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May 2023

A law regulating gunpowder, General Ordinances, Chapter 61—Powder, §§ 555-557 in The Ordinances of the City of Norfolk, VA (Date of Enactments Including May 29th, 1902) (1894).

Posted by on May 27, 2023

“Sec. 555. Amount of gunpowder allowed to be kept—Application to the mayor for permission to keep same—Duty of chief engineer of fire department—Penalty—Proviso. No person shall keep, in any house or store, any quantity of gunpowder exceeding two kegs or vessels thereof, of the weight of twenty-five pounds each, and before such person shall have […]

A law prohibiting the discharge of firearms in parks, General Ordinances, Chapter 62—Public Park, § 561 in The Ordinances of the City of Norfolk, VA (Date of Enactments Including May 29th, 1902) (1899).

Posted by on May 27, 2023

“…No person shall discharge a fire arm or bring any dog in the park…” 1899, Norfolk, VA, General Ordinances, Chapter 62, § 561 H. N. Poulson and R. E. Steed, eds., The Ordinances of the City of Norfolk, VA (Date of Enactments Including May 29th, 1902) With the Amended Charter, Acts of Assembly Relating to […]

Carrying Concealed Weapons, Ch. 8 in The Ordinances of the City of Norfolk, VA (1894).

Posted by on May 26, 2023

“Sec. 1. If any person carry about his person, hid from common observation, any pistol, dirk, bowie-knife, razor, slung-shot, or any weapon of the like kind, he shall be fined not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars, and such pistol, dirk, bowie knife, razor,  slungshot, or any weapon of the like kind, […]