“Sec. 26. The common council shall have the management and control of the finances, and of all the property, real and personal, belonging to said corporation, and shall have power within the said city to make, establish, publish and modify, amend and repeal ordinances, rules, regulations and by-laws for the following purposes…

    …d. To repress and restrain disorderly houses, or houses of ill fame, billiard tables, bowling alleys, pistol galleries, and houses and places where intoxicating liquor is sold to be drank, and to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors without license, or contrary to law.
    e. To direct the location of all houses for storing gunpowder and other combustible and explosive substances, and to regulate the keeping, selling and conveyance thereof, and the use of candles and lights in barns, stables and outbuildings…

    …k. To prevent or regulate the ringing or tolling of bells, blowing of horns, or crying of goods or wares, firing of guns, powder or other explosive compounds, and the making of any improper noise which may tend to disturb the peace of the city ; and the sale and use of fire-crackers, rockets, squibs or other explosive compounds.”

Full Text: 1898, NY, Revised Charter of the City of Elmira, tit. 3, § 26, pts. d, e, & k

Revised Charter Of the City of Elmira, With the Several Acts Applicable to the City and Officers Thereof (Elmira. N. Y: Gazette Company, Book and Job Printers, 1898), 20-22. Elmira City Charter: An Act To Revise the Charter of the City of Elmira, Passed May 9th, 1894 and Known as ‘‘Chapter 615” of the Laws of 1894 as Amended by Subsequent Acts of the Legislature, and in Force on July First, 1898, Title 3—Powers and Duties of the Common Council, § 26, pts. d, e, & k. In Force, July 1, 1898.

“ORDINANCE NO. A 236
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AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE PUBLIC PEACE, SAFETY, MORALITY AND GOOD ORDER IN THE CITY OF NORTH YAKIMA: DEFINING WHO ARE DISORDERLY PERSONS AND VAGRANTS PROVIDING PENALTIES FORTHE VIOLATION THEREOF: REPEALING ORDINANCES NUMBERED 9, 11, 13, 18, 25, 49, 86, 163, 172, 174, 182, 193, 213, 214, 215, 216, 219, 223, 227, 241, 271, 286, 295, 433, 298, 521, 618, 634, 652, 720, 730, 841, 857, A19, A29, A31, A52, A73, A97, and A134, and all other ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NORTH YAKIMA:

    SECTION -1-That the follwoing persons are hereby declared to be disorderly persons…

        …7. CONCEALED WEAPONS–Any person in said city, except police officers and other persons who are authorized by law or have obtained proper authority so to do from the Chief of Police of said city, who shall carry or wear in any manner concealed upon his or her person, any dirk, dagger,¹ stilletto, bowie-knife, sword-cane, gun, pistol, revolver sling-shot, metal knuckles, or any other dangerous weapon or instrument which may be used to inflict injury upon the person of another…

        …12. EXHIBITING WEAPON–Any person in saidcity, except police officers and other persons whose duty it is to make arrestes, who shall draw, exhibit or attempt to use, any deadly weapon with intent to do bodily injury to another, or with the intention of intimidating such other person…

        …21. GUNS, FIRING–Any person in said city, except police officers engaged in the lawful discharge of their duty, and persons practicing at target shooting in a duly licensed shooting gallery, who shall fire off or discharge any gun, pistol or fire arm of any kind within the city limits…

        …31. MINORS, IN POOL ROOMS: SELLING OF LIQUOR, TOBACCO, FIREARMS TO–Any person who shall admit to, orallow to remain in any dance house or in any place of entertainment injurious to health or morals, owned, kept or managed by him, any person under the age of eighteen years, unless such person shall be accompanied by a parent² or legal guardian; or who shall admit to or suffer or permit any person under the age of twenty-one years to remain in any public pool or billiard hall or to play any game of skill or chance, in any such place, or in any place adjacent thereto, or shall admit or allow to remain in any reputed house of prostitution or assignation, or any place where opium or any preparationthereof, is smoked, or where any narcotic drug is used; or who shall sell or give, or permit to be sold or given wway to any person under the age of twenty one-years any intoxicating liquor, cigar, cigarette, cigarette paper or wrapping, or tobacco in any form; or who shall sell, or give, or permit to be sold or given to any person under the age of eighteen years, any revolver, or pistol. It shall be no defense to a prosecution for a violation of this section, that the person acted, or was believed by the defendent to act, as agent or representative of another…

    …SECTION 9. FIRE WORKS, UNLAWFUL TO EXPLODE–It shall be unlawful for any person to fire or cause to be exploded any cannon, bonb, anvil or toy pistol, or fire or cause to be exploded any squib, rocket, cracker or roman candle or other combustible fire works ordinarily used for a pyrotechnic display, within the corporate limits of the city of North Yakima.

    SECTION 10. FIRE WORKS, UNLAWFUL TO SELL–It stall be unlawfulfor any person,, firm orcorporation within the corporate limits of the city of North Yakima to sell or offer for sale either at retail orwholesale, or have in his or its possession or custody, any toy pistol, squib, rocket, cracker, roman candle or fire balloon or other combustible fire works for the making of a pyrotechnic display; provided, that nothing in this ordinance contained shall in any way or manner be construed to prohibit the City Commission of the city of North Yakima through its duly authorized committes or agents to make or allow public pyrotechnic displays of fire works by use of such combustibles as may be necessary for any such display…

    …SECTION 26. When any person shall be found guilty of carrying a concealed weapon as provided in this ordinance, the weapon or weapons found on the person convicted of carrying the same, shall be confiscated by the Chief of Police and forfeited to the city of North Yakima…

    …SECTION 37. Any person convicted of being a disorderly person or a vagrant, or convicted of violating any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor andshall be punished by a fine in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the city jail not exceeding thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment…

    …SECTION 39. Whereas, there is in the interest of public peace and safety a demand for the immediate passage of this ordinance an emergency is hereby declared to exist and the urgency for the immediate taking effect of this ordinance is hereby declared to exist andthis ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passeag, approval and publication.
    Passed bythe City Commission this 2nd day of January, 1917.
    Signed and approved this 2nd day of January, 1917.”

