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

AN ordinance to regulate the sale, storage and
use of gunpowder. frecrackers or fireworks OF
any description within the City Of Newark.
Be 1T ordained by the Mayor and Common
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 a.. No person or persons shall ignite,
set OH or discharge or cause to be ignited, set
on or discharge on any legal holiday any hre-
crackers larger than six inches In length and
seven-eighths Of an inch In diameter. any fire.
crackers or fireworks containing dynamite or
picric acid; any paper balloons containing paraf-
nne, soaked excelsior or similar infammable
ing dynamite; or any blank or bullet cartridges
of any description.
Section 8. No person or persons, firm or cor
p%oration 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
tanned a permit so to do from the Inspector OF
Corhbustioles and Fire Risks.
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 8. It shall be unlawful to store or keep
gunpowder, firecrackers or fireworks OF any de-
s%cription in retail lots between July 10 of any
year 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 or J"Iy.
Section 8. Permits shall be iesued by the In
spector of Combustibles and Fire Risks only
upon the payment of a fee Of five 90 dollars &c
sell or keep fireworks in Wholesale lots. and a
fee of one ~ dollar to sell or Eeep 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:
Ia No firearms prohibited br the Bureau o.
Combustibles and Fire Risks shall be kept in
stock, sold or given away.
t) No fireworks shall be displayed or sold
from any stand outside the waiFe Of the building
for which permit Is granted.
() 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.
I'd Three pals OF water shat, 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
frearfn of any description shall be cold or given
to anyone under the age of fifteen years. No
gun. revolver, pistol. cannon or flrearm Of any
description shall be sold unlesH a record Of the
name and address of the persth to whom such
weapon Is sold shall be kept ir a separate book
the manufacturers number or other marks by
which such weapon may be identified.
Section s No fireworks of any description
shall be set off. discharged or exploded except
upon the legal holiday. July 4th. unless a per-
spscts signed os e eg ans GsIef Of and Po Fire ar Ri,, tso and IND
approved, by the Mayor, shall first have been
procured.
Section o. Violation of any of tho provisions Of
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-
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
rules and duly ordered to a third reading.
JAMES F. CONNOLLY.
je6-5t City Clerk.