“Sec. 417. No person shall fire any cannon, gun, rifle, pistol, toy pistol or firearms of any kind, or fire or explode any squib, rocket, cracker or Roman candle or other combustible fireworks or make use of any sling within the city.
Sec. 418. The provisions of section 417 of this chapter shall not apply to any military company when drilling under command of any officer thereof, or to the use of firearms in the lawful defense of the person, family, or property of any person, or to the killing of any dog whose owner or possessor has not complied with the provisions of the ordinance relating to dogs, or to regular shooting galleries, or rifle or sporting clubs, having a permit from the Mayor to operate such galleries or erect targets for rifle practice.
Sec. 419. The Mayor may, at his discretion, give permission to any person or persons, through the public press or otherwise, to discharge fireworks or firearms on any legal holiday; Provided, he shall give notice in the official paper of the city of his intention to grant or refuse such permission at least thirty days prior to that date. And further, provided, that the Mayor, at his discretion, may give permission to any duly organized artillery company or gun squad to fire cannon on any public park, other than the1 public square, at any time he may deem proper.
Sec. 420. Any person violating any of the provisions of the foregoing sections of this chapter shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not exceeding twenty dollars.
Sec. 421. Any person who shall intentionally, without malice, point or aim any firearm at or toward any other person, shall be subject to a fine of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars.
Sec. 422. Any person who shall discharge, without injury to any person, any firearm while intentionally, without malice, aimed at or toward any such person, shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the workhouse not exceeding thirty days, or both, at the discretion of the court.
Sec. 423. Any person who shall maim or injure any other person by the discharge of any fire-arm pointed or aimed intentionally, but without malice, at any such person, shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty or more than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the workhouse not exceeding ninety days, or both, at the discretion of the court.”2
1890, Cleveland, OH, Ch. 33—Fire Arms, §§ 417-423
H. L. Vail and L. M Snyder, eds., Ordinances of the City of Cleveland: Revised and Consolidated by H. L. Vail and L. M Snyder of the Cleveland Bar Containing All General and Special Ordinances of Public Interest in Force May 19th, 1890, and an Addenda to October 20th, 1890 (Cleveland, OH: Clark-Britton Printing Co., 1890), 136-137. Chapter 33—Fire Arms, §§ 417-423. Undated.