Full Text: 1917, WA, Yakima, Ordinance No. A236

N.B. There are stamp prints and handwritten notes throughout the document indicating various notes, including when various parts of this law were repealed. Any user interested in in this information should examine the original MS linked above.
1. This word was originally written “gagger,” and has been changed by hand to read “dagger.”
2. An extra “e” has been crossed out by hand. What was “pareent” now reads “parent.”

Ordinance No. A 236, Yakima City Council Ordinances, 1886-2021, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov, accessed November 17, 2023. Yakima, Washington City Council, Ordinance No. A 236—An Ordinance For the Preservation of the Public Peace, Safety, Morality and Good Order in the City of North Yakima: Defining Who Are Disorderly Persons and Vagrants Providing Penalties Forthe Violation Thereof: Repealing Ordinances Numbered 9, 11, 13, 18, 25, 49, 86, 163, 172, 174, 182, 193, 213, 214, 215, 216, 219, 223, 227, 241, 271, 286, 295, 433, 298, 521, 618, 634, 652, 720, 730, 841, 857, A19, A29, A31, A52, A73, A97, and A134, and All Other Ordinances and Parts of Ordinances in Conflict Herewith, and Declaring an Emergency, §§ 1 (Pts. 1, 7, 12, 21, & 31), 9, 10, 26, 37, & 39. Passed and Approved, January 2, 1917.

“ORDINANCE NO 1492^*

AN ORDINANCE regulating the purchase and sale of firearms, deadly weapons, ammunition, and explosives in the City of Olympia, providing a penalty for the violation hereof; and declaring an emergency.

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OLYMPIA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
    Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, to purchase any gun, pistol, firearm or other deadly weapon, or any ammunition or explosive of any kind or character, without first obtaining a written permit therefor from the Chief of Police of the City of Olympia.
    Section 2. The application for such permit shall be in writing and shall state the name of the person, firm or corporation from whom such purchase is to be made, the kind of firearm, ammunition, or explosive desired, and the purpose for which it is to be used.
    Section 3. The issuance of such permit shall be in the discretion of the Chief of Police. Said permit shall be issued in duplicate. One copy to be retained by the Chief of Police and kept in his files, and the other to be delivered by the person, firm or corporation to whom it is issued, to the person, firm, or corporation from ^^** thepurchase is to be made, and no person, firm, or corporation shall sell any gun, pistol, firearm, deadly weapon, ammunition, or explosive without first obtaining from the purchaser the permit so issued by the Chief of Police. Such permit shall be kept in the files of the dealer and such files shall at all times be open to the inspection of any police officer of the City of Olympia, , and said permit shall have indorsed thereon by the dealer a description of the article sold and the factory number of all guns, so sold.
    Section 4. Any person, firm, or corporation, violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars or imprisoned in the City Jailfor a period not exceeding thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court.
    Section 5. An emergency exists and this ordinance shall ^^*** effect immediately after publication.”

Full Text: 1917, WA, Olympia, Ordinance No. 1492

N.B. There are two copies of the law in the attached file. This is a transcription of the first copy.
*    The number “1492” is written in by hand. The rest of the document is typewritten. 
**  The caret has a line running from it off of the photocopied area of the page. A reasonable inference would be that the line points to the word “whom.” This is confirmed by the second copy of this document in the file linked above. 
*** The caret has a line running from it off of the photocopied area of the page. A reasonable inference would be that the line points to the word “take.” This is confirmed by the second copy of this document in the file linked above.

Ordinance No. 1492, Olympia City Council, Ordinances, 1859-2018, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov, accessed November 20, 2023. Olympia, Washington City Council, Ordinance No. 1492—An Ordinance Regulating the Purchase and Sale of Firearms, Deadly Weapons, Ammunition, and Explosives in the City of Olympia, Providing a Penalty for the Violation Hereof; and Declaring an Emergency, §§ 1-5. Passed, May 15, 1917; Published May 17 and 24, 1917.

“CHAPTER XLII.
POWDER…

    …SECTION 459. No merchant, or other person, shall, within the city of Atlanta, keep in any house, except in a public warehouse, more than one keg of powder at a time, which shall be kept in a tin can; and for a violation of this ordinance, the offender may be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars and costs, or imprisonment in the station house or common jail of Fulton county, not exceeding thirty days.
    SEC. 460. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to sell gunpowder without first having procured a license from the Clerk of Council, who shall receive a fee of fifty cents for each and every license granted for the term of one year; and any person or persons selling without first having obtained such license, shall, on conviction before the Recorder, Mayor, Mayor pro tem., or three members of Council, pay a fine of one hundred dollars and costs of trial, for each and every day the party so convicted shall have violated this ordinance, or be imprisoned not more than thirty days in the station house, or common jail of Fulton county.
    SEC. 461. When any person desires to sell powder as a part of his or their business, all such persons shall first petition the General Council for a license, and accompany such petition with the names of three of his or their neighbors, where powder is to be sold, signifying their willingness; and such applicant shall give bond and security in the sum of one thousand dollars, that he will not violate any ordinance relating to the sale of powder in Atlanta.
    SEC. 462. When application is made in writing, to Council, it shall be competent for the Board to grant or refuse license, if, in their opinion, the applicant or bondsman is not responsible, or in any way disqualified for such trade or traffic in gunpowder.
    SEC. 463. All persons licensed to sell powder shall be required to place a sign over their place of business as follows: “Licensed to sell powder.”
    SEC. 464. Any person who shall burn rockets or crackers, or any kind of fire-works, within the incorporate limits of the city of Atlanta, without permission in writing, from the Mayor, shall, on conviction of such offense, pay a fine of not exceeding five dollars and costs.”

Full Text: 1879, GA, The Code of the City of Atlanta, Ch. 42—Powder, §§ 459-464

William T. Newman, ed., The Code of the City of Atlanta, Containing the Charter of 1874, and the Amendments Thereto, the Ordinances Adopted by the Mayor and General Council, and an Appendix Containing Water Works Rules and Rates, Rules of Order, Etc., Etc. (Atlanta, GA: J. P. Harrison, 1879), 163-64. Chapter 42—Powder, §§ 459-464. (Undated.)

