“X. And be it further ordained, That it shall not be lawful for any person to fire or set off any gun-powder, squib, rocket or fire-work, or to fire any cannon, gun or pistol in any part of the said city, within the following bounds, viz: east of the west side of Knox-street, and north, east and south by the city line; and any person offending in the premises by firingof any cannon shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars, and for firing any gun or pistol, gun-powder, or any fire-work as aforesaid, the sum of two dollars and fifty cents: Provided, That no penalty shall be incurred for firing cannon on Robison’s and Ten Broeck’s hills, commonly so called, if such cannon shall not be of a greater calibre than a six pounder; and further that all cannon which shall be fired on Robison’s hill, shall be pointed in a northerly direction: And provided also, That no penalty shall be incurred for firing of any cannon or gun on board of any vessel in the stream of Hudson’s river, if the same be fired in a direction from the said city, or at such distance therefrom as to be free from danger.”

Full Text: 1821, NY, Albany, Ch. 25, § 10

Laws and Ordinances of the Common Council of the City of Albany, Revised, and Revived Jan. 2, 1821 to which Is Prefixed, the Charter of the City and the State Law Relative Thereto (Albany, NY: Packard & Van Benthuysen, 1821), 133-34. Chapter 25—A Law for Preventing and Extinguishing Fires, and for Preventing the Firing of Guns, &c. within Certain Limits, § 10. Passed December 28, 1820.

    “Sec. 26. The common council shall have the management and control of the finances, and of all the property, real and personal, belonging to said corporation, and shall have power within the said city to make, establish, publish and modify, amend and repeal ordinances, rules, regulations and by-laws for the following purposes…

    …d. To repress and restrain disorderly houses, or houses of ill fame, billiard tables, bowling alleys, pistol galleries, and houses and places where intoxicating liquor is sold to be drank, and to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors without license, or contrary to law.
    e. To direct the location of all houses for storing gunpowder and other combustible and explosive substances, and to regulate the keeping, selling and conveyance thereof, and the use of candles and lights in barns, stables and outbuildings…

    …k. To prevent or regulate the ringing or tolling of bells, blowing of horns, or crying of goods or wares, firing of guns, powder or other explosive compounds, and the making of any improper noise which may tend to disturb the peace of the city ; and the sale and use of fire-crackers, rockets, squibs or other explosive compounds.”

Full Text: 1898, NY, Revised Charter of the City of Elmira, tit. 3, § 26, pts. d, e, & k

Revised Charter Of the City of Elmira, With the Several Acts Applicable to the City and Officers Thereof (Elmira. N. Y: Gazette Company, Book and Job Printers, 1898), 20-22. Elmira City Charter: An Act To Revise the Charter of the City of Elmira, Passed May 9th, 1894 and Known as ‘‘Chapter 615” of the Laws of 1894 as Amended by Subsequent Acts of the Legislature, and in Force on July First, 1898, Title 3—Powers and Duties of the Common Council, § 26, pts. d, e, & k. In Force, July 1, 1898.

“ORDINANCE NO. 103.

Slidell, La., September 7, 1909.

An ordinance prohibiting the discharge of fireworks, firearms, etc., within Slidell and providing penalty for same.

    Be it ordained by the Mayor and Board of Alderman of the Town of Slidell. La., as follows:

    That it shall be unlawful for any person at any time to explode, shoot any firecracker, firearms, Roman candle, or any other fireworks that may be used for the purpose of celebrating, within the corporate limits of the Town of Slidell.

    Sec. 2. That any person found guilty of violating this ordigance shall upon convictions be fined for eace offence not less than five nor more than ten dollars, and on default of payment of said fine, said person shall be confined in the town jail not less than five nor more than ten days.

    Sec 3. That this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon and after its adoption.

A. BOURGEOIS, Mayor. JOHN FREDERICK. Secretary.
Motion by O. R. Brugier and seconded by J. M. Currie to adopted Ordinance No. 103.
Carried.
A vote of the Countil was taken.
Years—T. J. Hand, J. A. Salmen, O. R. Brugier, J. M. Currie and E. J. Perilloux.
Nays—None.
Ordinance No. 103 was adopted by a majority of the Council.
Carried.”

Full Text: 1909, LA, Slidell, St. Tammany Farmer, Ordinance No. 103, §§ 1-3

“Ordinance No. 103.” St. Tammany Farmer, September 11, 1909, p. 7. Ordinance No. 103—An Ordinance Prohibiting the Discharge of Fireworks, Firearms, Etc., within Slidell and Providing Penalty for Same, §§ 1-3. Carried  September 7, 1909. Volume 35, Number 42.

“ORDINANCE NO. A 236
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AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE PUBLIC PEACE, SAFETY, MORALITY AND GOOD ORDER IN THE CITY OF NORTH YAKIMA: DEFINING WHO ARE DISORDERLY PERSONS AND VAGRANTS PROVIDING PENALTIES FORTHE VIOLATION THEREOF: REPEALING ORDINANCES NUMBERED 9, 11, 13, 18, 25, 49, 86, 163, 172, 174, 182, 193, 213, 214, 215, 216, 219, 223, 227, 241, 271, 286, 295, 433, 298, 521, 618, 634, 652, 720, 730, 841, 857, A19, A29, A31, A52, A73, A97, and A134, and all other ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NORTH YAKIMA:

    SECTION -1-That the follwoing persons are hereby declared to be disorderly persons…

        …7. CONCEALED WEAPONS–Any person in said city, except police officers and other persons who are authorized by law or have obtained proper authority so to do from the Chief of Police of said city, who shall carry or wear in any manner concealed upon his or her person, any dirk, dagger,¹ stilletto, bowie-knife, sword-cane, gun, pistol, revolver sling-shot, metal knuckles, or any other dangerous weapon or instrument which may be used to inflict injury upon the person of another…

        …12. EXHIBITING WEAPON–Any person in saidcity, except police officers and other persons whose duty it is to make arrestes, who shall draw, exhibit or attempt to use, any deadly weapon with intent to do bodily injury to another, or with the intention of intimidating such other person…

