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Regulated storage in Jersey City by instituing a 28lbs gunpowder storage maximum and required the use of tin canisters.
Statutory Text
§ 1. It shall not be lawful for any person to have or keep any quantity of gunpowder exceeding twenty-eight pounds in weight, in any house, store, building or other place within the limits of this city.”
§ 2. All gunpowder which shall be kept in this city, shall be kept in stone jugs or tin cannisters, which shall not contain more than seven pounds each.
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Title
1844 — Jersey City, New Jersey — Gunpowder Storage
Conduct
Private Possession
Instrument
Firearms
Jurisdiction
NJ
Date
1844