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1867 — Memphis, Tennessee — Gunpowder Manufacture

William H. Bridges, Digest of the Charters and Ordinances of the City of Memphis, from 1826 to 1867, Inclusive: Together with the Acts of the Legislature Relating to the City, with an Appendix 52 (1867)

Summary

Deemed it a nuisance to manufacture gunpowder in the city.

Statutory Text

4913. It is a public nuisance—
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5. To carry on the business of manufacturing gun-powder or of mixing or grinding the materials therefor, in any building within eighty rods of any valuable building erected at the time such business may be commenced.

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Title 1867 — Memphis, Tennessee — Gunpowder Manufacture
Conduct Manufacture
Instrument Firearms
Jurisdiction TN
Date 1867