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date: 1958-01-02
title: January 2, 1958 Minutes
source: 1958-01/1958-01-02_January 2, 1958_Minutes.pdf
pages: 1
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January 2, 1958

CITY OF STOCKBRIDGE
HENRY COUNTY, GEORGIA JANUARY 2, 1958

THE OATH OF OFFICE, CITY OF STOCKBRDIGE, STOCKBRIDGE, GA

We, the Mayor, Councilmen, Recorder and Policemen, who have been duly elected to office to serve the City
of Stockbridge, do solemnly swear that we will uphold the by-laws and the charter of the City of Stockbridge,
the Constitution of the State of Georgia and the Constitution of the United States of America, and to perform
the duties of our offices to the best of our ability, without fear or favor, so help me God.

Signed: Unsigned:

W. L. Lee, Mayor Recorder
C. M. Turner, Councilman Policeman
L. B. Cochran, Councilman Policeman
H. F. Baker, Councilman
G. Kuglar, Councilman
Cecil T. Love, Councilman

CITY OF STOCKBRIDGE
HENRY COUNTY, GEORGIA JANUARY 2, 1958

A call meeting of the Stockbridge City Council was held at City Hall on Jan. 2, 1958 at seven-thirty p.m. with
the following members present: Mayor R. G. Moseley; Councilmen H. Jack Owen, Claude Turner, H. F.
Baker, L. B. Cochran & W. J. Lee.

Meeting called to order by R. G. Moseley, Mayor.

Minutes of last meeting read and approved.

Motion was made by L. B. Cochran, second by H. F. Baker and carried by a vote of the Council to have books
audited by Geo. W. Walker at the cost of $200.00.

Motion was made by H. F. Baker, second by Claude Turner and carried by a vote of the Council to Mr. W. L.
Strawn's 1958 business license to sell candy wholesale only at $15.00

Mayor R. G. Moseley presented letter from Mr. R. P. Harris, Georgia Inspection and Rating Bureau, stating
that due to improvements in the fire defenses of Stockbridge, the grading has been changed from Class 9 to
Class 8, effective Feb. 15, 1958.

The Mayor stated that the Clark-Foster water line in the Rosenwald Circle subdivision would be paid for by
the water cut-ins, nine houses at $50.00 per house or $450.00.

This was the night designated by the Mayor and Council for the new Mayor and 2 new Councilmen to take
oath of office. Due to a contest in the City election of Dec. 21, Sheriff E. Q. Owen presented Mayor R. G.
Moseley with court order restraining him from swearing in the new Councilmen, but W. J. Lee, new Mayor
took the oath of office as he had no opponent.

W. J. Lee, Mayor of the City of Stockbridge, stated that due to the inability of the new Councilmen taking
office, the meeting would adjourn until further notice.

Doris E. Branan,
Clerk
