Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-06-09
City Advertisements.

AN ordinance to regulate the sale. storage and
OF gunpowder, firecrackers or fireworks Of
any description within the City of Newark
Council OF the City of Newark:
Section !. No person or persons shall set Off or
discharge any revolver, pistol, gun. cannon or
frearm of any description using cartridges or
gunpowder for ammunition.
Section \. No person or persons shall ignite.
set Off or discharge or cause to be ignited, set
off or discharge on any legal holiday any fire.
crackers larger than six inches in length and
seven eghths 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 inflammable
material; any pellets ammunition contain
ing dynamite; or any blank or bullet cartridges
Of any description.
Section 3. No person or persons firm or cor
poration shall sell or keep or cause to be sold
or kept any gunpowder. hrecrackers fire.
works Of any description within the limits of
tanned permit so to do from the Inspector Of
CombustiSles and Fire Risks.
Section T. No permit shall be issued for the
In wholesale lots in any frame building or In
any building used either wholly or In part as a
Section S. 1t shall be unlawful to store or keep
gunpowder firecrackers or fireworks OF any de-
scription in retail lots between July 10 OF any
one yenr and June % OF the following year. and
II 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 five Co. dollars TO
sell or keep fireworks In wholesale lots and a
fee of one ID dollar to sell or keep fireworks II,
retail lots. Such permits may be at once re-
voked and cancelled upon proof OF a violation
of any of the following conditions and resula-
tons:
(a) No firearms prohibited by the Bureau o.
Combustibes and Fire Risks shall be kept IN
stock sold or given away.
tb) 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.
one or more prominent places No natches'
other than safety matches. shall be kept in
stock .r sold or 81 given away in any place where
td) 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
firearm Of any description shall be sold or given
to anyone under the age ~ fifteen years. No
description shall be cold unless O record OF the
name and address of the person to whom suoh
weapon Is sold shall be kept in separate booK
by such selling agent. together with a record of
the manufacturers number or other marks by
Section g. No fireworks OF esueo; snn a.,..,.-
upon the legal holiday, July 4th, unless pep.
spector Of combustibies and Fire Risk ana ~,
approved by the Mayor. shall frst have besr
Section Q. Violation of any of the prov,s,on. q,
this ordinance chali be punishable by a fine of
twenty-five dollars for the nrst ofYense M
twenty -nve dollars for each day during whicS
such violation continues to exist: providinr Al.
ways. that nothing herein contained .h,,, :.
construed TO apply to any miiitsry parade. exer.
cise duty review.
Section 10. This ordinance shall take sfr.c,
Immediately.
The foregoing ordinance wac pressnfe6 a.
Commen Council on Friday evening June q
1910. vas rad twice under suspsnslon Of th:
rules and duly ordered e e HA = sh.rd Esaaing ~
JAMIE y. ooNNpii.Y.