“ORDINANCE NO. 758^*

    An ordinance making it unlawful for any person to manufacture, sell, or dispose of any instrument or weapon of the kindusually known as slung-shot, sand club, or metal knuckles; or to fertively carry or conceal any dagger, dirk, knife, pistol, or other dangerous weapon; or to use any contrivance or device for suppressing the noise of any firearm.

Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Ellensburg:

Section I. It shall be unlawful, for any person to manufacture, sell or dispose of, or have in his possession, any instrument or weapon of the kind usually known as slung-shot, sand club, or metal knuckles; or to fertively carry or conceal any dagger, dirk, knife, pistol, or other dangerous weapon; or to use any contrivance or devise for suppressing the noise of any firearm.
Section 2. Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall upon conviction thereof be fined in any sum not less than Five Dollars nor more than Fifty Dollars.”

Full Text: 1919, WA, Ellensburg, Ordinance 758, §§ 1-2

* The number “758” has been written in by hand. The rest of the document is typewritten.

Ordinance 758, Ellensburg City Council Ordinances, 1897-2008, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov, accessed November 15, 2023. Ellensburg, Washington City Council, Ordinance No. 758—An Ordinance Making It Unlawful for Any Person to Manufacture, Sell, or Dispose of Any Instrument or Weapon of the Kindusually Known as Slung-Shot, Sand Club, or Metal Knuckles; or to Fertively Carry or Conceal Any Dagger, Dirk, Knife, Pistol, or Other Dangerous Weapon; or to Use Any Contrivance or Device for Suppressing the Noise of Any Firearm, §§ 1-2. Approved, August 4, 1919; Published, August 7, 1919.

“ORDINANCE NO. 1052^*

    An ordinance regulating the sale, purchase, giving away and receiving of fire arms and other dangerous weapons, providing for seizure thereof and prescribing a penalty for its violation.

The City Council of the City of Vancouver do ordain as follows:

                    I.

    It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, give away, purchase or receive any pistol, revolver, derringer, bowie knife, dirk, or other weapon of like character which can be concealed on the person without securing and requiring the proper license to do as hereinafter set forth.

                    II.

   No person shall sell, give away or deal in the weapons herein specified without first obtaining from the Chief of Police of Vancouver, Washington, a license so to do, which license shall specify the dealerss name, place of business, and shall specify the weapons authorized to be sold, shall be valid for one year, for which license the chief of police shall exact as fee therefor the sum of $25.00, no unearned portion of which license shall be refunded in event of revocation or otherwise, which license fee shall be promptly accounted for to the city clerk of the said city…

                    …V.

    No authorized dealer nor any other person shall display either in his windows or in show cases or at all any of the weapons or licenses covered by this ordinance…

                    …VIII.

    Any police officer of the city of Vancouver, Washington, is hereby authorized to seize and take in his possession any of the weapons herein referred to, without securing any warrant for such purpose, thereafter turning such seized weapon into the Police Court of the City of Vancouver, Washington, who shall notify the party from whom said weapon is taken and set a time for such person to appear and show cause why such weapon should not be confiscated and if good reason be not shown at such time, the police judge shall thereupon order the confiscation of such weapon.

                    IX.

    Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall upon conviction therefor be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $100.00 or by imprisonment in the city or county jail for not more than thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment…”

Full Text: 1920, Vancouver City Council, Ordinance No. 1052, §§ 1-2, 5, & 8-9

* The number “1052” has been written in by hand. The rest of the document is typewritten. There are several handwritten notations along the margins, and the reader is advised to review the original MS (linked above). 

Ordinance No. 1052, Vancouver City Council, Ordinances, 1858-1952, 1957-2004, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov, accessed November 15, 2023.  Vancouver, Washington City Council, Ordinance No. 1052—An Ordinance Regulating the Sale, Purchase, Giving Away and Receiving of Fire Arms and Other Dangerous Weapons, Providing for Seizurs Thereof and Prescribing a Penalty for Its Violation,  §§ 1-2, 5, & 8-9. Read First Time, February 2, 1920; Read Second Time, May 15, 1920; Read Third Time, May 15, 1920.

“Sec.     10.     Carrying Concealed Weapons.
Every person, except a peace officer, who shall within the city of Anacortes, have concealed upon his person or who shall furtively carry, or conceal any dagger, dirk, knife, pistol, or other dangerous weapon shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Sec.     11.     In Possession—Dangerous Weapons.
Every person who shall within the city of Anacortes, manufacture, sell or dispose of or have in his possession any instrument or weapon of the kind known as slung shot, sand club or metal knuckles, excepting a peace officer, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor…

…Sec.     28.     Selling Fire Arms to Children.
Any person who shall within the city of Anacortes sell or give or permit to be sold or given to any person under the age of eighteen years any revolver, pistol, or toy pistol, xxxx xxxxx¹ shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Sec.     29.     Discharging fire arms or Explosives.
Any person who shall within the city of Anacortes discharge any firearms, gun, cannon, pistol, air gun, bomb, or otherx¹ dangerous explosive without having first obtained the written permission of the mayor thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.”

Full Text: 1909, WA, Anacortes, Ordinance No. 408, §§ 10, 11, 28, & 29

1. The “x” markings represent a series of typed “x’s” used by the typist,  presumably to cover up mistakes.

Ordinance No. 408, Anacortes City Council, Ordinances, 1891-2006, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov, accessed November 6, 2023. Anacortes, Washington City Council, Ordinance No. 408—Being an Ordinance Defining Certain Misdemeanors and Providing Penalties Therefor, §§ 10, 11, 28, & 29. Passed September 7, 1909; Approved September 8, 1909; Published September 9, 1909.

“EVENING GUN.

    No. 251.   That the captains of police of the first, second, third and fourth districts be, and are hereby, instructed to purchase the powder necessary for firing the evening guns in said districts, and present the vouchers for the same, after they have been approved by the chief of police, and it shall be the duty of the said captains to detail a member of the police force of each of said districts to fire the said evening guns, without extra compensation.”

