QUINCY, ILLINOIS, REVISED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY, no. 28, div. 5, § 1 (P. Cleveland & Co. 1852).
"NO. XXVIII...
...fifth division.
An Ordinance concerning Offences affecting Public Safety...
...Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Quincy, as follows;
Section 1. That no person shall, within the limits of said city, fire or discharge any cannon, musket, rifle, fowling piece, or other fire arms, or air-gun, except in cases of necessity, or in the performance of a public or lawful act of duty, or discharge or set of any cracker, rocket, torpedo, squib, or other fire-works, within the limits of said city, without permission first obtained from the mayor or one of the aldermen, or marshal of said city; and every person so offending shall forfeit and pay, for the use of said city, not less than one dollar, nor more than three dollars, for every such offence."
Revised Ordinances of the City of Quincy, Illinois: To Which Are Prefixed the State Constitution, State Laws Relating to the City, or Specially Affecting Its Interests, Statistics of the City in 1850, a List of the Present City Officers, and the City Charter, Together with the Amendments Thereto (Quincy, IL: P. Cleveland & Co., 1852), 196. Number 28, Division 5—An Ordinance Concerning Offences Affecting Public Safety, § 1. Undated.