1801 Mass. Acts 507-08
Abstract
An Act to Provide for the Storing and Safe Keeping of Gun Powder in the Town of Boston, and to Prevent Damage from the Same, ch. XX § 1: §1... That all Gun Powder imported and landed at the port of Boston, shall be brought to and lodged in the Powder House or Magazine in said town, and not elsewhere, on pain of confiscation of all Powder put or kept in any other house or place...
Summary
The law requires all imported gunpowder landed in Boston to be stored in the town powder house or magazine, with unauthorized storage subject to confiscation split between the state and informers. It allows limited retail storage of up to 25 pounds in a household or shop, but only in approved metal containers, and imposes forfeiture penalties for violations, also divided between local fire officials and informants.
Law Text
SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court Assembled, and by the authority of the same, That all Gun Powder imported and landed at the port of Boston, shall be brought to and lodged in the Powder House or Magazine in said town, and not elsewhere, on pain of confiscation of all Powder put or kept in any other house or place; one moiety thereof to and for the use and supply of the public store of the state, and th eother moiety to the informer; Provided nevertheless, That it shall and may be lawful for any person to keep in his house or shop for sale, by retail, the quantity of twenty-five pounds of Gun Powder at one time, which quantity shall be kept in brass, copper or tin tunnels, and no otherwise, under the penalty of forfeiting all such gun powder--one moiety to the use of the firewards of the town of Boston, and the other moiety to the use of him or them who shall inform the same.
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Categories
TRANSFER, MANUFACTURE & STORAGE OF GUNPOWDER