“[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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SECTION 6. Every person who shall, within the corporate limits of the city of Scandia, carry or have upon their person any concealed pistol, revolver, bowie-knife, dirk, sling-shot, billy, knuckles or other deadly weapon, shall upon conviction be fined in any sum not less than Two ($2.00) Dollars, nor more than Fifty ($50.00) Dollars. Provided:—That any person engaged in a lawful occupation and of good moral character, may, by the mayor, be granted a permit to carry such concealed weapons.
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SECTION 23. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, approval and publication in the SCANDIA JOURNAL.
Passed the council December 15, 1893.
Approved this 27th day of December 1893.
C. S. LYONS, Mayor.
STATE OF KANSAS, REPUBLIC COUNTY, ss:
I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and correct copy of the original ordinance, as passed by the council and approved by the mayor, and now on file in my office. I. C. WARE,
[SEAL] City Clerk”
Full Text (From Newspapers.com): 1893, Scandia, KS, Scandia Journal, Jan. 5, 1894
“Ordinance No. 79: An Ordinance Relating to Crimes and Punishments.” The Scandia Journal, January 5, 1894, p. 8. Passed December 15, 1893; Approved December 27, 1893. Volume 23, Number 1. (Scandia, Kansas).