Full Text: 1857, LA, New Orleans, Laws & Ordinances, no. 251

Henry Jefferson Leovy, ed., The Laws and General Ordinances of the City of New Orleans: Together With the Acts of the Legislature, Decisions of the Supreme Court and Constitutional Provisions Relating to the City Government (New Orleans, LA: E. C. Wharton, 1857), 89. (Undated.)

* The text includes a reference at the bottom: “City Ordinance, No. 292.”

“BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    ‘1. Any person who shall carry any revolver, pistol, firearm, bludgeon, blackjack, knuckles, sand-bag, slung-shot or other deadly, offensive or dangerous weapon, or any stiletto, dagger or razor or any knife with a blade five inches in length or over concealed in or about his clothes or person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, however, that nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent any sheriff, prosecutor, deputy sheriff, jailer, police officer, constable, State detective, member of a legally organized detective agency, or any other peace officer from carrying weapons when engaged in the discharge of his duty; nor to duly authorized military or civil organizations, when parading nor to members thereof when going to and from the places of meeting of their respective organizations; nor shall this act apply to any person having a written permit to carry such weapon, firearm, stiletto, razor, dagger or knife, or slung-shot, obtained from and signed by the mayor of any city, borough or other municipality, or from any judge of the Court of Common Pleas, which permits such officers are hereby authorized to grant. Such permits shall be issued at the place of residence of the person obtaining the same, and, when issued shall be in force in all parts of the State for a period of one year from date of issue, unless sooner revoked by the officer granting the same, and said permit shall be dated and shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the county where granted within ten days after the granting of same, and in the event of the recipient failing to record the same as herein provided said permit shall be deemed and taken to be revoked and cancelled. It is further provided, that nothing contained herein shall prevent any person from keeping or carrying about his or her place of business, dwelling house or premises any of such weapons, firearms, stilettos, daggers, razors, knives or slung-shots, or from carrying the same from any place of purchase to his or her dwelling house or place of business, or from his or her dwelling house or place of business to any place where repairing is done, to have the same repaired and returned; and it is provided further, that nothing in this act shall be construed to make it unlawful for any person to carry a gun, rifle or knife in the woods or fields, or upon the waters of this State, for the purpose of hunting or target practice.

    2. A person who manufactures, or causes to be manufactured, or sells or keeps for sale, or offers, or gives, or disposes of any instrument or weapon of the kind usually known as a blackjack, slung-shot, billy, sandclub, sand-bag, bludgeon, or metal knuckles, to any person; or a person who offers, sells, loans, leases, or gives any gun, revolver, pistol or other firearm, or any air-gun, spring-gun or other instrument or weapon in which the propelling force is spring or air, or any instrument or weapon commonly known as a toy pistol or in or upon which any loaded or blank cartridges are used, or may be used, or any loaded or blank cartridges or ammunition therefor, to any person under the age of twenty-one years, is guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall prevent any person between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one from obtaining any gun, revolver, pistol or other firearm, air or spring-gun, if the consent in writing of the parent or guardian of said minor so to do be presented to the person from whom such weapon be obtained agreeable to the provisions of this act.

    3. A person who attempts to use against another, or who carries, or possesses any instrument or weapon of the kind commonly known as a blackjack, slung-shot, billy, sand-club, sand-bag, metal knuckles, bludgeon, dagger, dirk, dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, revolver, bomb or other high explosive, or any other dangerous or deadly instrument or weapon, with the intent to use the same unlawfully against another is guilty of a high misdemeanor; the possession by any person other than a public officer or one having a permit for the same as herein provided, of any weapons specified in the foregoing section, concealed or furtively carried on the person, is presumptive evidence of carrying, or concealing, or possessing, with intent to use the same in violation of this section.

    4. Every person selling a pistol, revolver or other firearm of a size which may be concealed upon the person whether such seller is a retail dealer, pawnbroker or otherwise, shall keep a register in which shall be entered at the time of sale the date of sale, name, age, occupation and residence of every purchaser of such a pistol, revolver or other firearm, together with the calibre, make, model, manufacturer’s number or other mark of identification on such pistol, revolver or other firearm. Every person who shall fail to keep a register and to enter therein the facts required by this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Such register shall be open at all reasonable hours for the inspection of any peace officer. Every person becoming the lawful possessor of such a pistol, revolver or other firearm, who shall sell, give or transfer the same to another person without first notifying the police authorities, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. This section shall not apply to wholesale dealers.

    5. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act shall be and the same hereby are repealed, and this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved March 28, 1912.”

Full Text (Subscription Required): Hein

Acts of the One Hundred and Thirty-Sixth Legislature of the State of New Jersey, and Sixty-Eighth under the New Constitution (Trenton, NJ: MacCrellish & Quigley, 1912), 364-366.  Chapter 225—A Further Supplement to an Act Entitled “An Act for the Punishment of Crimes (Revision of 1908),” Approved June Fourteenth, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety-Eight, §§ 1-5. Approved March 28, 1912.

“It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont:

SECTION 1. Section 5733 of the Public Statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 5733. A person who uses a slungshot, black jack, brass knuckles or similar weapons against another person, or attempts so to do, or is found in possession of a slungshot, black­ jack, brass knuckles, or similar weapon, with intent so to use it, shall be imprisoned in the state prison not more than five years.

SEC. 2. Section 5734 of the Public Statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 5734. A person who within the state manufactures or causes to be manufactured, or sells or gives away or parts with, or offers so to do, or keeps for sale or gift, a slungshot, black­ jack, brass knuckles, or similar weapons, shall be imprisoned not more than two years or fined not more than five hundred dollars nor less than two hundred dollars.”

Full Text (Subscription Required): Hein

Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont at the Twenty-third Biennial Session 1915: Session Commenced January 6, 1915 Adjourned April 3, 1915 (s.l. : s.n., 1915), 344. No. 205—An Act to Amend Sections 5733 and 5734 of the Public Statutes, Relating to Slungshots and Similar Weapons, §§ 1-2. Approved February 26, 1915.

