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An Act to Prohibit the Carrying of Fire-Arms on Premises or Plantations of Any Citizen, Without the Consent of the Owner, §§ 1–2, 1865 La. Acts 14, 14–16 (J. O. Nixon, 1866).

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  • 1865
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"No. 10.]                                                                       AN ACT

To prohibit the carrying of fire-arms on premises or plantations of any citizen, without the consent of the owner.

    Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana, in General Assembly convened, That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to carry fire-arms on the premises or plantations of any citizen, without the consent of the owner or proprietor, other than in lawful discharge of a civil or military order; and any person or persons so offending shall be fined a sum not less than one dollar nor more than ten dollars, or imprisoned not less than one day nor more than ten days in the parish jail, or both, at the discretion of any court of competent jurisdiction.
    Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, &c., That all laws, or parts of laws, to the contrary notwithstanding; be and the same are hereby repealed.

DUNCAN S. CAGE, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ALBERT VOORHIES,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate.

    Approved December 20, 1865.

J. MADISON WELLS,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.

    A true copy:
                      J. H. Hardy,
                                      Secretary of State."

Acts Passed by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana at the Extra Session: Held and Begun in the City of New Orleans; on the 23d of November, 1865 (New Orleans, LA: J. O. Nixon, 1866), 14–16. Number 10—An Act to Prohibit the Carrying of Fire-Arms on Premises or Plantations of Any Citizen, Without the Consent of the Owner, §§ 1–2. Approved December 20, 1865.

Original source document from LLMC: https://discover.llmc.com/LLMC-99902-1865-001.1.2.