El Centro Municipal Code Art. IV Bankrupt, Etc., Sales

This entire article shall be deemed an exercise of the police power of the state and the city for the public safety, comfort and convenience; and all its provisions shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of that purpose.

(Ord. No. 351, § I)

Any person who advertises or conducts any sale of goods, wares or merchandise that is represented as a bankrupt, insolvent, assignee's, adjuster's, trustee's, executor's, administrator's, receiver's, wholesaler's, jobber's, manufacturer's closing out sale, or sale of goods damaged by fire, smoke or water, or as a sale conducted by a merchant's association, board of trade or other apparent body of creditors, shall file with the city clerk a statement under oath stating the names of the persons from whom the goods were obtained, whether the same are to be sold under the order of the court, and if so, the name of the court and proceedings in which such order was made, and the inventory of the goods to be sold.

(Ord. No. 351, § III)

It shall be unlawful for any person to advertise or conduct any sale described in section 16-148 without having first filed a statement under oath, as in this article provided; and it shall be unlawful for any person at any such sale to sell any goods, wares, or merchandise not specifically described in said statement.

(Ord. No. 351, § III)

It shall be unlawful for any person to make any false misstatement of fact in the verified statement filed with the city clerk as required by this article.

(Ord. No. 351, § III)