Del. Code tit. 16 § 6503

Current through 2024 Legislative Session Act Chapter 531
Section 6503 - Spark arrester for traction engines; penalty
(a) No owner of a traction engine shall use or operate such engine or suffer or permit the same to be used or operated unless there has been securely attached to the smokestack thereof a suitable and sufficient spark catcher or spark protector, which spark catcher or spark protector shall be of a conical or funnel shape and of a heavy wire material and of a mesh not larger than one eighth of an inch. No owner of a traction engine shall suffer or permit the engine to be operated without having the smokestack thereof securely protected by such spark protector.
(b) Any owner or operator of a traction engine failing or neglecting to provide the owner's or operator's engine with a spark protector shall be fined not more than $50.

16 Del. C. § 6503

25 Del. Laws, c. 243, § 1; Code 1915, § 3450; Code 1935, § 3909; 16 Del. C. 1953, § 6503; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.;