        …21. GUNS, FIRING–Any person in said city, except police officers engaged in the lawful discharge of their duty, and persons practicing at target shooting in a duly licensed shooting gallery, who shall fire off or discharge any gun, pistol or fire arm of any kind within the city limits…

        …31. MINORS, IN POOL ROOMS: SELLING OF LIQUOR, TOBACCO, FIREARMS TO–Any person who shall admit to, orallow to remain in any dance house or in any place of entertainment injurious to health or morals, owned, kept or managed by him, any person under the age of eighteen years, unless such person shall be accompanied by a parent² or legal guardian; or who shall admit to or suffer or permit any person under the age of twenty-one years to remain in any public pool or billiard hall or to play any game of skill or chance, in any such place, or in any place adjacent thereto, or shall admit or allow to remain in any reputed house of prostitution or assignation, or any place where opium or any preparationthereof, is smoked, or where any narcotic drug is used; or who shall sell or give, or permit to be sold or given wway to any person under the age of twenty one-years any intoxicating liquor, cigar, cigarette, cigarette paper or wrapping, or tobacco in any form; or who shall sell, or give, or permit to be sold or given to any person under the age of eighteen years, any revolver, or pistol. It shall be no defense to a prosecution for a violation of this section, that the person acted, or was believed by the defendent to act, as agent or representative of another…

    …SECTION 9. FIRE WORKS, UNLAWFUL TO EXPLODE–It shall be unlawful for any person to fire or cause to be exploded any cannon, bonb, anvil or toy pistol, or fire or cause to be exploded any squib, rocket, cracker or roman candle or other combustible fire works ordinarily used for a pyrotechnic display, within the corporate limits of the city of North Yakima.

    SECTION 10. FIRE WORKS, UNLAWFUL TO SELL–It stall be unlawfulfor any person,, firm orcorporation within the corporate limits of the city of North Yakima to sell or offer for sale either at retail orwholesale, or have in his or its possession or custody, any toy pistol, squib, rocket, cracker, roman candle or fire balloon or other combustible fire works for the making of a pyrotechnic display; provided, that nothing in this ordinance contained shall in any way or manner be construed to prohibit the City Commission of the city of North Yakima through its duly authorized committes or agents to make or allow public pyrotechnic displays of fire works by use of such combustibles as may be necessary for any such display…

    …SECTION 26. When any person shall be found guilty of carrying a concealed weapon as provided in this ordinance, the weapon or weapons found on the person convicted of carrying the same, shall be confiscated by the Chief of Police and forfeited to the city of North Yakima…

    …SECTION 37. Any person convicted of being a disorderly person or a vagrant, or convicted of violating any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor andshall be punished by a fine in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the city jail not exceeding thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment…

    …SECTION 39. Whereas, there is in the interest of public peace and safety a demand for the immediate passage of this ordinance an emergency is hereby declared to exist and the urgency for the immediate taking effect of this ordinance is hereby declared to exist andthis ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passeag, approval and publication.
    Passed bythe City Commission this 2nd day of January, 1917.
    Signed and approved this 2nd day of January, 1917.”

Full Text: 1917, WA, Yakima, Ordinance No. A236

N.B. There are stamp prints and handwritten notes throughout the document indicating various notes, including when various parts of this law were repealed. Any user interested in in this information should examine the original MS linked above.
1. This word was originally written “gagger,” and has been changed by hand to read “dagger.”
2. An extra “e” has been crossed out by hand. What was “pareent” now reads “parent.”

Ordinance No. A 236, Yakima City Council Ordinances, 1886-2021, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov, accessed November 17, 2023. Yakima, Washington City Council, Ordinance No. A 236—An Ordinance For the Preservation of the Public Peace, Safety, Morality and Good Order in the City of North Yakima: Defining Who Are Disorderly Persons and Vagrants Providing Penalties Forthe Violation Thereof: Repealing Ordinances Numbered 9, 11, 13, 18, 25, 49, 86, 163, 172, 174, 182, 193, 213, 214, 215, 216, 219, 223, 227, 241, 271, 286, 295, 433, 298, 521, 618, 634, 652, 720, 730, 841, 857, A19, A29, A31, A52, A73, A97, and A134, and All Other Ordinances and Parts of Ordinances in Conflict Herewith, and Declaring an Emergency, §§ 1 (Pts. 1, 7, 12, 21, & 31), 9, 10, 26, 37, & 39. Passed and Approved, January 2, 1917.

“ORDINANCE NO 1492^*

AN ORDINANCE regulating the purchase and sale of firearms, deadly weapons, ammunition, and explosives in the City of Olympia, providing a penalty for the violation hereof; and declaring an emergency.

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OLYMPIA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
    Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, to purchase any gun, pistol, firearm or other deadly weapon, or any ammunition or explosive of any kind or character, without first obtaining a written permit therefor from the Chief of Police of the City of Olympia.
    Section 2. The application for such permit shall be in writing and shall state the name of the person, firm or corporation from whom such purchase is to be made, the kind of firearm, ammunition, or explosive desired, and the purpose for which it is to be used.
    Section 3. The issuance of such permit shall be in the discretion of the Chief of Police. Said permit shall be issued in duplicate. One copy to be retained by the Chief of Police and kept in his files, and the other to be delivered by the person, firm or corporation to whom it is issued, to the person, firm, or corporation from ^^** thepurchase is to be made, and no person, firm, or corporation shall sell any gun, pistol, firearm, deadly weapon, ammunition, or explosive without first obtaining from the purchaser the permit so issued by the Chief of Police. Such permit shall be kept in the files of the dealer and such files shall at all times be open to the inspection of any police officer of the City of Olympia, , and said permit shall have indorsed thereon by the dealer a description of the article sold and the factory number of all guns, so sold.
    Section 4. Any person, firm, or corporation, violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars or imprisoned in the City Jailfor a period not exceeding thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court.
    Section 5. An emergency exists and this ordinance shall ^^*** effect immediately after publication.”

