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Ordinance No. 32: An Ordinance to Define Misdemeanors and Provide Penalty Therefor, and for Other Purposes, THE DAILY MORNING ALASKAN, Jun. 18, 1903, at 2 (Skagway, Alaska).

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“…ARTICLE I

    Offenses against public peace and quiet.

    …Section 3. Every person who shall, in the presence of one or more persons, exhibit any pistol, bowie-knife or other dangerous weapon in a threatening manner shall, on conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the municipal jail not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment…

    …Section 10. Every person who shall carry or wear under his or her clothes, or concealed about his or her person, any weapon, shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the municipal jail not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; provided, this section shall not apply to officers carrying weapons in the discharge of their official duties; provided further, that the ex-officio mayor may, upon request, if he deems it advisable, grant to any person not herein granted the privilege a permit in writing to carry a pistol or revolver concealed upon his person.”

Full Text (From Newspapers.com): The Daily Morning Alaskan, Jun. 18, 1903

“Ordinance No. 32: An Ordinance to Define Misdemeanors and Provide Penalty Therefor, and for Other Purposes.” The Daily Morning Alaskan, June 18, 1903, p. 2. Ordinance 32—An Ordinance to Define Misdemeanors and Provide Penalty Therefor, and for Other Purposes, Article 1—Offenses Against Public Peace and Quiet, §§ 3 & 10. Passed June 1, 1903. Volume 6, Number 123. (Skagway, Alaska). 



Thomas Henry Carter, The Laws of Alaska : Embracing the Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Political Code, the Code of Civil Procedure, and the Civil Code, with the Treaty of Cession, and All Acts and Parts of Acts Relating to the District : Annotated with References to Decisions by the Courts of the United States and the Supreme Court of Oregon Page 5, Image 44 (1900) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

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Offenses Against the Person, § 21. Assault, being armed with a cowhide. That whoever shall assault, or assault and beat another with a cowhide, whip, stick, or like thing, having at the time in his possession a pistol, dirk, or other deadly weapon, with intent to intimidate and prevent such other from resisting or defending himself, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not more than ten years nor less than one year.



Fred F. Barker, Compliation of the Acts of Congress and Treaties Relating to Alaska: From March 30, 1867, to March 3, 1905 139 1906.

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That it shall be unlawful for any person to carry concealed about his person, in any manner whatever, any revolver, pistol, or other firearm, or knife (other than an ordinary pocket knife), or any dirk or dagger, slung shot, metal knuckles, or any instrument by the use of which injury could be inflicted upon the person or property of any other person.