1869 Mich. Pub. Acts 2d Reg. Sess. 158, A Act to Amend An Act Entitled “An Act To Incorporate The Village Of Howell," § 15.
[T]he common council shall have full power and authority to make by laws and ordinances . . . relative to keeping and sale of gunpowder, nitroglycerine, and all other dangerous and explosive articles, or burning fluids.