Full Text: 1917, WA, Olympia, Ordinance No. 1492

N.B. There are two copies of the law in the attached file. This is a transcription of the first copy.
*    The number “1492” is written in by hand. The rest of the document is typewritten. 
**  The caret has a line running from it off of the photocopied area of the page. A reasonable inference would be that the line points to the word “whom.” This is confirmed by the second copy of this document in the file linked above. 
*** The caret has a line running from it off of the photocopied area of the page. A reasonable inference would be that the line points to the word “take.” This is confirmed by the second copy of this document in the file linked above.

Ordinance No. 1492, Olympia City Council, Ordinances, 1859-2018, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov, accessed November 20, 2023. Olympia, Washington City Council, Ordinance No. 1492—An Ordinance Regulating the Purchase and Sale of Firearms, Deadly Weapons, Ammunition, and Explosives in the City of Olympia, Providing a Penalty for the Violation Hereof; and Declaring an Emergency, §§ 1-5. Passed, May 15, 1917; Published May 17 and 24, 1917.

“80. Any tramp who shall enter any dwelling-house, against the will or^* without the permission of the owner or occupant thereof, or shall kindle any fire in the highway, or on the land of another, without the owner’s consent, or shall be found carrying any fire-arms or other dangerous weapon, with intent unlawfully to do injury or intimidate any other person, which intent may be inferred by the jury trying the case, from the facts that the defendant is a tramp, and so armed, or shall do, or threaten to do, any injury, not amounting to a felony, to any person, or to the real or personal estate of another, shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be sentenced to undergo an imprisonment by separate or solitary confinement at labor for a period not exceeding three years.”

Full Text: 1879, PA, A Digest of the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Philadelphia, § 80

* To the left of the word “or” (and in a carved-out portion of the left portion of the text), there is printed “Ibid. § 2.” This is referencing the carved-out portion immediately above in § 79, which reads “A. 30 Ap. 1879, § 1, P. L. 33.”  Users should do their own research to confirm; however, a reasonable guess might be that this means A[pproved] 30 Ap[ril,] 1879, § 1, P[ublic] L[aw] 33. This is the source of the information at the end of the citation below, and users should confirm the accuracy of that part of the citation independently by looking at the original MS linked above. The rest of the citation is certainly accurate. 

Frank F Brightly, ed., A Digest of the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Philadelphia from the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and One to the Twenty-First Day of June One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-Seven (Philadelphia, PA: Kay & Brother, 1887), 462. Department of Charities and Corrections, Bureau of Corrections, Pt. 3—Commitments, “Tramps,” § 80. Approved, April 30, 1879; § 1, P. L. 33.

“CHAPTER 17.

Fire Arms

ARTICLE 1.

§ 170. Prohibited, Except by Permission. (Sec. 1.) That any person who shall within the City of Fort Collins, fire or discharge any cannon, gun, fowling piece, pistol or fire-arm of any description, or fire, explode or set off any squib, cracker or other thing containing powder or other combustible matter or explosive material without permission from the Mayor (which permission shall limit the time of such firing, and shall be subject to be revoked by the Mayor at any time after the same has been granted), shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in a sum of not less than one ($1) dollar nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars. Provided, that no permission shall be granted any person or persons to hold or conduct any shooting match or competitive trial of skill with fire arms within the city, except the same be authorized by resolution of the City Council.
(Passed and adopted January 17, 1887.)”

Full Text: 1887, CO, The Code of Fort Collins, Chapter 17—Fire Arms

Frank J. Annis, Ray Baxter, and L. R. Rhodes, eds., The Code of Fort Collins: Comprising Article XX of the Constitution of the State of Colorado, the Charter, Amendments Thereto, and General Ordinances of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado: 1917 (Fort Collins, CO: Larimer County Democrat Printing Co., 1917), 143. Chapter 17—Fire Arms, Article 1, § 170—Prohibited, Except by Permission. Passed and Adopted, January 17, 1887.

“ORDINANCE NO. 97 

    AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE SALE, OR GIVING, OR PERMITTING TO BE SOLD OR GIVEN TO ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS, ANY REVOLVER, PISTOL OR TOY PISTOL, PROHIBITING THE USE OR POSSESSION OF ANY AIR-GUN OR SLING-SHOT, AND PROHIBITING THE SALE OF FIRE-WORKS, WITHIN THE TOWN OF STANWOOD, AND PROHIBITING THE FIRING OR DISCHARGING OF ANY FIRE WORKS WITHIN SAID TOWN DURING THE CONTINUANCE OF THE PRESENT WAR WITH THE IMPERIAL GERMAN GOVERNMENT AND HER ALLIES AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF.
    BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF STANWOOD.

Section 1.

    That from and after the passage and publication of this ordinance it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell, give or permit to be sold or given to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years any revolver, pistol or toy-pistol within the town of Stanwood.

Section 2.

    That from and after the passage and publication of this ordinance it shall be unlawful for any person to use or have in their possession any air-gun. or sling-shot within the town of Stanwood.

Section 3.

    From and after the passage and publication of this ordinance it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or offer for sale, or to fire or discharge within the town of Stanwood during the war with the Imperial German Government and her allies, any firecracker, cannon-cracker or any other explosive used to celebrate the Fourth of July, commonly known as fire-works.

Section 4.

    Any person found guilty of the violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars or thirty days in jail or both such fine and imprisonment.”

Full Text: 1918, WA, Stanwood, Ordinance No. 97

Ordinance No. 97, Stanwood Town Council, Ordinances, 1903-2007, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov, accessed November 16, 2023. Stanwood, Washington Town Council, Ordinance No. 97—An Ordinance Prohibiting the Sale, or Giving, or Permitting to Be Sold or Given to Any Person under the Age of Eighteen (18) Years, Any Revolver, Pistol or Toy Pistol, Prohibiting the Use or Possession of Any Air-Gun or Sling-Shot, and Prohibiting the Firing or Discharging of Any Fire Works within Said Town during the Continuance of the Present War with the Imperial German Government and Her Allies and Providing a Penalty for the Violation Hereof, §§ 1-4. Read, April 22, 1918; Passed, May 6, 1918.

