1. Permit. No person shall use or discharge any fireworks within the city without a permit. (O.R., Sec. 247.)
2. July 4 exemption. No permit shall be required for the use and discharge of fireworks during a period of 24 hours covering the holiday known as the “Fourth of July,” where the quantity discharged does not exceed in wholesale market value the sum of $2. (O.R., Sec. 251.)
3. Police notification. All permits for the use and discharge of fireworks shall be issued in duplicate, and shall show the name of the holder of the permit, the names of his employees (if any) who are to discharge the fireworks and the numbers of their certificates of fitness (when required); the place and times of display; the quantity, kind and wholesale market value of the fireworks to be discharged, and the distance to be preserved between the place of discharge and the bystanders and nearby buildings. One of the duplicate permits shall be filed with the commanding officer of the police precinct within which the display is to be given, and shall be evidence of the right of the person named therein to give the display. (O.R., Sec. 250.)
Excerpted from The Charter of the City of New York, Chapter 466, Laws of 1901, with all Amendments to and Including 1915, and City Ordinances Charter Amendments. Published by the Eagle Building, Brooklyn, New York, 1915.