A Compilation of the Acts of the Legislature Incorporating the City of Macon, Georgia 45-46 (S. Rose & Co. 1862)
| dc.coverage.spatial | Georgia - Macon | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-14T14:04:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1862 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Required gunpowder to be stored in a public magazine, limited retail storage, authorized seizure of improperly stored powder, established a bonded magazine keeper, set storage fees, and required recordkeeping, inspections, and public auction of unclaimed powder to recover fees. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | MAGAZINE. Section 1. All gunpowder which shall be brought to the city for sale, on consignment, or for any purpose whatever, shall be conveyed by the owners or consignees thereof to the Magazine, within six hours after its arrival. Sec. 2. No person shall keep for retail in their stores, more than fifty-six pounds of gunpowder, which shall be kept in a tin or copper canister. And any person offending against this provision, shall be liable to a fine of twenty dollars a day, for every day so offending, nor shall any person expose for sale any gunpowder in the streets or alleys of the city, under a similar penalty. Sec. 3. All powder kept in the Magazine shall, when placed therein, be marked or labelled with the name of the owner or consignee, and all powder found in the streets, or any store, contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance, shall be seized by the Marshal or Deputy Marshals, and be by them conveyed to the Magazine, to await the order of Council, upon the report thereof by the officer seizing the same. KEEPER OF THE MAGAZINE. Section 1. The Keeper of the Magazine, elected by Council, shall, at the meeting next ensuing his election, give bond with good security, in the sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duty. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the Keeper of the public Magazine, to attend at all times, when required, between sun rise and sun set (Sundays excepted,) as well for the purpose of receiving, as delivering gunpowder to the owners thereof. He shall have a fixed place of residence, or office, in some central part of the city, which he shall advertise. He shall receive all gunpowder, and enter the same in a book to the credit of the respective owners, issue receipts therefor, keep an account of, and report to Council monthly, the amount of gunpowder in the Magazine and the amount received for storage and the amount due. And it shall be, moreover, his duty, if any person storing gunpowder refuses or neglects to pay the storage due upon such portion as may not be removed in twelve months from the time of its receipt, after advertising in the public gazettes of the city for ten days, to sell such gunpowder at public auction, or so much thereof as will pay the amount of storage due. And in every instance, he shall receive the storage due on any gunpowder demanded of him, before its delivery. Sec. 3. The Keeper of the Magazine shall receive for his services, the storage on gunpowder, which shall be at the following rates, to wit: one cent per pound for the first twelve months, or any part thereof, if paid by the owner in not exceeding ten days after the powder shall have been stored therein, and one and a half cents per pound if not so paid; and half a cent per pound for every six months following. A part thereof to be paid by the owner as the gunpowder is taken away, or sooner, at his option. Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the Keeper of the Magazine, to examine the building used for a Magazine from time to time, and report to Council any repairs which shall be necessary. And he shall examine monthly into the condition of all powder in the Magazine. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/6036 | |
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| dc.rights | CC0 1.0 Universal | en |
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| dc.subject | GUN POWDER | |
| dc.subject | GUN POWDER::GUN POWDER - STORAGE | |
| dc.title | A Compilation of the Acts of the Legislature Incorporating the City of Macon, Georgia 45-46 (S. Rose & Co. 1862) |
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