Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-06-20
City Advertisements.

AN ordinance to regulate the sale. storage and
use of gunpowder hrecrackers or fireworks Of
any description within the CITY Of Newark.
Be It ordained by the Mayor and Common
Council Of the City of Newark:
Section 1. No person or persons shall set on or
frearm Of any description using cartridges or
gunpowder for ammunition.
Section 4. No person or persons shall ignite.
set off or discharge or cause to be ignited. set
off or discharged on any legal holiday any fire.
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-
fine. soaked excelsior or similar inhammable
material; any pellets or ammunition contain
ing dynamite; or any blank or bullet cartridges
of any description.
Section 8. No person or persons, firm or cor
poration shall sell or keep or cause to be sold
or kept any gunpowder, hrecrackere or fire.
works Of any description within the limits Of
the City of Newark without first having OBJ
tanned a permit so TO do from the Inspector Of
Combusti5les and Fire Risks.
Section A. 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 o. 1t 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 June 20 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 Combustibles and Fire Risks only
upon the payment OF a fee OF hve (6l 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-
tione:
Combustibles and Fire Risks Shall be Kept In
stock, sold or given away.
() 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 effect 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 7. No gun. revolver. pistol. cannon or
frearm of any description shall be sold or given
to anyone under n,st tnr s age "y n or area yraf Of a no
description shall be sold unless q record or 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 manufacturers number or other marks by
which such weapon may be Identified.
Section s No fireworks of any description
shall be Get off, discharged OF exploded except
upon the legal holiday, July I; unless a per-
spector of Combustibles and Fire Risks and
approved by the Mayor. shall first have been
Section Q. Violation of any of the provisions OF
this ordinance shall be punishable by a fine of
twenty-five dollars for the FIRST onense and
such violation continues to exist; providing al
ways. that nothing herein contained shall be
| construed to apply to any military parade. exer-
Section 10. This ordinance shall take effect
Immediately.
VIM. PENNINGTON,
President of Common Council.
Presented to the Mayor for his approval June
" JAMES F. CONNOLLY,