        “SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons in any manner to transport from one place to another in this State, or for any railroad company, or express company, or other common carrier, or any officer, agent; or employee of any of them, or any other person acting in their behalf knowingly to ship or to transport from one place to another in this State in any manner or by any means whatsoever, except as hereinafter provided, any firearm of the type com­monly known as a machine gun.
        SECTION 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to store, keep, possess, or have in possession, or permit another to store, keep, possess, or have in possession, except as hereinafter provided, any firearm of the type commonly known as a machine-gun.
        SECTION 3. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, or give away, or be interested directly or indirectly, in the sale or giving away, of any firearm of the type commonly known as a machine-gun.
        SECTION 4. Provided, this Act shall not apply to the military authorities of the State or nation, and provided further, that any peace officer of the State, counties or political subdivision thereof, may possess ma­chine-guns when required in the performance of their duties. After April 1, 1931, every person permitted by this Act to possess a machine-gun, shall file in the office of the Secretary of State, on a blank to be supplied by the Secretary of State, an application to be properly sworn to, which shall include his name and address, and the serial number of the machine-gun which he desires to possess. Thereupon, the Secretary of State shall file such application, in his office, registering such officer in a book or index to be kept for that purpose, and assign to him a number, and issue to him a card, which he shall keep with him while he has such machine-gun in his possession. Such registration shall be made on the date application is received and filed with the Secretary of State, and shall expire on December 31, of the year in which said license is issued.
        SECTION 5. Any person violating any part of this law shall upon conviction be fined in any sum not more than $1,000.00, and not less than $100.00, and the machine-gun or guns found in his possession shall be confiscated and the title thereof shall pass to the political subdivision of the State making the capture.
        SECTION 6. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed, and whereas criminals are using machine-guns for illegal purposes, this Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, an emergency is here­by declared, and it shall be in force and effect from and after its passage.”

Full Text (Subscription Required): Hein

Acts, Concurrent Resolutions, Memorials and Proposed Constitutional Amendments of the Forty-Eighth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas Passed at the Session Held at the Capitol, in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, Convening on the 14th Day of January, 1931, and Adjourning on the 14th Day of March, 1931 (Little Rock, AR: Democrat Printing & Litho. Co., 1931), 705-706. Act Number 225—An Act to Prohibit the Possession, Transportation or Sale of Machine Guns, and Inflicting Penalty for Violation Thereof, §§ 1-6. Approved: March 26th, 1931.

“Sec. 265. Dangerous Weapons—Evidence.
Every person who shall manufacture, sell or dispose of or have in his possession any instrument or weapon of the kind usually known as slung shot, sand club, or metal knuckles; shall furtively carry, or conceal any dagger, dirk, knife, pistol, or other dangerous weapon; or who shall use any contrivance or device for suppressing the noise of any fire arm, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

Sec. 266. Setting Spring Gun.
Every person who shall set a so-called trap, spring pistol, rifle, or other deadly weapon, shall be punished as follows:

1. If no injury result therefrom to any human being, by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by both.
2. If injuries not fatal result therefrom to any human being, by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for not more than twenty years.
3. If the death of a human being results therefrom, by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for not more than twenty years.”

1909, WA, Ch. 249, Ch. 7, §§ 265-266—Dangerous Weapons & Setting Spring Gun

Sam H. Nichols, ed., Session Laws of the State of Washington Eleventh Session Convened January 11; Adjourned March 11, 1909: Compiled in Chapters, with Marginal Notes (Olympia, WA: E. L. Boardman, Public Printer, 1909), 972-973. Chapter 249—An Act Relating to Crimes and Punishments and the Rights and Custody of Persons Accused or Convicted of Crime, and Repealing Certain Acts, Chapter 7—Crimes against Public Health and Safety, §§ 265-266—Dangerous Weapons & Setting Spring Gun. In Effect June 8, 1909.

