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Iowa

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Iowa. It supports research on the state’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from the territorial period through statehood to the present.

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    The Code: Containing All the Statutes of the State of Iowa 76-77 (1873)
    (1873)
    § 453: Cities and towns shall have the authority to prevent injury and annoyances from transportation and keeping of gunpowder and other combustibles, and licensing of powder magazines.
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    1838 Iowa Acts 449
    (1838)
    An Act to Prevent Disasters on Steam Boats, Navigating the Waters Within the Jurisdiction of the Territory of Iowa, §§ 11-12: Required the master and officers of a steam boat carrying gun powder to store the same in the safest part of the vessel, separate from articles likely to create combustion and would not require carry of any lighted lamp, torch, or candle. Also required persons bringing gun powder onto the boat to inform the master and officers. Violators fined not more than one hundred dollars.
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    Chas. Ben. Darwin, Ordinances of the City of Burlington 159 (1856)
    (1856)
    § 9: Empowered the mayor, wharf master, and the fire wardens to give direction to boats containing gun powder, gun cotton, hay, or other combustible materials.
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    Chas. Ben. Darwin, Ordinances of the City of Burlington 72-73 (1856)
    (1847)
    §§ 1-4: Prohibited any merchant, trader, or other person to retail or deliver gun powder during the night. Violators fined five dollars. Gun powder limited to twenty-five pounds and only in a "safe canister." Gun powder shall only be kept in dwellings approved by the Council. Violators fined one hundred dollars, with the powder confiscated with cost.