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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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1903

“…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).