1909
“Sec.1. Concealed weapon. No person over the age of 16 years shall have or carry concealed upon his person, in said city, any pistol, revolver, or other firearm without a written license therefor, theretofore issued to him by the chief of police of such city as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. Permit. The chief of police may, upon application therefor, issue to any person, who is over sixteen years of age and a citizen of the United States, a permit in writing to carry a pistol or revolver in said city. For such permits so issued said chief of police shall charge and receive a fee of one dollar and fifty cents in advance. Said permit shall not continue in force for more than one year, and may, in the discretion of the chief of police, be revoked or renewed from time to time upon the payment in advance of one dollar and fifty cents for each year, or fraction thereof. The chief of police shall keep a record of the name, age, residence and occupation of every person to whom he shall issue such permit, and date of issue, or renewal, and the fee received for the same; and all the fees so received by him shall be deposited monthly in the city treasury to the credit and for the use of the police pension fund of said city. Any permit issued hereunder shall be produced and exhibited by any person holding the same, upon the request of a member of the police department of said city.
Sec. 3. Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars, or imprisonment not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. And all fines imposed and collected for a violation of this section shall be deposited to the credit of said pension fund by the person so collecting the same.
Sec. 4. This ordinance shall take effect immediately.”
1913, Lockport, NY, Penal Ordinance No. 35
Revised Charter Ordinances and Franchises* of the City of Lockport Printed by Authority of the Common Council of the City (Lockport, NY: Press of Roberts Bros. Co. 1913), 336-337. Penal Ordinances, Ordinance No. 35—Concealed Weapon, §§ 1-4. Approved December 7, 1909.
*The second title page (under which this book most often seems to be cataloged) omits the word “franchises,” and reads “Revised Charter and Ordinances of the City of Lockport Printed by Authority of the Common Council of the City.”