1725 Pa. Laws 31, An Act For The Better Securing Of The City Of Philadelphia From The Danger Of Gunpowder, § 2.
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No person whatever within the precincts of the city of Philadelphia aforesaid, nor within Two Miles thereof, shall, from and after the Time the Powder Store aforesaid is so erected and finished presume to keep in any House, Shop, Cellar, Store, or Place of the said City, nor within Two Miles thereof, other than the Powder Store aforesaid, any more or greater Quantity, at any one Time, than Twelve Pounds of Gun-powder, under the Penalty of Ten Pounds for every such Offence.
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II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That no Person whatsoever, within the precincts of the City of Philadelphia aforesaid, nor within Two Miles thereof, shall, from and after the Time of the Powder Store aforesaid is so erected and finished, presume to keep in any House, Shop, Cellar, Store or Place of the Said City, nor within Two Miles thereof, other than the Powder store aforesaid, any more or greater Quantity, at any one Time, than Twelve pounds of Gun-powder, under the penalty of Ten pounds for every such Offence. And whatsoever Master, Merchant or other Person, trading or bringing into the said Port any Gun-powder, other than such as shall be specially licensed in that behalf by the Governor of this Province for the time being, or shall be commissioned by the King's Majesty, or other Authority under the Crown of Great Britain, shall not, within the space of forty-eight hours from his first arrival and coming to anchor there, upon due Notice given him of the purport of this act, by the said William Chancellor, or his Assigns, shall forfeit the like sum of Ten pounds for every such offence.
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GUNPOWDER - STORAGE