“CHAPTER XLII.
POWDER…

    …SECTION 459. No merchant, or other person, shall, within the city of Atlanta, keep in any house, except in a public warehouse, more than one keg of powder at a time, which shall be kept in a tin can; and for a violation of this ordinance, the offender may be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars and costs, or imprisonment in the station house or common jail of Fulton county, not exceeding thirty days.
    SEC. 460. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to sell gunpowder without first having procured a license from the Clerk of Council, who shall receive a fee of fifty cents for each and every license granted for the term of one year; and any person or persons selling without first having obtained such license, shall, on conviction before the Recorder, Mayor, Mayor pro tem., or three members of Council, pay a fine of one hundred dollars and costs of trial, for each and every day the party so convicted shall have violated this ordinance, or be imprisoned not more than thirty days in the station house, or common jail of Fulton county.
    SEC. 461. When any person desires to sell powder as a part of his or their business, all such persons shall first petition the General Council for a license, and accompany such petition with the names of three of his or their neighbors, where powder is to be sold, signifying their willingness; and such applicant shall give bond and security in the sum of one thousand dollars, that he will not violate any ordinance relating to the sale of powder in Atlanta.
    SEC. 462. When application is made in writing, to Council, it shall be competent for the Board to grant or refuse license, if, in their opinion, the applicant or bondsman is not responsible, or in any way disqualified for such trade or traffic in gunpowder.
    SEC. 463. All persons licensed to sell powder shall be required to place a sign over their place of business as follows: “Licensed to sell powder.”
    SEC. 464. Any person who shall burn rockets or crackers, or any kind of fire-works, within the incorporate limits of the city of Atlanta, without permission in writing, from the Mayor, shall, on conviction of such offense, pay a fine of not exceeding five dollars and costs.”

Full Text: 1879, GA, The Code of the City of Atlanta, Ch. 42—Powder, §§ 459-464

William T. Newman, ed., The Code of the City of Atlanta, Containing the Charter of 1874, and the Amendments Thereto, the Ordinances Adopted by the Mayor and General Council, and an Appendix Containing Water Works Rules and Rates, Rules of Order, Etc., Etc. (Atlanta, GA: J. P. Harrison, 1879), 163-64. Chapter 42—Powder, §§ 459-464. (Undated.)

“ORDINANCE NO. 7^*

    AN ORDINANCEfor the preservation of the public peace, safety, morality and good order in the Town of Selah; defining who are disorderly persons and vagrants and providing penalties for the violation thereof.
    Be it ordained by the Council of the Town of Selah;
    Section 1. That the following persons are hereby declared to be disorderly persons…
    …6. Any person in said Town except police officers and other persons authorized by law or have obtained proper authority so to do from the proper officer of said Town, who shall carry or wear in any manner concealed upon his or her person any dirk, dagger, stilletto, bowie-knife, sword, cane, gun, pistol, revolver, sling shot, metal knuckles or any other dangerous weapon or instrument which may be used to inflict injury upon the person of another…
    …11. Any person in said Town except police officers and other persons whose duty it is to make arrests who shall draw, exhibit or attempt to use any deadly weapon with intent to do bodily injury to another, or with the intention of intimidating such other person…
    …20. Any person in said Town except mmmmmmmmpolice^** officers engaged in the lawful discharge of their duty, and persons practicing at target shooting in a duly licensed shooting gallery, who shall fire off or discharge any gun, pistol or fire arm of any kind within the Town Limits…”

Full Text: 1919, WA, Selah Town Council, Ordinance No. 7, §§ 1, 6, 11, & 20

*   The number “7” has been written in by hand. The rest of the document is typewritten.
** The word “officers” has been typed over with a series of m’s.

Ordinance No. 7, Selah Town Council Ordinances, 1919-1928, 2008-2012, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov, accessed November 15, 2023.  Selah, Washington Town Council, Ordinance No. 7—An Ordinance for the Preservation of the Public Peace, Safety, Morality and Good Order in the Town of Selah; Defining Who Are Disorderly Persons and Vagrants and Providing Penalties for the Violation Thereof, §§ 1, 6, 11, & 20.  Introduced, Passed by the Council, and Approved, April 23, 1919.

“Ordinance No. 2.^*                               Introduced by (Signed) Oscar E. Lee

An ordinance prohibiting fast or dangerous riding or driving upon any of the public places or highways of the Town of Soap Lake, Washington, and prohibiting discharging of any fire arms within the incorporated limits of Soap Lake, and prohibiting the use of loud, boistrous, profane, obscene or vulgar language upon any of the public highways, in or upon any public place or places within the incorporated limits of the Town of Soap Lake, and fixing a penalty therefor.

Be it ordained by the Town Council of the Town of Soap Lake…

Sec. II.^**    That it shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any firearm or other dangerous weapon, at any place within the incorporated limits of the Town of Soap Lake.

Sec. III.^*** It shall be unlawful for any person to carry any firearm or other dangerous weapon, or to exhibit, flourish or to use the same in any manner having a tendency to put any other person in terror or fear; upon any of the public highways or other public places within the incorporated limits of the Town of Soap Lake…

…Sec. VII. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of any of the Sections of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than One Dollar nor greater than One Hundred Dollars; or by imprisonment in the Town Jail for not less than ten days or more than Thirty days or by both fine and imprisonment.”

Full Text: 1919, WA, Soap Lake Town Council, Ordinance No. 2, §§ 2-3 & 7

* Above and to the right of the number “2,” there is a handwritten “OK.” The rest of the document is typewritten. 
** Beneath the characters “Sec. II.,” there is a handwritten “OK.”
*** Beneath the characters “Sec. III.,” there is a handwritten “OK.”

