Tennessee § 6-54-106 - Regulation of powder magazines.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 6-54-106 — Regulation of powder magazines., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 6-54-106. Regulation of powder magazines.
The governing body of any incorporated municipality may authorize the building of powder magazines at any safe and prudent distance from the limits of the corporation. When it gives such authority, it shall be by order upon its records, designating and appointing the places within its county where such magazines may be erected, in which it shall be lawful to deposit and keep gunpowder. The corporate authorities shall adopt such regulations in regard to the construction of such magazines as may, in their opinion, best secure the community from danger. Code 1858, §§ 1395-1397 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 169, §§ 1, 2); Shan., §§ 1992-1994; mod. Code 1932, §§ 3494-3496; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-613. Cross-References. Municipal regulation of gunpowder storage, § 68-101-101 . Obstructing highway or other passageway, § 39-17-307 . Preemption by state regulation, § 39-17-1314 .
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