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New Jersey

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Start date: 1850Category: search.filters.subject.GUNPOWDER - STORAGE

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    The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Paterson 81-82 (1851)
    (1851)
    An Ordinance concerning Police, 8 For keeping gunpowder: It shall not be lawful for any person to have or keep any quantity of Gunpowder, exceeding twenty-eight pounds, in any house, store, building, or other place within the limits of the City. And all Gunpowder which shall be kept in the City, shall be kept in tin canisters, which shall not contain more than seven pounds each, under a penalty of Five Dollars for each offence."
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    Ordinances of Jersey City 59 (1874)
    (1871)
    An Ordinance Declaring Nuisances and Providing for their Abatement, 7-8 : If any person shall, without permission of the Board of Alderman, store or keep, or permit to be stored or kept in any building or on any lot in Jersey City, any rosin oil, coal oil, kerosene oil, or other explosive or combustible liquid in a greater quantity than five barrels; or any gunpowder in a greater quantity than twelve and one-half pounds, or any quantity of gunpowder in any vessel which is not wholly of stone or metal, such person shall, on conviction, forfeit and pay a fine of fifty dollars for each offense
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    New Brunswick, N.J., Ordinances art. 5, § 33 (1865)
    (1864)
    An Ordinance to Establish and Regulate the Fire Department and for the Prevention and Extinguishment of Fires: No person or persons shall store or keep at any time within half a mile of the line of buildings of this city, more than thirty pounds of gunpowder
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    1886 N.J. Laws 205
    (1886)
    An Act To Regulate The Manufacture And Storage of Gun Powder, Dynamite and Other Explosive, 1: Prohibited the storage of gunpowder, dynamite, and other explosive material within one thousand feet from any public road.