(225 ILCS 705/20.38) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 2038)
    Sec. 20.38. Where fuse is used in firing shots, the length of the fuse shall not be less than 3 1/2 feet from the outside end of the charge, and no shot shall be fired unless there is at least one foot of fuse protruding from the mouth of the hole.
(Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)