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date: 1957-03-08
title: March 8, 1957 Minutes
source: 1957-03/1957-03-08_March 8, 1957_Minutes.pdf
pages: 1
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March 8, 1957

CITY OF STOCKBRIDGE
HENRY COUNTY, GEORGIA MARCH 8, 1957

A regular meeting of the Stockbridge City Council was held at City Hall on March 8, 1957 at 8:00 p.m. with
the following members present: Mayor R. G. Moseley; Councilmen W. J. Lee, Claude Turner, H. Jack Owen,
H. F. Baker and L. B. Cochran.

Minutes of the last meeting read & approved.

Lewis Wyatt, representing Stockbridge Village Realty Co. (John Williams) presented to the Council, from F.
R. Stokes Const. Co., a list of various items of material and labor involved in the construction of a water line
from a point on Tye Street in front of Rosenwald School Bldg, along said Tye Street, approximately 1150 feet
to First Ave., thence along First Ave. 840 feet to end of said street. The approximate cost, including labor to
be $2,786.50.

A motion was made by H. F. Baker, second by W. J. Lee and carried by a vote of the Council that all new
homes built in the City must have septic tanks, effective March 9, 1957.

A motion was made by H. F. Baker, second by W. J. Lee and carried by a vote of the Council to raise the
night policeman's salary to $210.00 per month and the part time policeman to $7.50 per night, effective March
15, 1957.

The Street Committee was instructed to see if a 10-foot alley behind the store bldgs could be worked out.
They were to contact each property owner and see if they would deed to the City, 10 feet from their lot or
lots.

No further business, the meeting was adjourned.

Doris E. Branan,
Clerk
