HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE NO. 8748193.
ORDINANCE N0. 8748
An Ordinance amending Section 2. of Ordinance No. 8612 entitled, "An
Ordinance to prohibit the sale and use of fire crackers, sky rockets, torpedos,
bombs, cap pistols and other similar explosives, or the sale or use of confetti,
and providing a penalty for the violation thereof." passed by the Common Council
on the 24th day of July, 1939 and approved by the Mayor on the 25th day of July,
19 39 .
Vt'HEREAS, the United States is now at war and the United States Congress
has passed a Federal Statute that nose of the ordinary implements or explosives
common to the Fourth of July should be sold or• permitted to be used at any time
or under any circumstances, and the City of Eugene desires to conform to the
National Law in that respect, and therefore,
THE CTTY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLO~,'~S:
Section 1. That Section Two of Ordinance No. 8612 entitled ~'An Ordinance
to prohibit the sale and use of fire crackers, sky rockets, torpedos, bombs,
cap pistols and other similar explosives or the sale or use of confetti, and
providing a penalty for the violation thereof," passed by the Common Council on
the 24th day of July 1939, and approved by the Mayor on the 25th day of July,
1939, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
TMIt shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation
within the City of Eugene to sell, offer for sale, give away or in any
other manner dispose of, or to use, fire, explode or discharge in any
manner whatever, any fire crackers, sky rockets, torpedos, bombs, cap
pistols or any similar implement or explosive at any place in the City;
or to sell or use conf etti in public places."
Seetion 2. ~~REAS the Congress of the United States has passed a Federal
Statute prohibiting the use of any of the explosives ordinarily used on the Fourr~h
of July or of any of the implements used therefor, therefore an emergency is
declared to exist and it is hereby declared to be necessary for the preservation
of the peace, helath, and safety of the City of Eugene that this Ordinance
take effect immediately upon its passage by the Common Council and approval by
the Mayor, and it is so ordered.
Passed by the Common Council
this _,__.e___ day of June, 1942
/s/ John Fields
City Recorder Pro Tem
Approved by the Mayor this
day of June, 1942.
/s/. ELISHA LARGE
P~ayor