Tennessee § 68-101-101 - Storage of gunpowder or other explosives.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 68-101-101 — Storage of gunpowder or other explosives., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 68-101-101. Storage of gunpowder or other explosives.
The corporate authorities of every city and incorporated town may, from time to time, designate some suitable place, at such distance from the limits of the corporation as may be deemed safe, to build magazines for the storage and safekeeping of gunpowder or other explosive materials, which order shall be entered on the corporation records. They may also prescribe the rules, regulations, and restrictions under which explosive materials shall be kept stored, and the mode in which the magazines or storehouses shall be constructed and maintained so as, in their opinion, best secures the community from danger. Code 1858, §§ 1696, 1697 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 169, § 2); Shan., §§ 3011, 3012; mod. Code 1932, §§ 5230, 5231; T.C.A. (orig. ed., §§ 53-2301, 53-2302, 68-16-101. Compiler's Notes. Former title 68, ch. 16, §§ 68-16-101 — 68-16-109 , was transferred to title 68, ch. 101, §§ 68-101-101 — 68-101-109 , respectively, in 1992. Cross-References. Powder magazines, municipal regulation, § 6-54-106 . Powers of department of labor and workforce development, § 4-3-1405 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 13 Tenn. Juris., Explosions and Explosives, § 2. Comparative Legislation. Storage of explosives: Ala. Code § 11-47-12 . Ga. O.C.G.A. § 25-2-16 et seq. Miss. Code Ann. § 45-13-101 et seq. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-284.1. Collateral References. 31A Am. Jur. 2d Explosions and Explosives § 2 et seq. 35 C.J.S. Explosives § 1 et seq. Gasoline, validity of regulations as to keeping or storage of. 43 A.L.R. 858 , 128 A.L.R. 364 . Gasoline, validity of regulations as to manner of handling or distributing. 58 A.L.R. 860 . Injunction against anticipated or threatened nuisance from powder magazine or storage of gas and oil. 26 A.L.R. 948 , 32 A.L.R. 724 , 55 A.L.R. 880 . Explosives 3, 8.
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