Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-22

citv Council held its weekly meet
ing last evening.
me- law committee reported that it
had Investigated the reported smoke
n,issnce and found that manufacturers
are endeayoring to abate It. The re-
o-t said the committee found that
~ ms we'll as smoke was annoying
.9 recommended higher smoke stacks.
The committee did not deem it ex.
resient to submit an ordinance on the
Subject at this time.
A. IN the suggestion of the Board of
Health that Council pass an ordinance
80 nrohibit contamination and pollu-
tion OF the Brandywine, the committee
recommended that the matter be first
admitted to the Board of Water Com
missioners and that the suggestion as
70 the subject matter of an ordinance
come from that department.
The committee reported that it did
NOT deem it expedient to grant the
request to turn Eighth Street Park
over to the Board of Park Commis.
sioners at this time. The reports were
received and ordered filed.
The proposed building ordinance
was returned to Council by City So
licitor Townsend, accompanied by the
following letter;
To the President and Members Of Council.
Council Chamber. City.
Gentlemen.-l acknowledge the receipt
of letter from John J. Monaghan, clerk of
Council under GATE OF June lothi IN which
be says.
u have been instructed to notify you that
The Council passed a motion at the meeting
las, evening directing the public building
committee and city solicitor to present the
building ordinance for the action Of the
Council at the meeting to be held June 3ist"
Complying with such order in so far as j
en- able 81 this time, ! herewith return the
ordinance hsit without my approval
would saw 70 your honorable body that I
have done more work on this particular or
dinance than on any other matter yet sub
mitted 70 me by any city department., in an
endeavor 70 remedy its defects, but have
found il impossible to get the ordinance into
form satisfactory to be enacted into law
Without referring "a It's imperfections in
detail. desire to say 70 the members Of the
Council that the ordinance is entirely too
volumlnous The paper submitted 10 me
is one Of IS typeWritten pages legal size
i is unreasonable that persons who are
bound to know the law and TO obey IL should
be compelled TO be familiar with the pro-
visions Of a document Of such length, Much
time would have been saved if the ordinance
Ia question had been referred 10 the CITY
solicitor and committee composed Of archi-
tects engineers and builders in the first
place because IL is much easier matter to
draft q legal document than TO cure the i'm
perfections in one improperly drawn
desire 10 say to Council that much time
will even yet be saved in having an ordi-
nance approved II such committee shall be
appointed TO work in conjunction with the
public building committee and the city SOLE
citor. While recognize that it is my duty
% draft the ordinances, yet IN this particular
instance feel that / should have the advice
and assistance of men familiar with the art
Of building so that a law may be drafted
which will insure the safety Of the people,
and az the same time not unnecessarily in
crease the cost Of building.
Respectfully submitted,
S. D. Townsend, Jr., city solicitor.
On motion Of Mr.. Postles, action
was deferred for a week.
Two ballots were taken for treas.
urer's clerk to succeed Joseph Il.
Postles, colored. No election resulted.
John Boughman, Democrat, received 6
votes; W. ). Lednum, Republican, re-
ceivsd four votes. One blank ballot
was cast each time. Further ballot
ing was postponed.
A letter was received from the Board
Of Trade nominating George NJ. d.
Cam and William Lawton for the
office Of port warden. On motion Of
Mr.. Kane, the Clerk of Council cast
the vote Of council for Mr.. Cam.
The city treasurer's report, which
was accepted, showed a balance of
10 $50 %, and receipts as follows
lax Collector Eugene NJ. Sayers, 1925
George II. Mccall, s98. %; Auditor B.
+. Spence, $50.