14 Del. Laws 160 (1871)
| dc.coverage.spatial | Delaware - Bridgeport | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-23T04:28:17Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-11T14:37:17Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T00:00:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1871 | |
| dc.description.abstract | § 13: Placed a duty on commissioners, justices, and constables to suppress, extinguish, and prevent bonfires in the public square of Dover. Also required the suppression and preventing of discharge of guns, pistols, fireworks, or throwing fireballs within the town limits. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | SECTION 13. And be it further enacted as aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the said alderman, commissioners, bailiff or justice of the peace, to suppress, extinguish and prevent all bonfires in any of the streets, lanes or alleys of the said town, and to prevent or suppress the firing of guns, pistols, or the letting off of fire-works, or the making or throwing fire-balls within the limits of the said town, and the commissioners may enact and publish ordinances, with reasonable penalties, for preventing the same and punishing persons guilty of their violation. Any fine imposed by any such ordinance may be collected before the said alderman or justice of the peace of said town, and, in default of payment, the said alderman or justice of the peace may commit to the lock-up or jail of said town for any time not more than one week. All fines and forfeitures realized under the provisions of this act by the alderman or justice of the peace, as aforesaid, shall be paid over to the treasurer for the use of the town. If any constable shall neglect or refuse to perform the duties above enjoined on him by this act, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office, and it shall be the duty of the commissioners to present him to the grand jury, and upon conviction, he shall, in addition to the punishment imposed by the court, forfeit his office. | |
| dc.description.summary | Section 13 requires aldermen, commissioners, bailiffs, or justices of the peace to prevent bonfires, gunfire, fireworks, and fireballs in the town's streets, lanes, or alleys. Commissioners can create ordinances with penalties for violations, and fines can be collected by an alderman or justice of the peace, with imprisonment for up to one week for non-payment. All fines collected are paid to the town's treasurer. Constables who neglect these duties are guilty of a misdemeanor and may lose their office upon conviction. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/3420 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/Laws_of_the_State_of_Delaware/5xlEAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA160&printsec=frontcover | |
| dc.subject | DISCHARGE | |
| dc.title | 14 Del. Laws 160 (1871) |