1915 Kan. Sess. Laws 347

Section 1. Any person, firm or corporation, in this state, who shall sell, give away or otherwise dispose of, any dynamite, giant powder, nitro-glycerine, gun cotton or other detonating explosive, shall keep a record, in a substantially bound book, which record shall set forth the kind and amount of explosives delivered, the time of delivery, the uses and purposes for which same are delivered and the place at which it is to be used, and said record shall not be deemed complete until the person firm or corporation so receiving said explosives, and to whom delivery is made, shall acknowledge, in writing, the receipt thereof by signing said record, in good legible handwriting; which said record and the book in which it is kept and contained, shall be safely preserved by the person, firm or corporation so disposing of said explosives as aforesaid, for a period of not less than one year from the date of the said receipt, and said record shall be open for the inspection of any police or peace officer mine inspector or fire marshal of this state at all reasonable hours; provided, that this act shall not include what is commonly known as black or blasting and gun powder. Sec. 2. No person, firm or corporation shall at any time, under any conditions, sell, give away or otherwise dispose of any of the explosives named above in the preceding section, to any intoxicated or irresponsible person, nor shall any person, firm or corporation carelessly or negligently handle or expose any of said explosives at any time. Sec. 3. Any person, firm or corporation who shall be found in the possession or control of any explosives mentioned above, without having executed the receipt heretofore provided for, shall be deemed to have violated this act in like manner as the person, firm or corporation who shall sell or dispose of same without taking the receipt and making the record as stated above. Sec. 4. No person, firm or corporation shall keep any explosives heretofore named in section one of this act, on hand, for sale, or storage, other than in a suitable magazine or storage house, which magazine or storage house shall be not closer than 50 feet to any inhabited building when the total amount of said explosives does not exceed 50 pounds; and when the supply exceeds fifty pounds but does not exceed 100 pounds the distance shall be not less than 225 feet; when the supply exceeds 100 pounds but does not exceed 200 pounds the distance shall be not less than 240 feet; when the supply exceeds 200 pounds but does not exceed 300 pounds the distance shall be not less than 250 feet; and when the supply exceeds 300 pounds but does not exceed 1,000 pounds the distance shall be not less than 300 feet; and when the supply exceeds 1,000 pounds the distance shall be not less than 325 feet. Sec. 5. No person having in his possession any of the explosives metioned in this act shall carry the same in a wholly or partially concealed manner on or about his person. Sec. 6. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished, if an individual, by a fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00, or by imprisonment in the county jail of the county in which the conviction is made, for a term not less than 30 days nor more than one year, and if a corporation by a fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $500.00, and the costs of the prosecution shall follow in each case. Sec. 7. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Sec. 8. This act shall be in force and effect from and after its passage and publication in the official state paper.