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    1651 Va. Acts 365
    (1651)
    Articles At The Surrender Of The Country, art. 13: That all ammunition, powder and arms, other than for private use shall be delivered up, security being given to make satisfaction for it.
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    An Ordinance, for the Government of the Powder Magazine of this City, and for other purposes (1828)
    (1828)
    That no person or persons within the City of Richmond, shall retain in his, her or their possession at any time, more than twenty-five pounds of Powder.
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    1901-02 Va. Acts 526
    (1902)
    Ch. 467, § 35, pt. 8: To direct the location of all building for storing gunpowder, fire-crackers, or other fireworks manufactured or prepared therefrom, kerosene oil, nitroglycerine, camphene, burning fluid, or other combustible material; to regulate the exhibition of fireworks, the discharge of fire-arms, the use of candles and lights in barns, stables, or other buildings, and to regulate or restrain the making of bonfires in streets and yards.
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    1901 Va. Acts 203, Extra Session, ch. 189, § 13.
    (1901)
    The council shall have, subject to the provisions of this act, the control and management of the fiscal and municipal affairs of the town; of all property, real and personal, belonging to said town; and may make such ordinances, orders, and by-laws and regulations as it may deem necessary to carry out the following powers, which are hereby conferred on it . . . to regulate or prevent the storing of gunpowder
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    Ordinances of the City of Norfolk 115-16 (1894)
    (1894)
    Ch. 33, § 1: No person shall keep, in any house or store, any quantity of gunpowder exceeding two kegs or vessels thereof, of the weight of twenty-five pounds each,
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    The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Richmond tit. 7, ch. 46, § 12 (1869)
    (1869)
    Concerning Nuisances Not in Streets: No person, firm or incorporated company shall keep in any house in the city any loaded shell or shot, or any explosive material of any sort, not authorized by ordinance. And any person, firm or incorporated company violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars; and each day on which the same is so kept in the city shall be a distinct offence and punishable as such."
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    General Ordinances of the City of Winchester, Ordinance XXI (1875).
    (1875)
    Gunpowder. To be kept in metallic canisters in limited quantities: "It shall not be lawful for any person or persons or firm, for any purpose whatsoever, to store or keep within the limits of this city a larger quantity of powder than twenty-five pounds. All powder shall be kept well secured in a close tin or other metallic canister ; provided that larger quantities may be kept in such magazine or other place as the council may provide or designate for the storage of powder, subject to such regulations and charges as the council may prescribe."