The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts 186 (Rockwell & Churchill 1889) (Passed 1645).
| dc.coverage.spatial | Massachusetts | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T01:55:23Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T13:54:21Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T02:21:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1645 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Powder, § 2, MASS ACTS: That no Person (except for the defence of themselves and their vessels at Sea) shall transport any§Gunpowder§out of this jurisdiction, without License first obteined, from some two of the Magistrates, upon penalty of forfeiting all such powder as shall be transporting or transported, or the value thereof;" | |
| dc.description.lawtext | Ordered and Enacted, That all Merchants or others, that shall import into this jurisdiction, either powder, lead, bullets, Shot or any ammunition whatsoever, shall give particular notice of the quantity thereof, to the publick Notary, upon the pain and penalty of fourty pounds, within one moneth after the landing of such goods, who is hereby enjoyned to take particular notice of the same, with the mark & number, and faithfully to enter the same in a book, and the names of the persons to whom they are sold, or into whose custody or power they are committed, that he may give account thereof, upon Oath to the Governour, Deputy Governour, or any of the Councell from time to time, and the said Notary is hereby prohibited upon the penalty of one hundred pounds, to grant Certificate to any Merchant or other, of any such goods but such as he shall have particular notice of, & entered as aforesaid. And to the end this Order may be duely observed, and that no person may plead ignorance thereof, It is hereby Ordered, That the Captain of the Castle, shall upon the arrivall of any Ship or vessel, in the Massachusetts Bay from any forreign parts, give notice of the Contents of this Order, to the Master or Merchant of any such vessels, and the Constables of all other Port townes in this jurisdiction, are hereby required to do the same 2. And it is further Ordered, That no Perso (except for the defence of themselves and their vessels at Sea) shall transport any Gunpowder out of this jurisdiction, without License first obtained, from some two of the Magistrates, upon penalty of forfeiting all such powder, as shall be transporting or transported, or the value thereof; | |
| dc.description.summary | The law required merchants importing gunpowder, lead, bullets, shot, or other ammunition to report quantities and ownership records to public officials, with fines for failing to comply or providing false certificates. It also prohibited exporting gunpowder from the jurisdiction without official permission, except for the defense of individuals or vessels at sea, with confiscation penalties for violations. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4230 | |
| dc.subject | GUNPOWDER - TRANSPORTATION | |
| dc.title | The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts 186 (Rockwell & Churchill 1889) (Passed 1645). |