{"data":{"id":"us-de/16-del.-c.-6503","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"16 Del. C. § 6503","heading":"Spark arrester for traction engines; penalty.","body":"(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.\n(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.","path":["Title 16. Health and Safety","Safety","CHAPTER 65. Fires"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title16/c065/index.html#6503","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:22Z","sha256":"341f786119d65e6876d34a2fc122222bb5286878122a82a4a80d995286614ede","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/16-del.-c.-6502","next":"us-de/16-del.-c.-6601"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}