Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-06-08
City Advertisements.

AN ordinance to regulate the sale, storage and
use of gunpowder, frecrackers or fireworks of
Be It ordained by the Mayor and Common
Council Of the City of Newark:
Section /. No person or persons shall set Off
discharge any revolver, pistol gun, cannon
firearm of any description using cartridges OF
gunpowder for ammunition.
Section a. No person persons shall ignite,
set Off or discharge or cause to be ignited, set
of or discharge 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 ammunition contain
ing dynamite; or any blank or bullet cartridges
of any description
Section g. No person or persons firm or cor
poration shall sell or keep or cause to be sold
| or kept any gunpowder. hrecrackers or fire.
works OF any description within the limits of
| the City of Newark without first having OBJ
tained a permit 80 to do from the Inspector OF
Combustioles 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 8. 1t shall be unlawful to store or keep
gunpowder, firecrackers fireworks OF any de-
scription in retail lots between July 10 Of any
one year and June 20 of the following year, and
It shall be unlawful to sell at retail or to give
away fireworks o. any description except during
the first four business days of July
Section g. Permits shall be issued by the IN
spector of Combustibles and Fire Risks only
upon the payment or a fee OF five (6) dollars to
sell or keep fireworks In wholesale lots and
| fee Of one ID dollar to sell 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-
| tions:
ta) No firearms prohibited by the Bureau of
| Combustibles and Fire Risks shall be kept in
stock, sold 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
and signs to this effect must be displayed in
ore or more prominent places No matches
other than safety matches: shall be kept in
stock. stock. sold or given away in any place where
td) Three pals of water shall be kept convs-
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
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 separate boox
by such selling agent, together with record Of
the manufacturers number or other marks by
| which such weapon may be identified
Section 8 No fireworks OF any descrnt,or
shall be set off, discharged or exploded except
upon the legal holiday, July 4th. unless a per-
nit. signed by the Chief OF Police and the IN
spector OF Combustbes and Fire Risks ana
approved by the Mayor. shall first have heen
Section .. Violation of any of the provision. n,
this ordinance shall be punishable by a fine ~
twenty-five dollars for the first offense and
twenty-five dollars for each day during vbicr
such violation continues to exist; providing al
ways that nothing herein contained shall, y.
construed to apply to any military parade, exer
cse duty review. .
Section 10 This ordinance shall take effect
Tho foregoing ordinance was presented :,
i Common Council on Friday evening Juns a a
1910, was read twice under suspensicn Of IN.
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