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Ordinance no. 1, §§ 6-8, THE MINING ECHO, Jul. 7, 1877 at 1 (Empire City, Kansas).

, , | | 1877

"ORDINANCE NO. 1.

    Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the city of Empire City.
SEC. 1 Any three or more persons, who shall assemb...

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Ordinance No. 79: An Ordinance Relating to Crimes and Punishments, SCANDIA JOURNAL, Jan. 5, 1894, at 8. (Scandia, KS).

| | 1893

"[Published January 5, 1894.]
ORDINANCE No. 79.
An ordinance relating to crimes and punishments.

    Be it ordained by the mayor and council of the City of Scandia:

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Ordinance No. 13: An Ordinance in Relation to Offenses Against Public Safety, CORNING INDEPENDENT, May 16, 1890 at 3. (Corning, KS).

, , | | 1890

"ORDINANCE NO. 13.

An ordinance in relation to offenses against public safety

    Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the city of Corning, Kansas:

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    Sec. 2. No person shall...

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Ordinance No. 201., COFFEYVILLE WEEKLY JOURNAL, Feb. 7, 1890, at 2. (Coffeyville, KS).

| | 1890

"Published February 7, 1890.]

Ordinance No. 201.
To prohibit the Carrying of Fire-arms or Deadly Weapons, and providing penalties therefor.

Be it ordain...

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[City Ordinances, art. 2, § 2] (Published as “By request of the City Marshal…”), ARKANSAS VALLEY DEMOCRAT, Aug. 8, 1879, at 3. (Arkansas City, KS).

, | | 1879

    "By request of the City Marshal, we again publish a few sections of the City Ordinances. Mr. Hartsock does not intend to go beyond the limits of the law, but he does intend to force law in all cases where it may be violated, and that to the fulle...

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An Ordinance Relating to Guns, Pistols, and Other Weapons, THE PIONEER DEMOCRAT, Jun. 11, 1887 at 2.

| | 1887

"[Published June 11, 1887.]

ORDINANCE NO. 10.

    An Ordinance relating to guns, pistols and other weapons.

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Ordinance No. 6, THE WYANDOTT HERALD, Aug. 24, 1882, at 2. (Argentine, KS)

, , | | 1882

"[Official.]
[First published August 21st, 1882.]

ORDINANCE NO. 6.

Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Arg...

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An Ordinance Defining Offenses and Providing Punishments for the Same, DELPHOS CARRIER, Aug. 1, 1884 at 2. (Delphos, Kansas)

| | 1884

"...SEC. 19. Any person who shall within the city of Delphos, carry about his or her persons any concealed pistol, dirk, bowie knife, revolver, slung shot, billy, false knuckles or any other deadly weapons, shall b...

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An Ordinance Regarding the Carrying of Concealed Weapons and Sale of Deadly Weapons, THE CONCORDIA WEEKLY DAYLIGHT, May 22, 1888 at 7.

, , | | 1888

"[First published May 22, 1888.]
Ordinance No. 277.
An ordinance regarding the carrying of concealed weapons and sale of deadly weapons, and repealing Sec. 117 of ordinance No. 102.

Be it ordai...

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HOLTON, KAN. REV. ORDINANCES No. 169, §§ 18-21 at 130, 134-35 (1905) (effective Aug. 8, 1888).

, , , | | 1888

    "SEC. 18.     It shall be unlawful for any person within this city to carry upon his person a pistol, dirk. bowie knife, or other deadly weapon concealed or otherwise, and any person so doing shall, upon c...

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Relating to the Organization, Government, etc., of the State Militia, Ch. 359, § 1 in State of Kansas: Session Laws (1903).

| | 1903

"Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

Sec. 1. That sections 3, 4, 5, 17, 25, 27, 28, 29 and 31 of chapter 255 of Session Laws of Kansas of 1901 be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 3. The governor of the state shall b...

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1921 Kan. Sess. Laws 294, §§ 4, 6.

| | 1921

§ 4. . . . No person shall use ferrets or employ any smoke gun or other device for forcing smoke or any asphyxiating or deadly gas or liquid into the holes, dens, runways or houses of any fur bearing animals . . . . § 6. . . . [N]o bird be pu...

