Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-06-07
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AN ordinance to regulate the sale, storage and
use of gunpowder, hrecrackers or fireworks Of
any description within the City Of Newark.
Be II ordained by the Mayor and Common
Council OF the City of Newark:
Section /. No person or persons shall set on or
discharge any revolver, pistol. gun, cannon or
hrearT1 of any description using cartridges or
gunpowder for ammunition.
Section q. No person or persons shall ignite.
set off or discharge or cause to be ignited, set
off or discharge on any legal holiday any IRE
crackers larger than six inches in length and
seven-eighths Of an inch In diameter; any fire.
crackers or fireworks containing dynamite or
picrfc acid; any paper balloons containing paraf-
me, soaked excelsior or similar mamma PIE
ing dynamite; or any blank or bullet cartridges
of any description.
Section 9. No person or persons. firm or cor
~poration shall sell or keep or cause TO be sold
or kept any gunpowder. frecrackers or fire.
works of any description, within the limits OF
the City OF Newark without first having OBJ
tained a permit so to do from the Inspector or
/ Combustihles and Fire Risks.
Section 4. No permit shall be issued for the
sale or storage of fireworks of any description
in wholesale lots in any frame building or in
any building used either wholly or in part as a
dwelling.
Section s.. It shall be unlawful to store or keep
! gunpowder, frecrackers or fireworks OF any de-
scription in retail lots between July 10 Of any
one year and Jr-.s sz of the following year. and
1t shall be unlawful to sell at retail or to give
away fireworks of any description except during
the first four business days OF July.
Section 6. Permits shall be issued by the In
spector of Gonahustibles and Fire Risks only
upon the payment OF a fee OF hve TO- dollars to
sell or keep fireworks in wholesale lots. and a
fee of one ~ dollar to sell or keep fireworks in
retail lots. Such permits may. be at once re-
voked and cancelled upon proof of a violation
Of any of the Following conditions and regula-
tons: t
(a) No firearms prohibited by the Bureau OF
Combustibles and Fire Risks shall be kept in
stock, sold or given away.
OBJ No fireworks shall be displayed or sold
from any stand outside the walls of the building
for which permit Is granted.
(c) Smoking shall not be permitted in any
place where fireworks are sold or kept in stock,
and signs to this erect must be displayed In
one or more prominent places. No matches.
other than safety matches. shall be kept in
stock. sold or given away In any place where
fireworks are sold or stored.
(d) Three pals Of water shall be kept conve-
nient for quick use in case OF fire in every place
where fireworks are kept or sold.
Section Z, No gun. revolver. pistol. cannon or
hrearm OF any description shall be sold or given
to anyone under the age OF fifteen years. No
gun. revolver, pistol, cannon or frearm of any
description shall be sold unless a record OF the
name and address OF the person to whom such
weapon is sold shall be kept In a separate book
by such selling agent, together with a record of
the manufacturer number or other marks by
when slcn weapon may De ,9en, nn .,or
shall be set off. discharged or exploded except
upon the legal holiday, July 4th, unless a per-
spector of Combustibles and Fire Risks and
approved by the Mayor. shall first have been
procured.
this ordinance shall be punishable by a fine of
twenty-five dollars for the first ofense and
twenty-five dollars for each day during which
such violation continues to exist; providing al
ways, that nothing herein contained shall be
construed to apply to any military parade. exer-
1 else, duty or review.
Section 10. This ordinance shall take effect
Immediately.
The foregoing ordinance was presented in
Common Council on Friday evening, June 8,
1910. was read twice under suspension OF the
r,1les and duly ordered to a third reading.
JAMES #. CONNOLLY,
tee-5t City Clerk.