JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ORDINANCES OF THE CITY, ch. 41, tit. 2, §§ 1-2 (Southard & Post 1844).
"CHAPTER XLI.
A Law in relation to Manufactories dangerous in causing and promoting fires, and the keeping of Gunpowder.
Whereas, several manufactories for the making of gas, varnish and turpentine, have been erected within the limits of this city, and whereas they are peculiarly dangerous in causing and promoting fires, are noxious and offensive, and will prove a nuisance to the neighborhood in which the same are carried on,
Now therefore,
TITLE I.
Of Manufactories dangerous in causing fires.
The Mayor and Common Council of Jersey City do ordain as follows...
...TITLE II.
Gunpowder, how to be kept.
§ 1. It shall not be lawful for any person to have or keep any quantity of gunpowder exceeding twenty-eight pounds in weight, in any house, store, building or other place within the limits of this city.
§ 2. All gunpowder which shall be kept in this city, shall be kept in stone jugs or tin cannisters, which shall not contain more than seven pounds each."
Charters of and Acts Relating to Jersey City, and the Ordinances Thereof; Together with Some Statistical Information, &c. (Jersey City, NJ: Southard & Post, 1844), 72. Chapter 41—A Law in Relation to Manufactories Dangerous in Causing and Promoting Fires, and the Keeping of Gunpowder, Title 2—Gunpowder, How to be Kept, §§ 1-2. Undated.