Charter and Ordinances of the City of Olympia: Also General Laws of Washington Territory, Relative to the Government of Incorporated Cities and Towns 90 (1886)
Abstract
Prohibited storing gunpowder, dynamite, or nitroglycerine within Olympia’s fire limits or within 300 yards of another’s dwelling, subject to a 50-pound gunpowder exception. Violations were misdemeanors punishable by $25–$100 fines.
Law Text
ORDINANCE No. 241.
AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE THE TRANSPORTATION, STORAGE AND SALE OF GUNPOWDER, DYNAMITE, AND NITRO-GLYCERINE WITHIN THE CITY OF OLYMPIA.
The City of Olympia does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Any person or persons who shall store any gunpowder, giantpowder, dynamite or nitro-glycerine, in any combustible form, within the fire limits of the City of Olympia, or in any building or place within three hundred yards of the dwelling house or building of another within the City of Olympia, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not greater than one hundred dollars nor less than twenty-five dollars. Provided, That any person may keep gunpowder in any quantity not to exceed fifty pounds at any one time, within such limits or places for private use or sale.
SEC. 2. That ordinance No. 93, in relation to gunpowder, approved April 10, 1872 be, and the same is hereby repealed.
Approved July 31, 1886.
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Categories
GUNPOWDER - STORAGE