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A by law rejecting the Sale and Use of
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ireworks.
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1. (a)
(b)
"limi~ of "coup~y" means ial limits of
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"FireY/orks" shall mean "nd include an combustible
or explosive compos:-.tion or any subst ce or com-
bination of substances or articles pr pared for the
purpose of producting a visible or an audible effect
and shall include toy guns in Y/hich e losives
are used, firecrackers, torpedoes, sk rockets,
Roman Candles, sparklers and pyrotech cs of all
kinds, except that the term fireworks shall not
include auto flares, paper caps conta ing not
in excess of twenty-five hundredth of a grain of
explosive content per cap and toy pis ols for use
of such caps 0
Except as hereinafter provided it sha 1 be unlawful
for any person to offer for sale, exp se for sale,
sell at retail, or use or explode any fireY/orks,
provided that the Chief of The Fire D partment
shall have pOYler to adopt reasonable ules and
regulations for the granting of permi s for supervised
public displays of fireworks by munic pality,
fair associations, amusement parks an other organizations.
Every such display shall be handled b a competent
operator approved by the Chiefs of th Police and
Fire Departments of the Municipality, and shall
be of such character and so located, ischarged
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2. (a)
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or fired as in the opinion of the Chi f of the
Fire Dept., after proper inspection, hall not
be hazardous to property or endanger ny person.
(b) Application for permit3 shall be made in writing
at least fifteen days in advance of t e date of
the display. After such privilege sh 11 have been
granted, sale, possession, use and di tribution
of fireworks for such display shall b lawful for
that purpose only. No permit granted hereunder
shall be transferable.
Nothing in this article shall be cons rued to prohibit
any resident Y/holesaler, dealer, or j bber to sell
at wholesale such fireworks as are no herein
prohibited; pr the sale of any kind 0 fireworks
provided the sale are to be shipped d-rectly out
of the municipality; or the use of fireY/orks by
'railroads or other transportation age cies for
signal purposes or illumination, or the sale or
use of blank cartridges for a show 0 theatre,
or for signal or ceremonial purposes in athletics
or sports, or for use by military or anizations.
Every Person who contravens any of t e provisions
of the by-law is guility of an oifen e and is
liable upon conviction therof to a f ne of not
more than $50.00 exclusive of costs nd such penalty
shall be recoverable under the Summa y Convictions
Act.
3.
'5. This By-Law shall come into
the passing thereof.
:.a~ed this _ ,z:( day of
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force an
take effect upon
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