The Revised Statutes of the State of Indiana, Passed at the Thirty-Sixth Session of the General Assembly; Also, Sundry Acts, Ordinances, and Public Documents Directed to be Printed Along with the Said Statutes: To Which are Prefixed the Constitution of the United States and of the State of Indiana Page 485-486, Image 499-500 (Vol. 1, 1852) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

Towns, § 22. The board of trustees shall have the following powers, viz: . . .Third. . . to regulate the storage of gun-powder, and other dangerous materials;