Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-22
NO NEW ACTION NECESSARY.
Council Decides That the Existing Fire
works Ordinance is Effective.

Council Decides That the Existing Fire
works Ordinance is Effective.
At the meeting of City Council last
evening, the law committee, in reply to
the request of citizens and physicians,
as 10 the legality of the ordinance pro-
hibiting the placing Of explosives upon
the car tracks, &c, reported that the
ordinance was perfectly legal and recon-
mend that copies of IL be distributed.
The report was accepted.
The ordinance which was passed
August I'd, 1900 is as follows:
Sec. 1t shall be a public nuisance for
any person or persons firm or corporation,
after the passage of this ordinance, 20 dis
charge OF explode, or cause TO be discharged
| or exploded; or to manufacture. keep ON
hand OF store; or TO sell, dispose Of, give
away or furnish, directly or indirectly,
within the limits of the city of Wilmington
20 any person or persons, l) any pistol, re-
! volver or other weapon intended for the
firing or exploding of blank cartridges, into
which bullet or loaded cartridge may be in
any way inserted and exploded ~ any
bomb, torpedo, or device in the nature of a
torpedo, to be exploded by percussion, fric-
tion, impact OF contact, in or of which picric
acid fulminio acid, permanganic acid, cyanic
or forro-cyanic acid, hypo-nitric acid, or any
of the salts thereof nitro-glvccrine chlorate
d
or Of potash, di-sulphide of carbon, or any
form of antimony, mercury, gold platinum
or silver is a component part-and the use
OF the chemical equivalents Of said ingredi-
cnts or any of them. shall be deemed viola
/ tiOn of this ordinance; OF any bomb torpedo
or other device in the nature thereof, of
larger size than three-quarters of an inch in
/ diameter or inside measure in any direction;
| (3) any sort of firecracker or detonating dc
! vice in the nature Of iirecracker, loaded or
charged with any substance, compound,
! combination of substances or explosive
whatsoever other than ordinary black gum
| powder, composed of sulphur, saltpetre and
| charcoal; (f) 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 Cunpowder. 90 any frecracker or
| other detonating device whatsoever in the
nature thereof Of a size larger than five
/ inches in length and one inch in diameter.
Sec. ut is further declared TO be
| public nuisance for any person, firm or cor
poration TO sell, give away or dispose Of,
/ or otherwise directly or indirectly furnish
within the limits of said city to any minor
under the age of rs years, any gun, pistol,
revolver or other irearm whatsoever
See. 3.-lt is further declared 70 be "a
public nuisance for any person or persons to
| explode or fire, or cause to be exploded or
/ fired within said city limits any article or
thing declared 70 be a nuisance in section one
! of this ordinance
Sec. 4.--lf any person or persons. firm or
| or corporation or any employee or any
| person, firm OF corporation do any Of the
things, the doing of which is hereinbefore
| declared TO be public nuisance. he. she it
| or they shall upon conviction thereof in the
| Municipal Court for said city be punished
by a fine Of not less than S25 nor more than
| StOO
See. 5.--lf any person or persons within
said city limits, shall throw or place any
lighted iirecracker or other fireworks. or any
| bomb, torpedo or other device in the nature
| thereof az. TO. upon or toward any person
| animal, window. house car, car track car
/ uage or other property. or into or among
any gathering of persons, he shall upon
! convction in said court be punished hv a
fine Of not less than 81 nor more than $50
Sec. 6.-ln any prosecution under this
| ordinance, the charge may be laid against
an or any of the several members Of a firm
or partnership, or against any empoye
| Of any person, firm or partnership; and in
| case of a corporation, the prosecution NAV
be against either the president OF other chief
officer thereof or against the person in charge
| of or managing the business or any en-
| ploye thereof