Thomas's Massachusetts spy, or, Worcester gazette. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1811-1821, 1821-03-28
COMMONWEALTH Df 9sassaebusstts.

AZ inc year of cur LORD one thousand
ezght hundred and tpenty-one.
AN ACT further regulating the S,o-
rage, iafe-keePing, and Il aDfy ofts.ion Of ,un-
powder ID the town of Bottom,
d. It enat7ed BY he Senate and HoaE of
0RefyefsntafiOes in General Court s,qsnbled.
and BY NE authority Of he j6sre, That no pssion
except on military duty n the publick ieryice
OF the United States, or of this Com monw ealsh.
hall keep. have or poiIefs In any houis, ware.
houle, mop, or o,her building. nor in any
hreet, lanes alley, FaGage-way, yard or cellar,
nor IN any wagon. cart or other carriage. nor on
any wharf, nor on board of any llip or other
vehel within two hundred yards of auy wharf.
or OF any part OF the more or main land, nor in
any place within the town of Bolton. gunposk.
der In any quanity exceeding Ave pounds, in any
way or maoner, other than by this act, and hy
the rules aud regulations hereinafter mentioned.
may be permitted and allowed And all gun.
powder had, kept or poGriIed, contrary to tie
proviiions of this act aud Of iuch rule, and reg.
ulasons, fhsl be forfeited, and Liable 20 be eis-
ed and proceeded agsinR in the manner here,n-
after provided.
Sac. z. Be it fayths, enatFed, That it lh.ll ros
be lawtai tor any pe.ion or perions to fell any
gunPowder, which may at the time be within the
town OF Bottom, in any quantity, bv wholefale
OF retail, without fra having Obtained from the
Rewards OF laid town. licenie to fell gunpow-
der; nd every iuch iicenie lllaI be written or
printed, and duly igned by laid Firewards, or
BY their Secretary authorized for that purpois.
on papers upon which ihall be written or
printed copy Of the rules sod regulations by
them eaabliihed relative to keeping, felliSg and
tIantporsing gunpowder within the faid town,
and every .uch licenie ihall be in force for one
year from the date thereof, unleis annulied by
the FifewsIds and no longer but iuch lcenie
may prior To the expiration of that Term be
renewed by endoTiemenl thereon by the faid
Fiiewards or by their Secretary, for The further
term of one year, and 10 from wear to Yea,
provided. always. that the isid Fireworks may
annnl and Telcind any fuch iicenlc. If in their
opinion the Perion or Perlons lcenfed have for.
feited the right OF uhng the lame. by difobeying
the law, or Infringing any rules OF regulations
ehablsihed by laid FiTewards. And every per-
ion who ihall receive licenle to fell gunpow-
der as atoreiaid, ihall pay for tie fame the FUN
OF hve dollars; and every peiion on having
licenie renewed, ihall pay therefor the ium Of
one dollar, which lums hsll be paid 70 the Sec
Tstary OF the Firewards for their ule. for the pur
pole OF detraying the expenies of carving this
aa into execution.
SIC. 8. Belt further enaGtd, That the Fire
wards OF the town OF Bottom be, and ,hey are
hereby authorised and empowered 10 make and
efablllh rnies and regulations, from time to time.
relative to the times and places at which gum
powder may be brought 20 or carried from faid
town, by land or by water; the times when. and
manner 10 which the fame may be trsniported
through laid town to direa and requisite the
kind OF Carriages, boats and other vehicles, in
which the fans may be 70 brought to, carried
from. aud hanfported lhroagh laid town 10 di-
rect the manner in which gunpowdef may be
kept by licenled dealers and other perions and
to 6iIe6 and require; all finch precautions a. NAV
appear 10 them needful and iaiutary, 10 guard
sgainR danger ID the keeping of gunpowder, and
in the trsnfportston thereof to, from and through
the town of BoRon.
Sac. 4. Pea further eaaGed, That any per.
fon OF perfons who hall keep, have or poHsfs
any gunpowder within the town of Bottom. con.
uary 20 the proViions of this sG and to the rules
and regulations made IS aforefaid, orwho Gall
iell any gunpowder therein without having liz
Genie therefor then ioEce, or contrary the con-
dtIons OF the laid lcene, or the rules and regula.
tons made as aioreiaid, fhall forfeit and pay
inc OF not lels than one hundred dollars. and
no; exceeding five hundred dollars for each and
i~srsY S-ANtt.~S $40 - any buhPONNuCN Kept CON-
trsry to the proviions OF this act hs explode
10 any fhop, aore, dwelling -houfe, ware. houle.
or other building, or IN any place in laid town,
the occupant, tenant or owner of which has DOT
then licenie in force to keep and Iell gpnpow.
der therein. or which gunPowder fhall have been
kept IN any manner contrary to the terms and
conditions OF uch licenie, OF to the rues and reg
ula,ions stabilized a. aforeia,d, fnch occupant.
tenant, or owner, mall forfeit and pay line OF
not leis than Ave hundred dollars, and not en-
ceeding one thooiand dollars one moiety of the
iuins which may be 10 forfeited ihsll accrue to
the ole OF the poor OF the town of Boison, and
the other moiesy TO the uie of any p.riou or per-
ions who ihAll proiseu.e and fue for the fame
| which tctietures may be recovered by sefon of
the calss in any Court proper TO try the fame.
Sac. 5. Bsi. further eHat7ed, That all gunpow.
der, which lhail be kept, had OF poiIeiFsd, with
| in ths.town Of Bottom, or brought into, or trsnl-
ported through the tsune, contrary to the provii-
ions OF ,his act, and to the rules aad regulations
made as storeiaid, may be ieixed and taken into
cuaody by any one or more of the Firewards of
iaid town and the fame ihall, within ,wen.y
days next after the ie;zuie thereof, be liheisd. BY
| fling in the Office of the Clerk of the Municipei
Court OF The town of Boilon libel, Rating ,he
TIME place and caule Of inch ieizure copy Of
which libel, or the iubfance thereof, together
with inmmons or notice, which luch Clerk Va
hereby authorized to iirue, haIl be isrved ON he
nerion or perions trom whole cuRody or pol