Flying fire balloons or parachutes

  1. Law
  2. District of Columbia Code
  3. Criminal Offenses and Penalties
  4. Disturbances of the Public Peace
  5. Flying fire balloons or parachutes

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It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to set up or fly any fire balloon or parachute in or upon or over any street, avenue, alley, open space, public enclosure, or square within the limits of the City of Washington, under a penalty of not more than $10 for each and every such offense.

(July 29, 1892, 27 Stat. 322, ch. 320, § 4; Feb. 11, 1895, 28 Stat. 650, ch. 79; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 667, Pub. L. 91-358, title VIII, § 802.)

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 22-1117.

1973 Ed., § 22-1117.

Cross References

Conduct of prosecutions under this section, see § 22-1809.


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