1887 Mich. Pub. Acts 251
Abstract
Local Acts, No. 405, ch 18, § 11 pt. 7: To direct the location of all buildings for storing gunpowder or other combustible or explosive substances; to make regulations concerning the buying, carrying, selling, keeping and using gunpowder, fire-crackers or fire-works, or other combustible, inflammable [sic], explosive or dangerous articles; the exhibition of fire-works and the discharge of cannon and fire-arms;
Summary
This provision grants the authority to regulate and manage fire hazards by directing where explosives like gunpowder are stored, governing the transaction and use of fireworks, firearms, and other dangerous materials, mandating safe lighting in high-risk buildings (like barns and stables), and restricting or preventing bonfires in public spaces.
Law Text
To direct the location of all buildings for storing gunpowder or other combustible or explosive substances; to make regulations concerning the buying, carrying, selling, keeping and using gunpowder, fire-crackers or fire-works, or other combustible, inflammable, explosive or dangerous articles; the exhibition of fire-works and the discharge of cannon and fire-arms; and the use and kind of lamps or lights to be used in barns, stables and all buildings usually regarded as extra hazardous on account of fire, and to regulate, prevent and restrain the making of bonfires in the streets, lanes, alleys and public places[.]
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Categories
DISCHARGE, TRANSFER, MANUFACTURE & STORAGE OF GUNPOWDER