Evening journal., 1900-07-27
COUNCIL ACTS ON
NEW ORDINANCE
Resolution Regulating Use
Of Fireworks Presented
Last Night

At last nights meeting Of City Coun-
ell the new ordinance regulating the sale /
and use of dangerous fireworks was pre-
sented and after being read twice was re-
ferred to the law committee.
The ordinance is sweeping in its pro-
visions and is as follows:
Section /. Ii shall be a public nuisance
for any person, persons, firm or corpora
tion, after the passage of this ordinance.
TO discharge or explode or cause TO be dis
charged or exploded, or TO manufacture,
keep on hand or store, or TO sell, dispose
Of. give away or furnish. directly or in
directly, within the limits of the city of
Wilmington. to any person or persons: 1.
Any pistol, revolver or other weapon in
tended for the firing or exploding of blank
cartridges, into which bullet or loaded
cartridge may be in any way inserted ana
/ exploded; 2. Any bomb. torpedo. or de-
vice in the nature of torpedo, 20 be eX-
! ploded by percussion, friction, impact OF
contact. in or Of which nitro-glycerine,
picric acid, chlorate OF potash. any form
OF antimony, fulminic acid. permanganic
acid, cyanc or ferrO-cyanic acid. hypO-
nitric acid, or any of the salts thereof:
gnn-cotton. bisulphide of soda or potash,
bisnlphide of carbon. or any form of mer-
curry. gold. platinum or silver is COM
ponent part: and the use OF the chemical
equivalents of said last-named ingredi-
ents or any of them, shall be deemed a
violation OF this ordinance; 3. Any sort
of firecrackcr OF decorating device in the
nature of nrccracker. loaded or charged
with any substance, compound, combin-
alton OF substances or explosives whatso-
ever other than ordinary black gun-pow-
der; 4. Any decorating fireworks of any
/ nature whatsoever. save as i'm these or
dinnnces otherwise provided, charged ol
loaded with any other explosive than or
binary black gunpowder. composed Of
sulphur. saltpetre and charcoal; .. An!
firecracker or other decorating device
whatsoever of size larger than five
4 inches i'm length and one inch in diameter
Y Section 2 IL is further declared To bl
public nuisance for any person. firm. o
corporation to sell. give away, dispose of
or otherwise directly or indirectly fur
n nish within the limits of said city. to am
5 minor under the age of eighteen years
- any gun. pistol. revolver or other irearn
+ whatsoever.
N Section 3. Ii is further declared to b
!. a public nuisance FOR any person OF per
a sons to explode or cause TO be explode
i or fired, within said city limits, any ar
Il ticle or things prohibited in section ] q
i this ordinance.
ii Section T. If any person or persons
firm or corporation, or any employe O
IT any firm or corporation do any of th
90 things the doing of which is hereinbefor
~ declared public nuisance. he. she, it. a
Ia they. shall. upon conviction thereof in th
Municipal Court for said. be punished b
Is a fine of not less than S25 nor more tha
al 800
ia Section o. If any person or person
% within the said city limits shall thro'
IS any lighted iirecracker or other fireworks
or any bomb torpedo, or other device
,- the nature thereof. at. to. upon or towsr
IF any person. animal, window, house. ca
lt carriage or other property, or into {
Is among any gathering Of persons, he shal
~ upon conviction In said court. be punish
ed by a fine of not less than 81 nor moI
e.. than $50.
al Section g. I'm any prosecution und'
this ordinance the charge may be Ia
against all or any Of the several men
hers of a firm or partnership. or again
any employe of any person. firm or par
nership; and i'm case of a corporation. q
nm prosecution may be against either Il
/ preside-t or other chief officer thereof,
against the person ln cudfEe OF OF uahd'
ing the business. or any employe thereo
Section z. All ordinances or par
thereof inconsistent with this ordinanl
is are hereby expressly repealed.
-, OTHER BUSINESS.
D Requests from Samuel Chambers an
William A. Pratt asking that their bon,
al be cancelled were referred to the bon
Ia committee. The bonds were given viii
of they were members OF the Street an
he Sewer Department some time ago.
so An order for 100000 for new building
lis was drawn in favor of the Board of Edl
,e cation
IN The miscellaneous payroll of S2,S66.2
- the Council pay-roll of S27526, and q
,- police pay-roll of S6O26.O2 were allowc
,n The police payroll contains the name
as Chief Doan for full pay although he WI
is suspended pending investigation wtho
nal pay. The pay-roll came direct from a
M Police Commission.
a City Treasurer Hamann reported q
lv balance in First National Bank TO
IN S126.3797l: received from Il. NJ. Sayei
$4,000; r. $. Lewis s47.935; $. 5. Adam