Ordinance No. 2, Soap Lake Town Council, Ordinances, 1919-2007, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov, accessed November 15, 2023. Soap Lake, Washington Town Council, Ordinance No. 2—An Ordinance Prohibiting Fast or Dangerous Riding or Driving upon Any of the Public Places or Highways of the Town of Soap Lake, Washington, and Prohibiting Discharging of Any Fire Arms within the Incorporated Limits of Soap Lake, and Prohibiting the Use of Loud, Boistrous, Profane, Obscene or Vulgar Language upon Any of the Public Highways, in or upon Any Public Place or Places within the Incorporated Limits of the Town of Soap Lake, and Fixing a Penalty Therefor, §§ 2-3 & 7. Introduced, Passed, and Approved, July 8, 1919.

“ORDINANCE NO. 758^*

    An ordinance making it unlawful for any person to manufacture, sell, or dispose of any instrument or weapon of the kindusually known as slung-shot, sand club, or metal knuckles; or to fertively carry or conceal any dagger, dirk, knife, pistol, or other dangerous weapon; or to use any contrivance or device for suppressing the noise of any firearm.

Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Ellensburg:

Section I. It shall be unlawful, for any person to manufacture, sell or dispose of, or have in his possession, any instrument or weapon of the kind usually known as slung-shot, sand club, or metal knuckles; or to fertively carry or conceal any dagger, dirk, knife, pistol, or other dangerous weapon; or to use any contrivance or devise for suppressing the noise of any firearm.
Section 2. Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall upon conviction thereof be fined in any sum not less than Five Dollars nor more than Fifty Dollars.”

Full Text: 1919, WA, Ellensburg, Ordinance 758, §§ 1-2

* The number “758” has been written in by hand. The rest of the document is typewritten.

Ordinance 758, Ellensburg City Council Ordinances, 1897-2008, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov, accessed November 15, 2023. Ellensburg, Washington City Council, Ordinance No. 758—An Ordinance Making It Unlawful for Any Person to Manufacture, Sell, or Dispose of Any Instrument or Weapon of the Kindusually Known as Slung-Shot, Sand Club, or Metal Knuckles; or to Fertively Carry or Conceal Any Dagger, Dirk, Knife, Pistol, or Other Dangerous Weapon; or to Use Any Contrivance or Device for Suppressing the Noise of Any Firearm, §§ 1-2. Approved, August 4, 1919; Published, August 7, 1919.

“ORDINANCE NO. 1052^*

    An ordinance regulating the sale, purchase, giving away and receiving of fire arms and other dangerous weapons, providing for seizure thereof and prescribing a penalty for its violation.

The City Council of the City of Vancouver do ordain as follows:

                    I.

    It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, give away, purchase or receive any pistol, revolver, derringer, bowie knife, dirk, or other weapon of like character which can be concealed on the person without securing and requiring the proper license to do as hereinafter set forth.

                    II.

   No person shall sell, give away or deal in the weapons herein specified without first obtaining from the Chief of Police of Vancouver, Washington, a license so to do, which license shall specify the dealerss name, place of business, and shall specify the weapons authorized to be sold, shall be valid for one year, for which license the chief of police shall exact as fee therefor the sum of $25.00, no unearned portion of which license shall be refunded in event of revocation or otherwise, which license fee shall be promptly accounted for to the city clerk of the said city…

                    …V.

    No authorized dealer nor any other person shall display either in his windows or in show cases or at all any of the weapons or licenses covered by this ordinance…

                    …VIII.

    Any police officer of the city of Vancouver, Washington, is hereby authorized to seize and take in his possession any of the weapons herein referred to, without securing any warrant for such purpose, thereafter turning such seized weapon into the Police Court of the City of Vancouver, Washington, who shall notify the party from whom said weapon is taken and set a time for such person to appear and show cause why such weapon should not be confiscated and if good reason be not shown at such time, the police judge shall thereupon order the confiscation of such weapon.

                    IX.

    Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall upon conviction therefor be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $100.00 or by imprisonment in the city or county jail for not more than thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment…”

Full Text: 1920, Vancouver City Council, Ordinance No. 1052, §§ 1-2, 5, & 8-9

* The number “1052” has been written in by hand. The rest of the document is typewritten. There are several handwritten notations along the margins, and the reader is advised to review the original MS (linked above). 

Ordinance No. 1052, Vancouver City Council, Ordinances, 1858-1952, 1957-2004, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov, accessed November 15, 2023.  Vancouver, Washington City Council, Ordinance No. 1052—An Ordinance Regulating the Sale, Purchase, Giving Away and Receiving of Fire Arms and Other Dangerous Weapons, Providing for Seizurs Thereof and Prescribing a Penalty for Its Violation,  §§ 1-2, 5, & 8-9. Read First Time, February 2, 1920; Read Second Time, May 15, 1920; Read Third Time, May 15, 1920.

“237^* Ordinance regulating the keeping of Gunpowder and for the protection of the City against fire.

    Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Jose,

Sec 1^st
    That from and after the approval of this Ordinance the Marshall shall every month make out a list of the houses, in which Gunpowder is kept, with the quantity, and shall report the same to the Mayor, and the Mayor shall deliver a copy of such list to the Foreman of the Fire Company.
Sec 2^d
    After the Approval of this Ordinance every person having Gunpowder in the fire limits of the City exceeding two pounds, shall keep the same in one or more closely made boxes of wood or tin covered with woolen cloth, Each marked with large letters “Gun Powder” and the box or boxes shall be kept plainly in view of the front door and always in the same place, & shall also place over the said front door & on the outside a sign with Gun Powder. Any any person owning such Gun Powder & failing to inform the Marshall of the fact – or who shall neglect to keep the gunpowder in the manner before mentioned shall upon conviction in the Mayors Court be fined not less than twenty dollars and not more than one hundred for each offence.
Sec 3^d
    It shall be the duty of the Marshall of the City or his Deputy, once every month to inspect all such stove pipes, fire places, ovens, chimney houses & roofs & lamps or candles as he may consider unsafe & to report such to the Fire Marshall in whose ward they may exist, who with the Marshall of and one other fire warden, shall again inspect such stove pipe, fire place, oven or chimney houses & roofs, as the Marshall may have reported unsafe & if a majority shall consider the cause of complaint sufficient, shall direct its repair, alteration or abolition, and any owning or using such chimney, stove, fire place, oven, house or roof candle or lamp who shall refuse to make the necessary repair, alteration or abolition shall be reported to the Mayors Court , and the Mayor shall take the necessary steps to abate such cause of complaint as a nuisance.
Sec 4^th
    Every owner or occupant of any store or dwelling house within the fire limits shall keep a convenient & accessible place in such store or dwelling house at least two fire buckets.
Sec 5^th
    All persons within the fire limits, shall upon direction from the Marshall & any two fire wardens, remove from their yards or out houses such straw, trash, or other light & combustible materials as may be considered dangerous, and any person or persons refusing shall be fined in the Mayors Court for each offence not less than five dollars nor more than twenty dollars.
Sec 6^th
    This Ordinance to take effect from & after its approval.
                    Passed by Common Council
                    Jany 6^th 1854^**
          Approved
          Jany 6^th 1854″