        “Sec. 246. No person shall manufacture, have, keep or give away any gunpowder, blasting powder, gun cotton, nitro-glycerine or dualin within the limits of the City of Hoboken, except in quantities limited in the manner and upon the conditions herein provided and under such regulations in special cases as the Board of Fire Commissioners shall prescribe. Permits may be issued to persons desiring to sell gunpowder or any of the articles herein mentioned at retail at a particular place in said City, to be named in said permit (provided that the same be not in a building used in any part thereof as a dwelling, unless especially authorized by such permit), and persons having a permit from the Board of Fire Commissioners may have on their premises, if actually kept for sale, a quantity not exceeding at one time, of gun cotton five (5) pounds; of gunpowder fourteen (14) pounds; blasting powder, twenty-five (25) pounds; and all said articles shall be put up in tight metallic canisters containing or capable of containing not more than one (1) pound each, and the person having such permit shall place on some conspicuous part of the front of each of the stores or buildings, in which they may be permitted to sell powder or any of the articles herein named, a sign on which shall be distinctly painted in characters legible to persons passing such stores or buildings, the words “Gunpowder, by permit of the Board of Fire Commissioners,” or designating such other of the articles herein named; and every barrel, cask, canister, bottle, can, vessel, box or parcel in which the same is sold, or into which the same is delivered on being sold, shall be distinctly labelled with a printed sign or label printed upon or firmly affixed thereto, describing the articles contained therein, with the word “Danger” distinctly painted before the same. No nitro-glycerine, dualin or gunpowder greater than above shall be kept, carried or conveyed, except that for the purposes of distribution to or delivery from stores and buildings, a quantity not more than five quarter casks may be carried at any one time during the daytime for the purpose of transportation from any vessel or car, or sending the same to stores or buildings or any vessel, car or place outside of the limits of the City, provided, that in carrying and conveying it shall be protected by being completely and securely covered with a leather or canvas cover or are and marked “Gunpowder.” The commander, owner or owners of any ship or other vessel arriving in the harbor, and having more than twenty-eight (28) pounds of gunpowder, dualin or nitro-glycerine on board, shall within forty-eight hours after the arrival and before such ship or vessel shall approach nearer than three hundred feet of any wharf, pier or ship, immediately give a written notice to the Board of Fire Commissioners of the fact that such gunpowder or nitro-glycerine is on such vessel; but any vessel may proceed either to sea within forty-eight hours after arrival and may tranship such gunpowder or nitro-glycerine from one ship or vessel to another for the purpose of immediate transportation, without landing the same; provided, however, that the provisions of the preceding sections shall not apply to any vessel receiving gunpowder or freight in any one day, provided such vessel does not remain at any wharf or be within three hundred feet after sunset. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply to any ship or vessel of war in the service of the United States or of any foreign government which is lying distant three hundred feet or upwards from any wharf, pier or ship. A greater quantity of gunpowder or of any of the articles herein named may be stored or used in such manner as the Board of Fire Commissioners may designate, under a special permit issued therefor. Any person, persons or corporation for the violation or non-compliance with any of the several provisions of this ordinance, or who shall continue to use, allowed to be used or kept for use on any premises owned or occupied by him, her or them, after notice from said Commissioners, any article for sale or use or which is hereby prohibited, shall severally forfeit and pay a fine or penalty in the sum of fifty dollars for each and every offense, and shall also be severally liable and pay the further penalty of fifty dollars for each and every day’s delay to comply with the rules and directions herein contained; and said fines and penalties to be recovered pursuant to the Charter of the City of Hoboken and the supplements thereto.
        Sec. 247. No fireworks, detonating works, cartridges, powder train, percussion caps, matches, or explosive compounds shall hereafter be manufactured, stored or kept upon sale in the corporate limits of the City of Hoboken, except at such places in such manner and in such quantities as shall be determined by the Board of Fire Commissioners in the exercise of their discretion, under a permit issued therefor, and subject to be revoked at any time by said Commissioners. Fireworks consisting of Chinese crackers, rockets, blue lights, candles, colored pots, lance shells and other works of brilliant colored tires may be kept upon sale intervening the tenth day of June and the tenth day of July in each year by retail dealers under such regulations as may be prescribed under a permit issued therefor, and no quantity of the following named chemicals, acids and combustible materials greater than as hereinafter enumerated shall be stored or kept in or upon any one building, namely: Sulphus, one thousand (1,000) pounds; manufactured matches, five hundred (500) pounds; salt petre, nitrate of soda, five hundred (500) pounds in the whole; nitrate of silver, colloquium, ether, phosphorous, fifty (50) pounds in the whole; aquafortis, muriatic acid, nitric acid and sulphuric acid, not exceeding one thousand (1,000) pounds in the whole; tar, pitch, rosin, turpentine and varnish, one hundred (100) barrels in the whole, except the same shall be stored and kept in such buildings and manner as may be required under a special permit issued therefor. Any person, persons or corporation for the violation and non-compliance with any of the several provisions of the foregoing ordinance, when the penalty is not herein specially provided, or shall continue to use, or allow to be used, or keep, for use, on any premises owned or occupied by him, her or them, after notice from said Commissioners, any articles the sale or use of which is prohibited, shall severally forfeit and pay a fine or penalty in the sum of fifty dollars for each and every offense, and shall also be severally liable and pay the further penalty of fifty dollars for each and every day’s delay to comply with the rules and directions herein contained; the said fines and penalties to be recovered pursuant to the Charter of the City of Hoboken and the supplements thereto.”

1901, Hoboken, NJ, Ch. 22, §§ 246-247

James F. Minturn, ed., Ordinances of the City of Hoboken from the Incorporation of the City to 1901 (Union Hill, NJ: Daily Dispatch Print, 1901), 69-73. Chapter 22—Concerning the Manufacture, Storage, Transportation, and Sale of Powder, Nitro-glycerine, etc., §§ 246-247. Undated.

“Sec. 342. Any person who shall sell or give to any minor under the age of fourteen years, or to any person for the use of such minor, any firearms, or toy pistols from which dangerous and explosive substances may be discharged, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.”

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“Sec. 362. Any person who sells, gives, rents, barters or furnishes any rifles, carbines, pistols or revolvers, or any ammunition or cartridges for rifles, carbines, pistols or revolvers, or any shot larger in size than standard number six (6) shot, or any spirit, malt or vinous liquor, to Indians, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not less than one or more than six months, or by a fine not less than fifty dollars or more than three hundred dollars, or by both such imprisonment and fine.”

1901, AZ, Title 10, §§ 342 & 362 of the AZ Penal Code

The Revised Statutes of Arizona Territory: Containing Also the Laws Passed by the Twenty-First Legislative Assembly, the Constitution of the United States, the Organic Law of Arizona and the Amendments of Congress Relating Thereto (Columbia, MO: Press of E. W. Stephens, 1901),1244-1245 & 1248. Penal Code, Part One of Crimes and Punishments: Title 10—Of Offenses Against the Public Health and Safety, §§ 342 & 362. Undated.

