The authority and powers heretofore granted to the Savannah Port Authority under and
by virtue of an ordinance adopted by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah,
December 24, 1924, are hereby ratified and confirmed and the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah is hereby authorized and empowered to grant and delegate to the
Savannah Port Authority by ordinance expressed, such further and additional lawful
authority and powers as the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah may deem necessary,
convenient or desirable in furtherance of the development, operation and maintenance
of the port and harbor of Savannah, and the Savannah Port Authority is hereby authorized
and empowered to exercise and carry out all power, authority and function granted
to and delegated to it, or which may hereafter be granted to it by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Savannah.
That certain ordinance adopted and approved by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City
of Savannah on September 19, 1934, granting certain additional powers to the Savannah
Port Authority for the harbor and port of Savannah, be and the same is hereby ratified
and confirmed subject to there being added thereto the words "or in any other way"
after the word "purchase" and before the word "lands," the said ordinance reading
as follows: "in addition to the authority and powers heretofore granted to the Savannah
Port Authority under and by virtue of that certain ordinance adopted and approved
by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, on December 24, 1924, the said
Savannah Port Authority for the harbor and port of Savannah is hereby granted and
delegated the following additional authority and powers in furtherance of the development
of the harbor and port of Savannah, to wit: The Savannah Port Authority and power
with the concurrence of the Mayor and authority and power with the concurrence of
the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, to acquire by purchase or in any other
way, lands, property, property rights, leases or easements fronting on the Savannah
River in the harbor and port of Savannah, or adjacent thereto, in Chatham County,
Georgia, for industrial or factory site purposes, and to receive and expend such monies
as may be appropriated to it by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah from
time to time as well as, for the improvement of such lands and properties. The said
Savannah Port Authority shall have the further right and authority, with the advice
and approval of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, to lease, or sell
or otherwise grant and convey said lands and property in whole or in part to persons,
firms and corporations, for factory, manufacturing and/or industrial purposes, and/or
for the development of the Port of Savannah."
