1834 — Maine — Gunpowder Manufacture Prohibition

The Revised Statutes of the State of Maine Passed October 22, 1840 697 (1841)

Summary

Prohibited the manufacture of gun powder near valuable buildings, deeming it a nuisance.

Statutory Text

SECT. 4. If any person shall carry on the business of manufacturing gun powder, or of mixing or grinding the composition therefor, in any building within eighty rods from any valuable building, erected at the time when such business may be commenced the building, in which such business may be carried on as aforesaid, shall be deemed a public nuisance; and such person shall be liable to be prosecuted and indicted accordingly.

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Title 1834 — Maine — Gunpowder Manufacture Prohibition
Conduct Manufacture
Instrument Firearms
Jurisdiction ME
Date 1834