Ordinance No. 1492, §§ 1-5, Olympia City Council (1917) (Olympia, Washington).
"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.