Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1919 — ISSUES FOURTH OF JULY RULES [ARTICLE]

ISSUES FOURTH OF JULY RULES

Restrictions Placed on Use of Fireworks in Indiana Cities. H. H. Friedley, state fire marshal, today issued notice to the general public of rules in effect in Indiana by authority of the state fire marshal law, covering the use of fireworks on Independence day, July 4. "Section 45 of the rules,” reads the notice, "prohibits the sale of fireworks ~at retail. Section 46 prohibits the use or discharge of fireworks at any point the limits of a city or town in the state of Indiana, except at such points as may be authorized by the city or town authorities, upon recommendation of the state fire marshal. "Fireworks or other pyrotechnic displays, if not prohibited by local 'ordinance, may be given under municipal supervision, provided such displays are held at least 1,000 ffeet from any building. Toy paper balloons and skyrockets are forbidden. —•* - "Municipal officials are asked to ' co-operate with the state authorities to see that these reasonable rules and the anti-fireworks ordinances of the various cities and towns are properly enforced.”