        “Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person in the Territory of Oklahoma to carry concealed on or about his person, saddle, or saddle bags, any pistol, revolver, bowie knife, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, sword cane, spear, metal knuckles, or any other kind of knife or instrument manufactured or sold for the purpose of defense except as in this article provided.
        Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person in the Territory of Oklahoma, to carry upon or about his person any pistol, revolver, bowie knife, dirk knife, loaded cane, billy, metal knuckles, or any other offensive or defensive weapon, except as in this article provided.
        Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person within this Territory, to sell or give to any minor any of the arms or weapons designated in sections one and two of this article.
        Sec. 4. Public officers while in the discharge of their duties or while going from their homes to their place of duty, or returning therefrom, shall be permitted to carry arms, but at no other time and under no other circumstances: Provided, however, That if any public officer be found carrying such arms while under the influence of intoxicating drinks, he shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this article as though he were a private person.
        Sec. 5. Persons shall be permitted to carry shot-guns or rifles for the purpose of hunting, having them repaired, or for killing animals, or for the purpose of using the same in public muster or military drills, or while travelling or removing from one place to another, and not otherwise.
        Sec. 6. Any person violating the provisions of any one of the foregoing sections, shall on the first conviction be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed thirty days or both at the discretion of the court. On the second and every subsequent conviction, the party offending shall on conviction be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars or be imprisoned in the county jail not less than thirty days nor more than three months or both, at the discretion of the court.
        Sec. 7. It shall be unlawful for any person, except a peace officer, to carry into any church or religious assembly, any school room or other place where persons are assembled for public worship, for amusement, or for educational or scientific purposes, or into any circus, show or public exhibition of any kind, or into any ball room, or to any social party or social gathering, or to any election, or to any place where intoxicating liquors are sold, or to any political convention, or to any other public assembly, any of the weapons designated in sections one and two of this article.
        Sec. 8. It shall be unlawful for any person in this Territory to carry or wear any deadly weapons or dangerous instrument whatsoever, openly or secretly, with the intent or for the avowed purpose of injuring his fellow man.
        Sec. 9. It shall be unlawful for any person to point any pistol or any other deadly weapon whether loaded or not, at any other person or persons either in anger or otherwise.
        Sec. 10. Any person violating the provisions of section seven, eight or nine of this article; shall on conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred and shall be imprisoned in the county jail for not less than three not more than twelve months.”

1891, OK, Ch., 25—Crimes & Punishment, Art. 47—Concealed Weapons, §§ 1-10

Will T. Little, L G. Pitman, and R. J. Barker, The Statutes of Oklahoma 1890: Compiled under the Supervision and Direction of Robert Martin, Secretary of the Territory, by Will T. Little, L G. Pitman and R. J. Barker, from the Laws Passed by the That Legislative Assembly of the Territory (Guthrie, OK: The State Capital Printing Co., 1891), 495-496. Chapter 25—Crimes & Punishment, Article 47—Concealed Weapons, §§ 1-10. Undated.

        “Sec. 1. Whoever manufacturers, sells or exposes for sale, any weapon known or designated as brass knuckles, billy, slung-shot, sand-bag, black-jack or other weapon of similar character, shall, for the first offense be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars, and for the second and subsequent offenses, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars and imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than six months.

        Sec. 2. The provisions of this act shall not apply to any such weapons as may be designated for use by officers of the law.”

1911, OH, An Act to Prohibit the Manufacture and Sale of Certain Kinds of Weapons, §§ 1-2

The State of Ohio Legislative Acts Passed and Joint Resolutions Adopted by the Seventy-Ninth General Assembly at Its Regular Session Begun and Held in the City of Columbus, January 2, 1911, vol. 102 (Springfield, OH: The Springfield Publishing Company, 1911), 124-125. An Act to Prohibit the Manufacture and Sale of Certain Kinds of Weapons [House Bill No. 320], §§ 1-2. Passed May 17th, 1911; approved May 18th, 1911.

“Sec. 323. Keeping gunpowder unlawfully.—A person who makes, or keeps, gunpowder, nitro-glycerine, or any other explosive or combustible material, within a city or village, or carries such materials through the streets thereof, in a quantity or manner prohibited by law, or by ordinance of the city or village, is guilty of a misdemeanor. And a person who, by the careless, negligent or unauthorized use or management of gunpowder or other explosive substance, injures, or occasions the injury of, the person or property of another, is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year.”

1885, MN, The Penal Code of the State of Minnesota, § 323 Keeping gunpowder unlawfully

The Penal Code of the State of Minnesota, To Take Effect January 1, A.D. 1886 (St. Paul, MN: The Pioneer Press Company, 1885), 123-124. Title 12, Of Crimes Against the Public Health and Safety, § 323 Keeping gunpowder unlawfully. Undated.

“Sec. 333. Making, selling, etc., dangerous weapons.—A person who manufactures or causes to be manufactured, or sells or keeps for sale, or offers, or gives, or disposes of any instrument or weapon of the kind usually known as slung-shot, sand-club, or metal knuckles, or who, in any city of this state, without the written consent of a magistrate, sells or gives any pistol or firearm to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Sec. 334. Carrying, using, etc., certain weapons.—A person who attempts to use against another, or who, with intent so to use, carries, conceals or possesses any instrument or weapon of the kind commonly known as slung-shot, sand-club or metal knuckles, or a dagger, dirk, knife, pistol or other firearm, or any dangerous weapon, is guilty of a misdemeanor.”

1885, MN, The Penal Code of the State of Minnesota, Title 12, Of Crimes Against the Public Health and Safety §§ 333-334

The Penal Code of the State of Minnesota, To Take Effect January 1, A.D. 1886 (St. Paul, MN: The Pioneer Press Company, 1885), 127. Title 12, Of Crimes Against the Public Health and Safety, § 333 Making, selling, etc., dangerous weapons; § 334 Carrying, using, etc., certain weapons. Undated.

6. No retail dealer shall sell or expose for sale, or have in his possession with intent to use, any of the firearms or instruments enumerated in section one hereof without being licensed as hereafter provided. The Common Pleas judge of any court of this State, by the Secretary of State, effective for not more than one year from date of issue, permitting the licensee to sell at retail within the said city or town or political-division, pistols or revolvers, subject to the follow-ing conditions, for breach of any of which the license shall be subject to forfeiture:

1. The business shall be carried on only in the building or buildings designated in the license.

2. The license or a copy thereof certified by the issuing authority shall be displayed in a conspicuous place on the premises where it can be easily read.

3. No pistol or revolver, or imitation thereof, or placard advertising the sale thereof, shall be placed in any window or in any part of said premises where it can be readily seen from the outside.

4. No pistol or revolver shall be delivered (a) unless the purchaser shall hve obtained a permit to purchase days shall have elapsed after the application for the permit; (c) unless the purchaser either is personally known to the seller or shall present evidence of his identity; (d) unless the pistol or revolver shall be unloaded and securely wrapped; provided, however, a permit to cover a pistol or revolver shall, for the purposes of this section and of section nine of this act, be equivalent to a permit to purchase a pistol or revolver. 5. A true record of every pistol shall be made in a book kept for the purpose, the form of which shall be prescribed by the Secretary of State and shall be personally signed by the person effecting the sale, and shall contain the date of the sale, the calibre, make, model, and manufacturer’s number of the weapon, and the name, address and permit number of the purchaser.

