Excerpt from The Code of the City of Savannah of 1907: Containing the Character of City of Savannah With General State Laws Affecting Municipal Corporations; Also Ordinances Adopted by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, Now of Force Since the publication Of the City Code Of 1888, over eighteen years ago, a large number Of its sections have been repealed by express ordinance or necessary implication. A number Of sections were omitted by the codifier as plainly Obsolete, but there still remained quite a number as to which he was in doubt, and felt the lack Of authority to reject. It was the earnest wish of Mayor Herman Myers that the Code should be thoroughly cleared. To accomplish this according to ordinary methods would have required many meetings Of Council and entailed much discussion and consideration. The work was entrusted to the City Attorney, Col. William Garrard, than whom no better could have been selected, on account Of his long experience and acquaintance with munic ipal affairs, and his eminent ability as a lawyer. Posessing the entire confidence Of Council, he was commissioned to use the knife boldly as a legislative surgeon. Together, in con saltation, we examined carefully every section and ordinance, and brought before us the heads Of every city department, cross-examining them as to every provision affecting their respective departments. In this manner, every section ap parently useless at this time was eliminated, and those, only, which possessed present vitality were retained. We feel, therefore, that this Code can be commended as being alive, up to date and in keeping with the modern, progressive City Of Savannah of 1907. The work of Colonel Garrard was not confined to this, however. He retouched every part, correcting errors, striking out useless verbiage, etc replacing omissions and in every way leant his valuable assistance to the improvement Of the text. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.