Full Text:1854, CA, San Jose, Ordinance No. 237

* This law is handwritten and the number 237 is circled in the far left-hand margin next to the title of the law.

** There are the signatures of the clerk, president, and mayor interspersed throughout these dates.

Ordinances, Apr. 13, 1850 to Sept. 21, 1855, City of San Jose. Passed and Approved January 6, 1854.

“264^* Ordinance prohibiting the discharge of Fire Arms within certain limits.

    Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Jose,

Sec 1^st No person shall discharge any fire arms of any description whatever in that portion of the city included within Main St & the Guadalupe river, and between Julian & William streets.

    Any person violating this Ordinance shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than thirty dollars for each offence. And any person failing or refusing to pay such fine as may be imposed shall be imprisoned in the City prison not exceeding ten days.
    This ordinance to take effect from & after its approval by the Mayor.

                    Passed by Common Council

                        Augt 14th 1854″

Full Text: 1854, CA, San Jose, Ordinance No. 264

* This law is handwritten and the number 264 is circled in the far left-hand margin next to the title of the law. 

Ordinances, Apr. 13, 1850 to Sept. 21, 1855, City of San Jose. Passed August 14, 1854.

    “6. FIREARMS AND MISSILES PROHIBITED—PROTECTION OF SHRUBBERY.] All persons are forbidden to carry firearms or to throw stones or other missiles within any one of the public parks. All persons are forbidden to cut, break or in any way injure or deface the trees, shrubs, plants, turf or any of the buildings, fences, bridges, or other construction or property, within or upon any of the said parks.”

Full Text: 1866, IL, Chicago, Laws and Ordinances Governing the City of Chicago, Ch. 31—Parks and Public Grounds, § 6

Murray F. Tuley, ed., Laws and Ordinances Governing the City of Chicago (Chicago, IL: The Bulletin Printing Co., 1873), 88-9. Chapter 31—Parks and Public Grounds, § 6—Firearms and Missiles Prohibited—Protection of Shrubbery. Revised Ordinance of 1866.

“15.  FIRE ARMS AND FIRE-WORKS NOT TO BE DISCHARGED—PERMISSION—PENALTY.]  No person shall fire or discharge any cannon, gun, fowling piece, pistol or fire arms of any description, or fire, explode, or set off any squib, crackers or other thing containing powder, or other combustible or explosive material, without permission from the common council, or written permission from the mayor, which permission shall limit the time of such firing, and shall be subject to be revoked by the mayor or common council at any time after it has been granted. Any violation hereof shall subject the party to a fine of not less than two dollars nor exceeding ten dollars.”

Full Text: 1866, IL, Chicago, Laws and Ordinances Governing the City of Chicago, Ch. 28—Misdemeanors, § 15

Murray F. Tuley, ed., Laws and Ordinances Governing the City of Chicago (Chicago, IL: The Bulletin Printing Co., 1873), 78. Chapter 28—Misdemeanors, § 15—Fire Arms and Fire-Works Not to be Discharged—Permission—Penalty. Revised Ordinance of 1866.

“CHAPTER 8.
CONCEALED WEAPONS…

    …1. CONCEALED WEAPONS—CARRYING OF, PROHIBITED.] Ord. Aug. 17, 1871. All persons within the limits of the city of Chicago are hereby prohibited from carrying, or wearing under their clothes, or concealed about their person, any pistol, or colt, or slung shot, or cross knuckles, or knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, or bowie knife, or dirk knife, or dirk, or dag­ger, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon.
    2. PENALTY — CONFISCATION.] Any such weapon or weapons duly adjudged by any police magistrate, or justice of the peace of said city, to have been worn or carried by any person, in violation of section one of this chapter, shall be forfeited or confiscated to the said city of Chicago.
    3. FURTHER PENALTY—ARREST WITHOUT WARRANT.] Any policeman of the city of Chicago may, within the limits of said city, without a warrant, arrest any person or persons whom such policeman may find in the act of carrying or wearing under their clothes, or concealed about their persons, any pistol, or colt, or slung shot, or cross knuckles, or knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, or bowie knife, dirk knife, or dirk, or dagger, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon, and detain him, her, or them in the city jail or armory until a summons or warrant can be procured on complaint made (under oath or affirmation) for the trial of such person or persons, and for the seizure and confiscation of such of the weapons, above referred to, as such person or persons may be found in the act of carrying or wearing under their clothes, or concealed about their persons.
    4. FORTHWITH SUMMONS TO ISSUE ON COMPLAINT UPON OATH.] Upon complaint made, under oath or affirmation, to any magistrate or justice of the peace in said city, that any person has been guilty of violating any of the provisions of section one of this chapter, a summons or warrant shall issue for the summoning or arrest of the offender or offenders, returnable forthwith; upon the return of such summons or warrant, such magistrate or justice shall proceed to the hearing and determination of the matter, and if it shall be adjudged that such person or persons has or have incurred any of the penalties fixed by this chapter, such magistrate, or justice of the peace, shall order that the weapon or weapons, concerning the carrying or wearing of which such penalty shall have been incurred, shall be kept and detained until it shall be adjudged whether or not such weapon or weapons shall be confiscated to the city of Chicago.
    5. WARRANT—FORM OF.] Upon any judgment having been rendered for a violation of any of the provisions of section one of this chapter, or upon complaint made under oath or affirmation, that any such weapon or weapons has [or have] been worn or carried, or is being worn or carried, by any person or persons in violation of section one of this chapter, the magistrate, or justice of the peace acting as a police justice, or other officer authorized by law to receive such complaint shall enter the cause on his docket as follows :
    The city of Chicago vs. (here describe the weapon or weapons by general description); and shall thereupon issue a writ which shall be in form, as nearly as may be, as follows, viz. :
STATE OF ILLINOIS,¹   
    COOK COUNTY.
    The city of Chicago vs. (here describe the weapon or weapons by general description).
    To _______ (here name the person accused, or who shall have been convicted as aforesaid) and all other persons interested:
    You are hereby commanded to appear before me, at my office in Chicago, No, _____ Street (which day shall not be less than ten nor more than thirty days from the date of such writ), at the hour of ___ a. m. (or p. m.), and show cause, if any you have, why the weapon described in the caption hereof shall not be confiscated to the city of Chicago, in accordance with the provisions of an ordinance concerning the carrying of concealed weapons, and the confiscation of such weapons. _______ constable, or any other constable, of said county is hereby commanded to cause due service of this writ to be made, copies thereof to be duly posted, and to make due return of this writ as required  by law; and also to seize and hold the said weapons until it shall be adjudged whether or not the same shall be confiscated to the said city of Chicago.
        Given under my hand and seal of office this ____ day of ______ A. D. ____.