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1915 Kan. Sess. Laws 347, An Act providing for Public Safety by Regulating the Storage Handling and Disposition of Dynamite, Giant Powder, Nitro-glycerine, Gun Cotton and Other Detonating Explosives, Providing Penalties for Violation of this Act and Repealing all Acts in Conflict Herewith, § 1.

| | 1915

Any person, firm or corporation, in this state, who shall sell, give away or otherwise dispose of, any dynamite, giant powder, nitro-glycerine, gun cotton or other detonating explosive, shall keep a record, in a substantially bound book, which record s...

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1911 Kan. Sess. Laws 249–5-, An Act Defining the Crime of Burglary With Explosives, and Providing the Punishment Therefor, §§ 1 and 2.

| | 1911

§ 1. That any person who (with intent to commit crime) breaks and enters, either by day or by night, any building, whether inhabited or not, and opens or attempts to open any vault, safe or other place by use of nitro-glycerine, dynamite, gunpowde...

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C.F.W. Dassler, The General Statutes of 1901, ch. 19, Art. 3, §§ 748, 1003, 1141

| | 1901

The council may prohibit and punish the carrying of fire arms or other deadly weapons, concealed or otherwise, and may arrest and imprison, fine or set at work all vagrants and persons found in said city without visible means of support, or some legiti...

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Bruce L Keenan, Book of Ordinances of the City of Wichita Published by Authority of a Resolution Adopted by the City Council April 24, 1899, under the Direction of Judiciary Committee and City Attorney, and Formally Authorized by Ordinance No. 1680 Page 45, Image 69 (1900) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1899

Ordinances of the City of Wichita. Drawing Deadly Weapons Upon Another. § 1. That any person, not an officer of the law in the execution of his duty, who shall in the city of Wichita, draw a pistol, revolver, knife, or any other deadly weapon upon...

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Bruce L. Keenan, Book of Ordinances of the City of Wichita Published by Authority of a Resolution Adopted by the City Council April 24, 1899, under the Direction of Judiciary Committee and City Attorney, and Formally Authorized by Ordinance No. 1680 Page 46, Image 70 (1900) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1899

Ordinances of the City of Wichita, Carrying Unconcealed Deadly Weapons, § 2. Any person who shall in the city of Wichita carry unconcealed, any fire-arms, slungshot, sheath or dirk knife, or any other weapon, which when used is likely to produce d...

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O. P. Ergenbright, Revised Ordinances of the City of Independence, Kansas: Together with the Amended Laws Governing Cities of the Second Class and Standing Rules of the City Council Page 162, Image 157 (1887) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1887

Weapons, § 27. Any person who in this city shall draw any pistol or other weapon in a hostile manner, or shall make any demonstration or threat of using such weapon on or against any person; or any person who shall carry or have on his or her pers...

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Sam Kimble Revised Ordinances of the City of Manhattan and Rules of the Council Page 49-50, Image 51-52 (1887) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1887

Ordinances of Manhattan, KS; Offenses Against the Public Peace, Health and Safety, Toy Pistols, §13. Any person who shall give, trade, loan or otherwise furnish any pistol, revolver, or toy pistol by which cartridges or caps may be exploded, or an...

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1883 Kan. Sess. Laws 159, An Act to Prevent Selling, Trading or Giving Deadly Weapons or Toy Pistols to Minors, and to Provide Punishment Therefor, ch. 105, §§ 1-2.

| | 1883

§ 1. Any person who shall sell, trade, give, loan or otherwise furnish any pistol, revolver or toy pistol, by which cartridges or caps may be exploded, or any dirk, bowie-knife, brass knuckles, slung shot, or other dangerous weapons to any minor, or t...

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1881 Kan. Sess. Laws 92, c. 37, § 24.

| | 1881

The Council shall prohibit and punish the carrying of firearms, or other dangerous or deadly weapons, concealed or otherwise, and cause to be arrested and imprisoned, fined or set to work, all vagrants, tramps, confidence men and persons found in said ...

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Revised Ordinances of the City of Salina, Together with the Act Governing Cities of the Second Class: Also a Complete List of the Officers of Salina During its Organization as a Town and City of the Second and Third Class Page 99, Image 100 (1879) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1879

Ordinances of the City of Salina, An Ordinance Relating to the Carrying of Deadly Weapons, § 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person to carry on or about his person any pistol, bowie knife, dirk, or other deadly or dangerous weapon, anywhere w...

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