The evening Republican., 1902-06-30
FIREWORKS
ORDINANCE.

Chief OF Police Black has receive
number Of complaints about fire
works. He has instructed the polio
to enforce the ordinance which Is a
follows:
Section lit shall be a publ
nuisance for any person or persons
firm or corporation, after the passage
OF this ordinance, to discharge or ex
plode, or cause to be discharged or ex
ploded; or to manufacture. keep OF
hand or store, or to sell, dispose Of.
give away or furnish directly or in
directly, within the limits Of th,
City Of Wilmington to any person Of
persons; ~ any pistol. revolver OF
other weapon intended for the firing
or exploding of blank cartridges,
into which bnllet orloaded cartridge
may be In anyway inserted and ex.
ploded; III any bomb, torpedo. or
device in the nature Of a torpedo, to
be exploded by percussion, friction or
contract, in or with picric acid, full.
mimic acid, permangauic acid. cyanic,
or ferro.cyanic acid, hypo.nitric acid,
or any OF the salts thereof; nitro gly.
cerinc, ctorate Of potash, gun.cotton
l-sul phide Of soda or Of potash, di.
sulphide of carbon, or any form Of
anImony, mercury, gold platinum or
silver is component part-and the
use of the chemical equivalents of
said Ingredients or any OF them shall
be deemed a violation of this ordi-
nance; or any bomb. torpedo or other
device in the nature thereof, of a
larger size than three quarters Of an
inch in diameter or inside measure in
any direction; (3) any sort of fire.
cracker or decorating device in the
nature Of a firecracker, loaded or
charged with any substance, com.
pound, combination Of substances or
explosive whatsoever other than
ordinary black gun-powder. composed
OF sulphur, saltpetre and charcoal;
(4) any detonating fireworks Of any
nature whatsoever, save in these ordi.
nances otherwise provided, charged
or loaded with any other explosive
than such ordinary black gun.powder
(5) Any tire.cracker or other detonat-
ing device whatsoever in the nature
thereof of a size larger than five
inches In length and one inch in
diameter.
Section 2-It Is further declared
to be a public nuisance Tor any
person, firm or corporation to sell,
give away or dispose Of, or other.
wise directly or indirectly furnish
within the limits of said city, to
any minor under the age Of eighteen
years, any gun, pistol. revolver or
other tire-arm whatsoever.
Section SIT is further decla red
to be public nuisance for any per.
son or persons to explode or fire or
cause to. be exploded or fred within
said city limits any article or thing
declared to be a nuisance in section
one OF this ordinance.
Section 4.-If any person or per.
sons, firm or corporation do any Of
the things. the doing Of which IS
lereinbefore declared to be public
Nuisance, he, she, it or they shall
lpon conviction thereof in the Mu-
liclpal Court for said city be pun
shed by a One of not less than twen.
,y.tive nor more than one hundred
lollars.
Section 5.-If any person or per-
IONS within said city limits, shall
hrow or place any lighted fire.
,racker or other fireworks, or any
'omb, torpedo, or other device in
he nature thereof, at, to, upon or
oward any person, animal, window
louse, car, car track, carriage or
'ther property, or into or among
my gathering of persons, he shall,
lpon conviction in said court, be
punished by fine of not less than
me nor more than fifty dollars
Section 6.-1n any prosecution I'M
ler this ordinance, the charge may
70 laid against all or any of the sew
raj members of firm or partner
hip, or against any employee of
ny person, firm or partnership;
nd in case of corporation, the
Prosecution may be against either
he President or other chief officer
hereof, or against the person there
f, or against the person in charge
# or managing the business, or any
mployee thereof.