1900 Md. Laws 287-88
Abstract
General Powers, § 181: To regulate or prevent the storage of gunpowder, tar, pitch, resin, coal oil, benzene, turpentine, hemp, cotton, nitro-glycerine, dynamite, giant powder, petroleum, gasoline or gas, or any product thereof, or any other explosive or combustible material or any material which may seem to be dangerous.
Summary
This provision authorizes the town's Common Council to enact ordinances regulating or prohibiting the use and sale of firearms and fireworks, as well as to regulate or prevent the storage of gunpowder, explosives, gasoline, and other dangerous combustible materials to protect public safety and property.
Law Text
Sec. 181. The Common Council shall have power to pass all such ordinances, not contrary to the Constitution and laws of this State, as it may deem necessary to the good government of the town [...] to prevent or regulate the use of and sale of firearms, fireworks, bonfires, or other things or practices tending to endanger persons or property [...] to regulate or prevent the storage of gunpowder, tar, pitch, resin, coal oil, benzene, turpentine, hemp, cotton, nitro-glycerine, dynamite, giant powder, petroleum, gasoline or gas, or any product thereof, or any other explosive or combustible material or any material which may seem to be dangerous.
Description
Categories
GUNPOWDER - STORAGE, COMMERCIAL SALES REGULATION