1850 — Nashville, Tennessee — Gunpowder Storage

John M. Lea & John Hugh Smith, The Revised Laws of the City of Nashville, with the Various Acts of Incorporation and Laws Applicable to the Town and City of Nashville, and a List of the Different Boards of Mayor and Aldermen, and Other Officers of Said City from the Year 1806 to 1850, Inclusive 49 (1850)

Summary

Allowed Nashville to regulate gunpowder storage practices.

Statutory Text

SEC. 6. The Mayor and Aldermen shall have power, by ordinance within the city –
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25th. To regulate the storage of gun-powder, tar, pitch, rosin, salt-petre, gun-cotton, and all other combustible material, and the use of lights, candles and stove-pipes in all stables, shops, and other places.

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Title 1850 — Nashville, Tennessee — Gunpowder Storage

Conduct Private Possession

Instrument Firearms

Jurisdiction TN

Date 1850