W.B. Hvland, Wilmington City Code. The Ordinances of the City of Wilmington, Delaware. Also, the Original Borough Charter, the Charter of the City of Wilmington, and the Acts of the Legislature, Now in Force Relating to the City Page 689 § 2

Abstract

Required supplying retailers to be in kegs, not more than twenty-five pounds, carefully enclosed in good bags, or by putting a sheet of canvas under and around the kegs. When transporting gunpowder the carriage shall contain no more than ten kegs as described above.