SECTION 1. No person except when on military duty in the public service of the United States, or of this State, or in case of public celebration with permission of the mayor or common council, shall have, keep or possess in any building, or carriage, or on any dock, or in any boat or other vessel, or in any other place within the city limits, gun-powder, giant- powder, nitro-glycerine, dynamite or other explosive material, in quantity exceeding one pound, without written permission from the chief engineer of the fire department. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment in the penitentiary of the county for not less than thirty days nor more than three months, for each offense.

§ 2. No person or corporation, or the agent of any person or corporation, shall have, keep or store any quantity of gunpowder exceeding six pounds weight (except as provided for in section three of this chapter) in any building or place within the limits of the city of Syracuse, which said quantity of six pounds hereinbefore mentioned, shall be separated in stone jars or canisters, each of which shall contain not to exceed one pound of powder. […]

§ 3. It shall be lawful for any merchant or person having a store or fixed place of business, upon written permission being granted him for that purpose by the chief engineer of the fire department, to keep for sale at said store or place of business any quantity not exceeding one hundred pounds of gunpowder, upon the condition that the same be kept in kegs or cans or other safe vessels, which, except during business hours, shall be deposited in an iron or wooden box lined or covered with iron or other metal and marked “Powder” in plain letters, the form constructio nof said box to be approved by the chief engineer of the fire department; said box, with all said powder securely enclosed therein, except during business hours as aforesaid, shall be placed on the sidewalk, near the curbstone, in front of the store or building of the person holding such permit, and where it may be conveniently removed in case of fire. No gunpowder shall be sold or exposed for sale except during daylight. Any person holding such permit of the chief engineer of the fire department, who shall keep at his store or building at one time a greater quantity of powder than one hundred pounds, or who shall violate either of the above conditions or provisions mentioned in this section, shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five, nor more than one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment in the penitentiary of the county for not less than thirty days nor more than three months, or both such fine and impriosnment for each offense, and his said permit may be revoked by the chief engineer of the fire department.

§ 4. No person shall convey or carry through any street, lane or alley of the city, any gunpowder exceeding six pounds in quantity, unless the sme is secured in kegs or canisters containing not to exceed twenty-five pounds each, and sufficiently tightly enclosed to prevent any powder escaping therefrom. Said kegs or canisters shall be placed, in quantities not exceeding three hundred pounds, in wood or iron boxes, lined and so constructed that no particle of powder can escape therefrom. […]

§ 5. No vessel or car laden in whole or in part with gunpowder, shall enter any canal or railroad within the limits of the city of Syracuse, without the written permission of the chief engineer of the fire department […]

§ 6. The chief engineer of the fire department may from time to time designate certain places outside of the thickly settled portions of the city, where gunpowder may be transferred from one car to another or may be unlaoded from cars for the purpose of conveying the same to a powder magazine; and he may also prescribe and determine certain portions of the city within which cars loaded with gunpowder may be brought. […]

§ 7. No corporation or person shall directly or indirectly leave, keep, store or bring within the limits of the city of Syracuse any gunpowder, giant powder, nitro-glycerine, dualine, dynamite or any other compound containing nitro-glycerine […] without a written permit first had and obtained of the chief engineer of the fire department, who shall limit the quantity of explosive articles aforesaid so to be kept and stored with reference exclusivley to the accomodation of the local trade of the city and the safety of the public. […]