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ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, MUNICIPAL REGISTER, no. 13, § 16 (Joseph G. Torrey 1848) (Law Passed 1846).

"AN ORDINANCE.
To prevent unlawful and injurious practices in the streets and other public places of the city.

Be it ordained by the City Council for the City of Roxbury, as follows...

    ...Sect. 16. No person shall, except in the performance of some duty required by law, discharge any gun, pistol, or other fire arm, loaded with balls or shot, or with powder only, within the city, in or upon any street, lane, alley, public place, or wharf, or within fifty rods thereof, or within fifty rods of any building in the city, in any yard, garden or field therein." 

Municipal Register, Containing the City Charter with Rules and Orders of the City Council: Also the Ordinances, and a List of the Officers of the City of Roxbury, for 1848-49 (Roxbury, MA: Joseph G. Torrey, 1848), 58. Number 13—To Prevent Unlawful and Injurious Practices in the Streets and Other Public Places of the City, § 16. Passed August 6, 1846.