§ 9-102. Additional areas created; boundaries described; taxation.

There are hereby created in Chatham County, west of the property of the Georgia Ports Authority, commonly known as Savannah State Docks, certain areas along the Savannah River, to be known as industrial areas; said industrial areas shall include all the lands and improvements located within the following boundaries:

Parcel No. 1. Beginning at the intersection of Pipe Maker Canal and the west line of the Savannah River and extending thence westwardly along the north side of Pipe Maker Canal to the intersection of said canal and the east line of U.S. Highway No. 17, thence along the east line of U.S. Highway No. 17 in a northerly direction to the southwest corner of Lot No. 72 in the Grange Subdivision, thence with the south line of the Grange Subdivision in an easterly direction to the southeast corner of Lot 96 of said subdivision, the same point being the southwest corner of Lot No. 98 of said subdivision, thence along the line between Lots No. 96 and 98 of said subdivision in a northerly direction and continuing across Grange Road to the southeast corner of Lot No. 97 of the Grange Subdivision, extending thence northwardly along the east line of Lot No. 97 to the northeast corner of said lot, extending thence westwardly along the north line of Grange Subdivision to the east line of U.S. Highway No. 17, extending thence northwardly along the east line of U.S. Highway No. 17 to the north property line of the Atlantic Creosoting Company, extending thence eastwardly along the north property line of Atlantic Creosoting Company to the west boundary of the right-of-way of the Savannah and Atlanta Railway, thence in a northerly and northwesterly direction along said right-of-way line of the Savannah and Atlanta Railway to a point on the east line of U.S. Highway No. 17, extending thence northwardly along the east line of U.S. Highway No. 17 to a point approximately 107 feet south of the intersection of U.S. Highway No. 17 and the south line of Appleby Road, extending thence northwardly along the east line of Blocks Numbers 1, 20 and 21 of Bonnybridge Subdivision to a point on the south line of U.S. Highway No. 17, extending thence across U.S. Highway No. 17 on a bearing of north ten degrees forty-five minutes (10 degrees 45 minutes) west and continuing on this bearing to the intersection of a line on said bearing and Augustine Creek, said creek being the northern property line of the Port Wentworth Corporation, thence in an easterly direction along said creek to a point on the west line of the Savannah River, thence with the west line of the Savannah River in a southerly direction to the point of beginning; all of which will appear by reference to a map showing Port Wentworth Corporation property and vicinity, Chatham County, Georgia, and listed as Map No. 16538, File C-6-Y, in the Office of Chief Engineer, Savannah and Atlanta Railway Company.

Parcel No. 2. An island formed by the cutting of a new channel and the old channel of the Savannah River and located east of the new channel, the property of the Port Wentworth Corporation.

Parcel No. 3. And also all that portion of Whitehall Plantation lying west of U.S. Highway No. 17, marked "Midland Properties Co.," which is bounded on the north by the south line of the Grange Subdivision, on the east by U.S. Highway No. 17, on the south by Pipe Maker Canal, and on the west by Georgia Highway No. 21, commonly known as the Augusta Road.

Be it further resolved by the authority aforesaid that said industrial areas as above described shall not hereafter be included within the limits of any municipal corporation, hereafter incorporated or now existing, except by process of constitutional amendment, and said areas shall not be subject to taxation by any municipal corporation now existing or hereafter incorporated except in the manner herein provided. The duly constituted authorities of any municipal corporation hereafter incorporated or now existing shall be authorized and empowered to levy taxes on the land and improvements in said industrial areas when such municipal corporation shall be able to furnish needed municipal services to said areas or parts thereof, and the levy of taxes on said industrial areas, or parts thereof, shall be limited to five (5) mills on the dollar and the assessment of said property shall be the same assessment as is made by the County of Chatham on the tax returns of the property and improvements located within said industrial areas. The duly constituted authorities of any such municipal corporation when empowered to levy taxes on the land and improvements within said industrial areas are hereby expressly prohibited from exercising regulatory licensing or any other municipal or other governmental function over said area.

(1956 Ga. Laws, page 352, § 1)