1836 Ind. Acts 77
| dc.coverage.spatial | Indiana | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T00:09:07Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T01:37:49Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T01:34:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1836 | |
| dc.description.abstract | An Act to Prevent Disasters on Steam Boats, § 7: Required gun powder to be transported upon steam boats stowed away as great a distance as possible from the furnace. Written notification shall be posted in three places. In the event of loss of property or life from the powder, the owner shall be liable. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | SEC. 4. That the captain of any boat that may not have been examined, and obtained the certificate heretofore mentioned, shall in the event of any loss or damage to property occasioned by the breaking or bursting of any part of the machinery, and subject to a fine not more than one thousand dollars, and to which may be added imprisonment not exceeding three months, and that in the event of loss of life being the, result of such accidents, the said officer shall be adjudged guilty of manslaughter. [...] SEC. 7. That when gunpowder is shipped on board a steam boat, which shall at all times by stowed away at as great a distance as possible from the furnace, and written notification thereof shall be placed in three conspicuous parts of the boat; and in the event of such notification not being so exhibited, then for any loss of property or life for which the powder may be deemed the cause, the owner shall be liable for the penalty provided for in the first section of this act, and the captain to the penalties in the fourth section thereof. | |
| dc.description.summary | Required gun powder to be transported upon steam boats stowed away as great a distance as possible from the furnace. Written notification shall be posted in three places. In the event of loss of property or life from the powder, the owner shall be liable. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/3833 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/Laws_of_the_State_of_Indiana/mws4AAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=RA1-PA77&printsec=frontcover | |
| dc.subject | GUNPOWDER - TRANSPORTATION | |
| dc.title | 1836 Ind. Acts 77 |