HomeMy WebLinkAbout1953-102 Prohibiting Discharge of Firearms within City LimitsBILL NO. 102 ORDINANCE NO. 102
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS WITHIN THE
LIMITS OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI, WITH CERTAIN SPECIFIC EXCEPTIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE,
MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, within the
limits of the city, to shoot or discharge any gun, revolver, air
rifle or air gun, pistol, or firearm of any description, whether
the same be lo-ded with powder and ball or shot; with loaded or
"blank" cartridges, or with any kind of explosives whatsoever;
provided, that nothing contained in this section shall apply to
Persons discharging firemans in defense of person or property;
and nothing contained in this section shall apply to legally
qualified sheriffs or police officers and other persons whose
bonafide duty is to execute process, civil or criminal, make
arrests, or aid in conserving the public peace; provided, further,
that at military funerals or patriotic observances firing squads
composed of members of veterans associations, or of members of the
United States or State military or naval forces, may fire salutes.
Section 2. Violation of this ordinance shall be punishable
by fine not to exceedj;100.00 and the costs or 30 days imprisonment
in the city prison or in the county jail, if there be no city prison,
or both such fine and imprisonment.
Passed this 19th day of July, 1953.
/s/ F. F. Filger
MAYOR
ATTEST:
/s/ Irene Paulhe
Asst. City Clerk
Approved this 4th day of August, 1953.
/s/ F.F. Filger
MAYOR