Ordinance nos. 1, 4, 12, & 16, CENTRAL REGISTER, Feb. 15, 1840, at 4 (Kosciusko, Mississippi).

“ORDINANCES AND BY-LAWS
For the Town of Kosciusko, State of Mississippi, Attala County.
Ordinance I

    Be it ordained by the President and Board of Selectmen of the Town of Kosciusko, That any person or persons who shall shoot, or cause to be shot, any gun, pistol, or powder gun, within the distance of one hundred yards of the public square, or within the distance of fifty paces of any leading street within said incorporation, such person or persons  so offending, in the meaning of this act, may, on conviction thereof, be fined five dollars for every such offence…

…Ordinance IV.

    Be it further ordained, That any person or persons who may draw or expose any deadly weapon in a threatening or menacing manner, in anger, on conviction thereof, may be fined not less than five, nor more than twenty dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding one week for each offence…

…Ordinance XII.

Be it further ordained, That any negro slave violating any of the foregoing ordinances, he, she, or they, on conviction, shall receive on his or their bare back, not less than ten, nor more than thirty-five lashes, and the owner of such slave shall pay all costs of said prosecution…

…Ordinance XVI.
Supplement to Ordinance IV.

    Be it further ordained, That any person who, after drawing any deadly weapon and using the same, shall, on conviction, be fined not less than ten, nor more than twenty dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding one week, for each and every offence.”