1906 Ga. Laws 600-01
Abstract
§ 27: Granted the mayor and aldermen the power and authority to regulate and prevent the storage of gunpowder, tar, pitch . . . Or other combustible or explosive substances within city limits. Also granted the authority to regulate lights in stables, shops, or other places. Also granted the authority to regulate bonfires, fireworks, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, roman candles, firing of guns, pistols, anvils, and every kind of gaming or hunting within city limits.
Summary
This section gives city officials (mayor and aldermen) the authority to regulate safety hazards, including inspecting steam boilers, controlling the storage of flammable or explosive materials, and restricting activities like fireworks, bonfires, gun firing, and hunting within city limits.
Law Text
Sec. 27. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aldermen of said city shall have the right and authority to provide for the inspection of steam boilers, to regulate and prevent the storage of gunpowder, tar, pitch, rosin, coal, benzine, naphtha, nitroglycerine, turpentine, cotton, petroleum, kerosene oil, dynamite, or other combustible or explosive substances or material, within the limits of said city; and to regulate the use of lights in stables and shops or other places, or building bonfires; to regulate or prevent the sale and use of fireworks, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, roman candles, firing of guns, pistols, anvils and every kind of gaming or hunting within the corporate limits of said city.
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Categories
DISCHARGE, GUNPOWDER - STORAGE