                                                                               _____________.    [SEAL.]

    6. WARRANT—HOW SERVED.] The officer receiving said writ shall cause one copy of said writ to be posted, for at least five days prior to the day therein mentioned for the hearing, at the court house door of said city, one copy at the office of the justice or officer issuing said writ, and a like copy at two other public places in said city. He shall serve the person in such writ named, by leaving one copy thereof with such person or persons, and reading the same to such person or persons, at least five days before the day fixed for such hearing and shall make due return of such writ.
    7. PROCEDURE—FORM OF JUDGMENT.] Upon the return of any such writ, duly served in accordance with the preceding section, the officer issuing the same shall proceed, at the time designated in said writ, to the hearing of the cause, and shall hear all persons who may desire to be heard touching the matter; and if, upon such hearing, such magistrate or justice of the peace shall find that such weapon or weapons shall have been worn or carried in violation of section one of this chapter, he shall enter an order that the same be confiscated to the city of Chicago, and that “the same be delivered to the officer known as the custodian of stolen property,” for safe keeping.
    8. PENALTY FOR CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPON.] Any person who shall be adjudged to have violated any of the provisions of section one of this chapter shall pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the house of correction, for a term not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the magistrate or court before whom such conviction shall be had.
    9. EXEMPTION AS TO POLICE FORCE.] The prohibitions of this chapter shall not apply to the officers or members of the police force of said city, when on duty.”

Full Text: 1871, IL, Laws and Ordinances Governing the City of Chicago, Ch. 8—Concealed Weapons

1. There is a “}” brace, followed by the letters “ss,” to the right of the words “STATE OF ILLINOIS” and “COOK COUNTY” that links them together.

Murray F. Tuley, ed., Laws and Ordinances Governing the City of Chicago (Chicago, IL: The Bulletin Printing Co., 1873), 11–13. Chapter 8—Concealed Weapons, §§ 1-9. Enacted August 17, 1871.

“XVI. The constitutional rights of all loyal and well-disposed inhabitants to bear arms will not be infringed; nevertheless this shall not be construed to sanction the unlawful practice of carrying concealed weapons, nor to authorize any person to enter with arms on the premises of another against his consent. No one shall bear arms who has borne arms against the Uni­ted Stales, unless he shall have taken the amnesty oath prescribed in the proclamation of the President of the United States, dated May 20, 1865, or the oath of allegiance, prescribed in the proclamation of the President, dated December 8, 1863, within the time prescribed therein. And no disorderly person, vagrant, or disturber of the peace, shall be allowed to bear arms.”

Full Text: 1868, A Handbook of Politics for 1868—Order of General Sickles, Disregarding the Code, January 17, 1866 – General Order No. 1, § 16

Edward McPherson, ed., A Handbook of Politics for 1868 (Washington, DC: Philip & Solomons, 1868), 37. Order of General Sickles, Disregarding the Code, General Order No. 1, § 16. Enacted January 17, 1866.

“CAP. LIV

An act¹ for the more effectual securing the peace of the Highlands in Scotland.

WHEREAS the custom that has two long prevailed amongst the Highlanders of Scotland, of having arms in their custody, and using and bearing them in travelling abroad in the fields, and at publick meetings, has greatly obstructed the civilizing of the people within the counties herein after named; has prevented their applying themselves to husbandry, manufactories, trade, and other virtuous and profitable employments; has been the cause of many riots, robberies, and tumults; hath and does tend to disappoint the execution of the law, to the dishonour of government, and unspeakable loss of his Majesty’s subjects; has in a peculiar manner been one of the fatal causes of the late unnatural rebellion, and may occasion the like or greater calamity in time to come, if not prevented by a proper remedy: be it therefore enacted by the King’s most excellent majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the first day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixteen, it shall not be lawful for any person or persons within the shires of Dunbartain on the north side of the water of Leven, Sterling on the north side of the river of Forth, Perth, Kincardin, Aberdeen, Inverness, Nairn, Cromarty, Argyle, Forfar, Bamff, Sutherland, Caithness, Elgine, and Ross, to have in his or their cuftody, use or bear broad sword, or target, poynard, whingar, or durk, side-pistol or side-pistols, or gun, or any other warlike weapons, in the fields, or in the way, coming or going to, from, or at any church, market, fair, burials, huntings, meetings, or any other occasion whatsoever, within the bounds aforefaid, or to come into the Low-Countries armed, as aforesaid: and in case any of the said person or persons above described, shall have in his custody, use or bear arms, otherwise than in this act directed, every such person or persons so offending, being thereof lawfully convicted before one or more justices of the peace, or before any other judge competent of the place summarily, shall, for the first offence, forfeit all such arms, and be liable to a fine, not exceeding the sum of forty pounds ster-ling, and not under the sum of five pounds sterling, and to be imprisoned till payment of the said fine; which if not instantly paid after commitment, the said fine may and shall be levied out of the offender’s goods and estate, by warrant of the judge who shall pronounce any such sentence, to be applied, the one half to the use of the informer, and the other at the sight of the juftices of the peace where such offenders shall be convicted, towards repairing the publick works within the said shire; and further, liable to a month’s imprisonment: and being convicted for a second offence before the court of justiciary, or before the judges at their circuit, shall forfeit such arms and be liable to a fine, not exceeding the sum of eighty pounds sterling, and not under the sum of ten pounds sterling; and for every subfequent offence, to a fine the double of the former, to be levied and applied as above: and for want of payment of any such fine, or a sufficient distress to satisfy the payment of it, the offender shall be liable to be transported to any of his Majesty’s plantations beyond the seas, there to remain for the space of seven years.”

