An Act for Erecting the Town of Reading, in the County of Berks, into a Borough, ch. LXXVI, § XLII, 1783 Pa. Laws 211
Abstract
Restricted the transport of gunpowder to a maximum of thirty pounds in weight and secured in a "good bag or bags." Violators fined twenty pounds.
Summary
The law prohibited transporting more than 30 pounds of gunpowder through Philadelphia or within two miles of the city unless it was securely contained in bags with a sheet or canvas beneath it to prevent spillage. Violators faced a £20 penalty for each offense.
Law Text
[Section IV.] (Section V, P. L.) And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person shall presume to convey in any dray, cart, wagon or other carriage, any greater quantity of powder than thirty pounds weight, through the said city, or within two miles thereof, without securing it in a good bag or bags and putting a sheet or canvas under the said powder, sufficient to prevent its scattering from the said carriage, such person shall forfeit and pay for every such offense the sum of twenty pounds.
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Categories
GUNPOWDER - TRANSPORTATION