65.
11 “ insurance 18 95.
* t U “ Rent col.
church (6 mo) 81,81.
44 4 « “ desks 81.00.
11 “ u teachers 2959.80.
u on hand Jan 1st 1900829.S2-8546.67
Balance . due , teachers . , for r 1809-$685.00.
We 1t7 now , have desas , „ sufficient _ . , , for
260 pupils in the white school all of
which Tin-buildings are in good condition also,
condition, are the alt iu good
with exception of a
few panes oi glass broken out and
which will he glad replaced at once.
Weave to report that tlw
schools for the year just dosed have
fmtf instruction impnrtcd XSfZ uinl dLfS wovU
done by the pupils, we believe, have be
been of a .higher order than ever
virus of nn pxu^JJojh corps of IohuI)*
ers and are nil glad to report that the
work in too grades both is moving n
| lo11 ^ smoothly and t< adicis ami
NEK SHOE SHOP.
I wi’l open up a shop for repaiing shoes, harness etc , in
the late Mr. J, D. Winbuni’s old stand on Monday morning
next , January 8. I promise to do work neatly at reasonable
pr ces and ask a share of the patronage of ihe public—I invite
to give me a Dial,
19 J.M.GRAY. 00
fits B
Extends new year’s greetings to the people and
assures them of his wishes for their prosperity this
year, and calls to their minds that lie is prepared tq^
furnish them fancy and family groceries,’ always
fresh, at lowest masket prices—
HIS MOTTO;—
Satisfaction to all buyers a id the btst in quality
and greatest quanity for the money.
Try me—The People’s Groce r .
NO. 1.
pupilK seem to be enthused and fully
(leionnined to do the best work pos
sible.
Wo think it is duo the colored peo
pie of the town that they should have
a house provided for them that is bet¬
ter suited for school purposes than
the church now used by them. At
present they have no desks for writ¬
ing and mfno can he used in the
church. Then the present buildi:n'
is open and poorly heated—requiring
a great deal more fuel than it should
fake, nesides the item of rent which
amounts to an annual expense to the
city of $G0 per year.
provided We believe that a building can bn
at a nominal cost that
w< uht he n matter of ccomunv ns
well as a matter of justice for the
city to build a sell >ol house for tho
colored pcoelo. We therefore hep, to
reccoinlnend that mayor and city
council take some steps to provide
us with tlie mean# to erect a school
building ing for the colored people dur¬
the present year, in conclusion
we desire to say Hint we have ad¬
ministered tho affairs of tho public
schools as best wo could with tho
means at hand and that *w» .have
tried to work solely for tho best in¬
terests of the soho* Is and. the town.
Believing, as we do, that the great¬
est of responsibility and highest duty
any community is the education
of its children, we have sought and
shall continue to work to build up as
neatly a perfect school system as
possible, where all tho children of
the town may receive the best in
smictfon thnf can he had in any
school,and Influence to this end w<> h'sk your
Respectfully and hearty coopera tion.
John H Almand, President, Submitted,
C P S B,
A M McEIvany, Boc.
Sc''Ool opened COMPARISONS^ L tweck in..!an. ■ L-OO
with 215 pupils. School optied 1st
week in Jan 1900 wfth £51 pupils. An
increase of 36 pupils.
