An Act for the Inspection of Gunpowder, ch. 6, §§ 1, 3, & 4, 1776 N.J. Laws 6, 6–7 (Isaac Collins 1777).

"C H A P.    VI.
An ACT for the Inspection of Gun-Powder.

    WHEREAS the vending of damaged or bad Gun-Powder within this State, especially in the Time of War, may be of the most dangerous Consequence;

    Sect. 1. Be it therefore Enacted by the Council and General Assembly of this State, and it is hereby Enacted by the Authority of the same, That any Person who, from and after the Publication of this Act, shall offer any Gun-Powder for Sale, without being previously inspected and marked as is herein after directed, shall forfeit, for every such Offence, the Sum of Five Shillings a Pound for every Pound weight so offered for Sale, and so in Proportion for greater or lesser Quantity; to be recovered in any Court where the same may be cognizable, and applied the one Half to the Person who shall prosecute therefor, and the other Half to be paid to the Treasurer for the Use of the State...

    ...3. That every Inspector shall mark each Cask of Gun-Powder, by him approved, with the Letters S N I, and such other Marks as are necessary to distinguish the several Sorts of Gun-Powder.
    ...4. That every Maker of Gun-Powder shall pack his Powder in dry well-seasoned Casks, and mark every Cask in which he shall pack the same with the initial Letters of his Name...

...Passed at Princeton, October 4, 1776."