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Acts Respecting the Indians, ch. 58, § 2, MASS. GEN. LAWS (T. B. Wait & Co. 1814) (Law Passed 1633).

  • Year:
  • 1633
Category:

Felons, Foreigners and Others Deemed Dangerous By the State, Purchase or Sale of Weapons, Manufacture, Inspection, or Repair of Weapons,

Jurisdiction:

Colonial,

"CHAPTER LVIII.
ACTS RESPECTING THE INDIANS…

    …Sect. 2. And it is ordered, that no person whatsoever, shall henceforth buy land of any Indian without license first had and obtained of the general court, and if any offend herein, such land so bought shall be forfeited to the country.
    Nor shall any person sell, give or barter, directly or indirectly, any gun or guns, powder, bullets, shot, lead, to any Indian whatsoever, or to any person inhabiting out of this jurisdiction: Nor shall any amend or repair any gun belonging to any Indian, nor shall sell any armour or weapons, upon penalty of ten pounds for every gun, armour or weapons so sold, given or bartered, five pounds for every pound of powder, forty shillings for every pound of shot or lead, and proportionably for any greater or lesser quantity. [1633. 37.]”

The Charters and General Laws of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay: Carefully Collected from the Publick Records and Ancient Printed Books; to Which Is Added an Appendix, Tending to Explain the Spirit, Progress, and History of the Jurisprudence of the State; Especially in a Moral and Political View (Boston, MA: T. B. Wait and Co., 1814), 133. Chapter 58—Acts Respecting the Indians, § 2. Passed 1633.

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