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Chapter 59—National Guard, Organization and Maintenance, § 3, in State of Oklahoma Session Laws of 1907-1908 (1908).

“Sec. 3. The governor of the state shall be the commander-in-chief of the militia, and as such shall have supreme command of the military forces of the state while in the service of the state, or until they are ordered and accepted into the service of the United States. While in the service of the state, he shall have power at any time to muster out any militia organization of the state, and he may discharge any enlisted man, and he may cause to be mustered out and discharged any commissioned officers who shall wilfully [sic] neglect the duties of his office, or shall fail to properly account for public property or money in his possession, as such officer. The resignation of officers of the organized militia shall be accepted by his order before they can be discharged from the military service of the state. No armed military force from another state or territory shall be permitted to enter the state without his permission unless such military force be a part of the United States Army, or is acting under the authority of the United States. No independent military organization, except as a corps of cadets at the educational institution, shall be permitted to bear arms with first securing the permission of the commander-in-chief.”

1908, OK, State of Oklahoma Session Laws of 1907-1908, Ch. 59, § 3


State of Oklahoma Session Laws of 1907-1908 Passed at the First Session of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oklahoma Convened at Guthrie, the Second Day of December, A. D. 1907 (Guthrie, OK: Oklahoma Printing Co., 1908), 562. Chapter 59—National Guard, Organization and Maintenance, Article 1—An Act to Provide for the Organization, Discipline and Regulation of the Oklahoma National Guard, § 3. H. B. No. 353. Approved May 22, 1908.




Ch. 25—Crimes & Punishment, Art. 47—Concealed Weapons, §§ 1-10 in The Statutes of Oklahoma (1890).

        “Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person in the Territory of Oklahoma to carry concealed on or about his person, saddle, or saddle bags, any pistol, revolver, bowie knife, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, sword cane, spear, metal knuckles, or any other kind of knife or instrument manufactured or sold for the purpose of defense except as in this article provided.
        Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person in the Territory of Oklahoma, to carry upon or about his person any pistol, revolver, bowie knife, dirk knife, loaded cane, billy, metal knuckles, or any other offensive or defensive weapon, except as in this article provided.
        Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person within this Territory, to sell or give to any minor any of the arms or weapons designated in sections one and two of this article.
        Sec. 4. Public officers while in the discharge of their duties or while going from their homes to their place of duty, or returning therefrom, shall be permitted to carry arms, but at no other time and under no other circumstances: Provided, however, That if any public officer be found carrying such arms while under the influence of intoxicating drinks, he shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this article as though he were a private person.
        Sec. 5. Persons shall be permitted to carry shot-guns or rifles for the purpose of hunting, having them repaired, or for killing animals, or for the purpose of using the same in public muster or military drills, or while travelling or removing from one place to another, and not otherwise.
        Sec. 6. Any person violating the provisions of any one of the foregoing sections, shall on the first conviction be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed thirty days or both at the discretion of the court. On the second and every subsequent conviction, the party offending shall on conviction be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars or be imprisoned in the county jail not less than thirty days nor more than three months or both, at the discretion of the court.
        Sec. 7. It shall be unlawful for any person, except a peace officer, to carry into any church or religious assembly, any school room or other place where persons are assembled for public worship, for amusement, or for educational or scientific purposes, or into any circus, show or public exhibition of any kind, or into any ball room, or to any social party or social gathering, or to any election, or to any place where intoxicating liquors are sold, or to any political convention, or to any other public assembly, any of the weapons designated in sections one and two of this article.
        Sec. 8. It shall be unlawful for any person in this Territory to carry or wear any deadly weapons or dangerous instrument whatsoever, openly or secretly, with the intent or for the avowed purpose of injuring his fellow man.
        Sec. 9. It shall be unlawful for any person to point any pistol or any other deadly weapon whether loaded or not, at any other person or persons either in anger or otherwise.
        Sec. 10. Any person violating the provisions of section seven, eight or nine of this article; shall on conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred and shall be imprisoned in the county jail for not less than three not more than twelve months.”

1891, OK, Ch., 25—Crimes & Punishment, Art. 47—Concealed Weapons, §§ 1-10


Will T. Little, L G. Pitman, and R. J. Barker, The Statutes of Oklahoma 1890: Compiled under the Supervision and Direction of Robert Martin, Secretary of the Territory, by Will T. Little, L G. Pitman and R. J. Barker, from the Laws Passed by the That Legislative Assembly of the Territory (Guthrie, OK: The State Capital Printing Co., 1891), 495-496. Chapter 25—Crimes & Punishment, Article 47—Concealed Weapons, §§ 1-10. Undated.