1869 N.Y. Rev. Stat. 613, ch. 20, pt. 1, tit. 8, § 3
Abstract
No person shall fire or discharge any gun, pistol, rocket, squib, cracker, or other fire-work, within a quarter mile of any building, on the twenty-fifth day of December, on the last day of December, on the first day of January, or on the twenty-second day of February, in any year; nor on the fourth day of July, or such other day as shall at the time be celebrated as the anniversary of American independence, without the order of some officer of the militia, while in the course of military exercise
Summary
Discharging firearms, rockets, or fireworks within a quarter-mile of any building is strictly prohibited on Christmas, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, Washington's Birthday, or Independence Day (unless authorized for militia military exercises). Anyone who violates this rule incurs a five-dollar penalty, which is prosecuted to benefit the local overseers of the poor.
Law Text
§ 3. No person shall fire or discharge any gun, pistol, rocket, squib, cracker, or other fire-work, within a quarter of a mile of any building, on the twenty-fifth day of December, on the last day of December, on the first day of January, or on the twenty-second day of February, in any year; nor on the fourth day of July, or such other day as shall at the time be celebrated as the anniversary of American independence, without the order of some officer of the militia, while in the course of military exercises: every person offending against these provisions, shall forfeit the sum of five dollars to be recovered by any person who will prosecute in the name of the overseers of the poor, with their consent and under their direction, for the use of the poor.
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