The Charter Granted by Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary to the Inhabitants of the Providence of the Massachussets Bay in New England 189-90 (1726)
| dc.coverage.spatial | Massachusetts | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T01:55:24Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T13:54:22Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T02:21:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1715 | |
| dc.description.abstract | An Act For Erecting a Powder-House within the Town of Boston: That, from and after the publication hereof, any person within the town of Boston, that shall presume to keep, in his house or Warehouse, any powder, above what is by law allowed, shall forfeit and pay, for every half-barrel, the sum of five pounds . . . That any person or persons whosoever, that shall throw any squibs, serpents, or rockets, or perform any other fireworks within the streets, . . (shall be fined). | |
| dc.description.lawtext | Whereas the Confiscation of Powder, kept in Houses and warehouses, has not been found sufficient to deter men so keeping the same, to the great Discouragement and Damage such as in times of fire, to endeavor the extinguishing thereof; be it therefore Enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Council, and Representatives, in General Court Assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That, from and after the Publication hereof, any person within the town of Boston, that shall presume to keep, in his house or Warehouse, any powder, above what is by law allowed, shall forfeit and pay, for every half-barrel, the sum of five pounds, and [...] for every Greater Quantity over and above the Forfeiture or Confiscation of said Powder; one Moiety thereof to be for the Use of the Poor of the Town, to be paid to the Town Treasurer, the other Moiety to the Fire-wards, or any others that shall sue for the same. [...] That any person or persons whosoever, that shall throw any squibs, serpents, or rockets, or perform any other fireworks within the streets,lanes, or alleys, in the town of Boston, or upon or from the Houses of the same, shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Twenty Shillings for every such offence, to be recovered by Bill, Plaint, or Information, before a Justice of the Peace, or in any of his Majesty's Courts of Record; the one Half of the aforesaid Fines to be to the Informer, and the other Moiety to the use of the Poor of the Town. | |
| dc.description.summary | Enacted fines for keeping gunpowder above established limits in Boston; prohibited using fireworks and other flamable items in the streets. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4233 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/Acts_and_Laws_of_His_Majesty_s_Province/6-dBAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=powder | |
| dc.subject | GUNPOWDER - STORAGE | |
| dc.title | The Charter Granted by Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary to the Inhabitants of the Providence of the Massachussets Bay in New England 189-90 (1726) |