Full Text: 1764, UK, The Statutes at Large—An Act for the More Effectual Securing the Peace of the Highlands in Scotland, § 1, (1716).

1. The medial “s” and all ligatures (most often “ct”) have been changed to their modern equivalents. This is to avoid confusion and ensure that the text displays correctly on all browsers.  

Danby Pickering, ed.,  The Statutes at Large, from the Twelfth Year of Queen Anne, to the Fifth Year of King George I: To which Is Prefixed, a Table Containing the Titles of all the Statutes During that Period, Vol. XIII (Cambridge, UK: Joseph Bentham, 1764), 306-07. CAP. LIV—An Act for the more effectual securing the Peace of the Highlands in Scotland, Enacted November 1, 1716 (anno primo Georgii I).

“…Welshmen will dwell therein, so that none of them from henceforth be received nor accepted to no office of mayor, bailiff, chamberlain, constable, or warden of the ports of the gaol, nor to the common council of such cities, boroughs or towns, nor that he be in no wise made other occupier or officer in the fame, nor that none of the said Welshmen from henceforth bear any manner of armour within such city, borough, or merchant town, upon pain of forfeiture of the fame armour, and imprisonment till they have made fine in his behalf.”

Full Text: 1400, England, The Statutes at Large, Cap. XII—Certain Restraints Laid on Wholly Born Welshmen

Danby Pickering, ed., The Statutes at Large, from the Fifteenth Year of King Edward III to the Thirteenth Year of King Hen. IV, inclusive, vol. 2 (Cambridge, UK: Joseph Bentham, 1762), 414-15. Cap. XII—Certain Restraints Laid on Wholly Born Welshmen. Passed 1400 (anno secundo Henrici IV).

    “(38.) SEC. XXXIX. If any person, or persons, shall fire any cannon, gun, or other firearms, within the bounds of the building lots, or cemetery ground in this city, or within one hundred yards of any public road, within this corporation, except by permission of council, and except in proper situations for firing salutes, or by command of a military officer in the performance of military duty, every person, so offending, on conviction thereof, shall pay a fine not exceeding ten dollars, and costs.”

Full Text: 1842, OH, Dayton, Laws and General Ordinances of the City of Dayton—An Ordinance for the Punishment of Offenses, § 39

George W. Malambre, ed., Laws and General Ordinances of the City of Dayton, Containing the Laws of the State upon Municipal Government; All the General Ordinances in Force August 30th, 1855; a List of the Officers of the City under the New Act of Incorporation, Together with the Amount of Taxes Levied in Each Year for General and Special Purposes, since 1851, and the Total Amount in Each Year, of Property Subject to Taxation (Dayton, OH: Empire Steam Printing House, 1855), 214. Ordinances of the City of Dayton, Offenses, An Ordinance for the Punishment of Offenses, § 39. Passed September 16, 1842.

“Guns,

When uncased, will be carried in baggage cars only, and no charge will be made for a distance of 100 miles or less. For distances over 100 miles, baggagemen may charge 25 cents for each passenger division. Cased guns will be checked free by baggage agents (as part of the usual baggage allowance), or passengers may carry them in coaches free.”

Full Text: 1898, Sept. 18 Union Pacific Brochure

Union Pacific, The Overland Route, World’s Pictoral Line: Pathfinder Local and Thorough Time Tables (Omaha, NE: s.n., 1898), 14. September 18, 1898 edition; section title, “Guns.” 

“DOGS AND GUNS.

    Guns in cases may be carried by passengers in the coaches without charge, or they will be checked free by baggage-agents as part of the usual baggage allowance.
    Guns uncased, will be carried in baggage car only. For a distance of 50 miles or less, no charge will be made by baggagemen for the care of a gun. For distances over 50 miles baggagemen may charge 25 cents for each passenger division.”

Full Text: 1884, February Union Pacific Brochure

Union and Central Pacific Railroad Line, The Great American Over-Land Route & Union and Central Pacific Railroad Line, Via Omaha or Kansas City to San Francisco (Omaha, NE: Omaha Republican Print, 1884), 5.

“17. Prohibited articles—Guns, umbrellas, walking sticks, baby wagons, saddles, jewelry boxes, lunch baskets, and parrots are not baggage, and must not, under any circumstances, be checked…

…86. Guns, in cases and not loaded, and canary birds, in cages, not exceeding one cage to each passenger, may be carried in day or sleeping cars without charge…

…87. In all other cases guns and saddles must he put in care of the T. B. M., who is allowed to collect for carrying each one any distance on his route, twenty-five cents each.”

Full Text: 1882, CA, Central Pacific Railroad

Central Pacific Railroad and Leased Lines: Rules, Regulations, and Instructions for the Use of Agents, Conductors, Etc. (San Francisco, CA:  1882), 196, 204-205. Rules 17, 86, & 87.