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April 2023

Concerning Nuisances Not in Streets, The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Richmond, Title 7, Ch. 46, §12 (1869).

Posted by on April 30, 2023

“12. No person, firm or incorporated company shall keep in any house in the city any loaded shell or shot, or any explosive material of any sort, not authorized by ordinance. And any person, firm or incorporated company violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than twenty nor more than one […]

Ordinances of the Corporation of the City of Richmond, Chap 26, §13 (10 May, 1830).

Posted by on April 20, 2023

“13. And be it further Ordained, That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to fire or discharge any Gun, Pistol, Fowling-Piece or Fire-Arms, or to make any other unusual noise within the limits of this City, whereby the inhabitants thereof may be alarmed, except in cases of necessity or in the […]

The Ordinances of the City of Richmond, Ch. 62, Concerning Powder, §1-7.

Posted by on April 19, 2023

“1. Not more than fifty pounds of powder shall be transported in the city at one time, except by a military company, or in a vehicle constructed as the Engineer of the city shall prescribe. 2. The master of a vessel or steamer arriving in the port of Richmond with more than fifty pounds of […]

An Ordinance, for the Government of the Powder Magazine of this City, and for other purposes (12 Feb.1828, Richmond, VA)

Posted by on April 11, 2023

“7. And be it further Ordained, That no person or persons within the City of Richmond, shall retain in his, her or their possession at any time, more than twenty-five pounds of Powder. And every person who shall retain more than the said quantity in his, her or their possession for the space of twelve […]

1786 Va. Acts 35. (Ch. 49, An Act Forbidding and Punishing Affrays).

Posted by on March 26, 2020

“Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that no man, great nor small, of what condition soever he be, except the Ministers of Justice in executing the precepts of the Courts of Justice, or in executing of their office, and such as be in their company assisting them, be so hardy to come before the […]