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MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 337construction and completion of the said roadway onthe said portion of Thirty-eighth street.Sec. 2. Be it farther ordained, That a railroad companyhaving tracks running through the said portionof Thirty-eighth street to be improved under this ordinanceis hereby required to pave the width of itstracks and two (2) feet on each side of every line oftracks of the said railroad company with vitrifiedbrick, as the said work progresses, and, in the eventthis is not done by the said company, the said Directorof Public Works and the said Committee shallsee to its being done at the expense of the said railroadcompany.Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That separate accountsshall be kept and separate assessments madefor the improvement between Jefferson and Barnardstreets and that between Barnard and Bull streets,and that after the total cost of the said work, exclusiveof that done by or for a railroad company, shallhave been ascertained, one-third of such total costshall be paid out of the city treasury and the othertwo-thirds from the persons owning at the date of theadoption of this ordinance the real estate abutting onthe said portion of Thirty-eighth street to be improvedunder this ordinance, according to frontage,and the pro rata amount of the cost of such work ishereby assessed against the said abutting real estateand its owners, as aforesaid, according to frontage.The frontage of intersecting streets and lanes is assessedas real estate abutting on said portion of Thirty-eighthstreet to be improved, and the Mayor andAldermen of the city of Savannah shall be, for allthe intents and purposes of this ordinance, the owner