Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-03
new LAW AGAINST
FAKE ADVERTISEMENTS
Passed by City Council and Ap-
proved by Mayor
Harvey.

by the unanimous vote OF all the
members, the ordinance prohibiting
misleading. untrue. deceptive or false
advertising was given a third and
Anal reading by the City Council last
night and passed. not dissenting
voice being raised against II. Later In
the evening Mayor Leroy Harvey
came into the Council room and there
was recess for ten minutes. The or
dinancc was referred TO him for his
consideration. and after he had given
II some study he attached his sigma
ture and returned II TO the Council.
Before adjournment President Howard
NJ. Ward announced the ordinance had
been approved by the mayor and re-
turned and he. therefore. declared II a
law OF the city.
The new law was compiled by the
mercantile section OF the Chamber Of
Commerce and It's purpose is to pro-
tcct the merchants OF Wilmington and
the local consumers from the un-
sCrupulous. transient dealer who is
here today and gone tomorrow. II has
teeth In Il. too. for the penalty pro-
yided for violation of any part OF II
Is nne of SEQ to 500 for each ecp-
arate offence. A committee from the
Chamber Of Commerce was on hand
last night prepared 10 meet any OPP
position that might develop. but they
were not called upon 70 say anything.
The mercantile section members have
assured Council that they will coop
crate with the city in the strict en-
forcement OF the new law.
Several now ordinances were intro
duccd at the meeting last night. most
OF them providing for bond issues or
authorizing the city to borrow money
from the banks for the various city
departments. one. Of these proposed
acts, read twice and referred Co the
finance and law committees. will. IL
passed give the Council the right 20
borrow from the banks any sum suf-
rcient 90 defray the expenses Of the
Department Of Public Safety in re-
modelling the fire houses taken over
from the volunteer compan MES. This or
dinance was In blank form last night
80 far as the sums OF money involved
are concerned. but will be filed In
later when the exact cost Of the worl,
on the fire houses has been determined
Tho injunction proceedings Of last
summer prevented the safety directors
from putting IN their estimate %
Council on which 90 base the bond
issue for the new department 20 de-
fray she cost 81 repairs 20 the severa
IRE houses. and this new ordinance
TO borrow from the banks is the only
a. l. 4
refund 10 the banks. probably. will bc
made through bond issues 10 he au'
fhorized later. The cost OF alteration:
10 three 10 the fire house. totals nearly
$4,000. but these three are the big
xcst and most expensive. IL Is not
thought the repairs to the other house,
Will cost more than $1,000 or $4,000
zach. The original estimate as 20 cost
OF repairs % the IRE houses was be-
tween $4,000 and s20o. 200.
Another ordinance introduced last
nisht authorized the Council 20 issue
bonds IN the sum OF $4,000 20 defrsy
the expenses OF the new Davis in
Generator which the city has purchased
al this price These bonds will bea,
interes, at the rate OF IA per cent
The ordinance was referred 10 tn
finance and law committees.
A third ordinance given two read
ines and referred 20 the law and Il
nance committees authorizes the lis
suence OF $4,000 bonds for the bene
~ OF the Board OF Water Commission
ors. This money is TO pay FOR niue
sewer and water main work that Ia
been done during the winter In IN
streets that are 90 be paved next sum
incr. Most Of this work is alr-sd
completed. and u was all necessar
before the new street paving coul
h put down The biggest line is 4
West Fourth street
one of the most important Of IN
proposed ordinances. read twice an
referred "a the law and finance com