7. Any person who shall knowingly sell any of the firearms or instruments enumerated in section one here- of to a minor under the age of eighteen years, or to a person not of sound mind, or to a drug addict, or to a person who has been convicted of committing or attempting to commit any of the crimes enumerated in section two hereof when armed with any of the firearms or instruments enumerated in section one hereof, shall he guilty of misdemeanor.

9. No person shall sell a pistol or revolver to another person unless the purchaser has first secured a permit to purchase or carry a pistol or revolver. No person of good character and who is of good repute in the community in which he lives, and who is not subject to any of the disabilities set forth in other sections of this act, shall be denied a permit to purchase a pistol or revolver. The judge of any court within this State (except, however, justices of the peace), the sheriff of a county or the chief of police of a city, town or municipality shall upon application issue-to any person qualified under the provisions of this section a permit to purchase a pistol or revolver, and the Secretary of State shall have concurrent jurisdiction to issue such permit in any case, notwithstanding it has been refused by any other licensing official, if in his opinion the applicant is qualified.

Applications for such permits shall be in form as prescribed by the Secretary of State and shall set forth the name, residence, place of business, age, occupation, sex, color, and physical description of the applicant, and shall state whether the applicant is a citizen, and whether he has ever been convicted of any of the crimes enumerated in section two hereof as defined in this act. Such application shall he signed by the applicant and shall contain as reference the names and addresses of two reputable citizens personally acquainted with him. Application blanks shall be obtainable from the Secretary of State and from any other officers authorized to grant such permit.. and may be obtained from licensed retail dealers. The application, together with a fee of fifty cents. shall be delivered or forwarded to the licensing authority who shall investigate the same, and unless food cause for the denial thereof shall appear, shall rant said permit within seven days from the date of the receipt of the application. The permit shall be in form prescribed by the Secretary of State and shall be issued to the applicant in triplicate. The applicant shall deliver to the seller the permit in triplicate and the seller shall indorse on the back of each copy the make, model, calibre and serial number of the pistol or revolver, sold tinder the permit. One copy shall then be returned to the purchaser with the pistol or revolver, one copy shall be kept by the seller as a permanent record, and the third copy shall be forwarded by the seller within three days to the Secretary of State. If the permit is not granted, the fee shall be returned to the applicant.

All fees for permits shall be paid into the general fund of the State if the permit be issued by the Secretary of State; to the municipality if the permit be issued by a municipal officer; in all other instances to the general fund of the county wherein the officer acts or the licensee resides or does business.

A person shall not be restricted as to the number of pistols or revolvers he may purchase, if he applies for and obtains permits to purchase the same, but only one pistol or revolver shall be purchased or delivered on each permit.

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Sec. 10. SALES REGULATED. No person shall sell, deliver, or otherwise transfer a pistol or revolver to a person who he has reasonable cause to believe either is an unnaturalized foreign born person or has been convicted of a felony against the person or property of another, or against the Government of the United States or any State or subdivision thereof, nor in any event shall he deliver a pistol or revolver on the day of the application for the purchase thereof, and when delivered, said pistol or revolver shall be securely wrapped and shall be unloaded. Before a delivery be made the purchaser shall sign in triplicate and deliver to the seller a statement containing his full name, address, occupation, and nationality, the date of sale, the caliber, make, model, and manufacturer’s number of the weapon. The seller shall, within seven days, sign and forward by registered mail one copy thereof to the Secretary of State, and one copy thereof to the chief of police of the city or town, or the sheriff of the county of which the seller is a resident, and shall retain the other copy for six years. This section shall not apply to sales at wholesale. Where neither party to the transaction holds a dealer’s license, no person shall sell or otherwise transfer a pistol or revolver to any person not personally known to him. Violations of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 or imprisonment for not less than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Sec. 11. DEALERS TO BE LICENSED. Whoever, without being licensed as hereinafter provided, sells, or otherwise transfers, advertises, or exposes for sale, or transfers or has in his possession with intent to sell, or otherwise transfer, pistols or revolvers, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than two years.

Sec. 12. DEALERS’ LICENSES: By WHOM GRANTED, AND CONDmoNs THEREOF.) The duly constituted licensing authorities of any city, town or subdivision of this state, may grant licenses in form prescribed by the Secretary of State, effective for not more than one year from date of issue, permitting the licensee to sell at retail within the said city or town or political subdivision, pistols and revolvers, subject to the following conditions, for breach of any of which the license shall be subject to forfeiture:

1. The business shall be carried on only in the building designated in the license.
2. The license or a copy thereof, certified by the issuing authority, shall be displayed on the premises where it can easily be read.
3. No pistol or revolver shall be delivered-

(a) On the day of the application for the purchase, and when delivered shall be unloaded and securely wrapped; nor

(b) Unless the purchaser either is personally known to the seller or shall present clear evidence of his identity; nor

(c) If the seller has reasonable cause to believe that the purchaser either is an unnaturalized foreign born person or has been convicted of a felony against the person or property of another, or against the Government of the United States or any State or subdivision thereof.

4. A true record, in triplicate, shall be made of every pistol or revolver sold, said record to be made in a book kept for the purpose, the form of which may be prescribed by the Secretary of State, and shall be personally signed by the purchaser and by the person affecting the sale, each in the presence of the other, and shall include the date of sale, the caliber, make, model, and manufacturer’s number of the weapon, the name, address, occupation, and nationality of the purchaser. One copy of said record shall, within seven days, be forwarded by registered mail to the Secretary of State and one copy thereof to the chief of police of the city or town or the sheriff of the county of which the seller is a resident, and the other copy retained for six years.
5. No pistol or revolver, or imitation thereof, or placard advertising the sale or other transfer thereof, shall be displayed in any part of said premises where it can readily be seen from the outside.

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Sec. 5. No sale of any pistol or revolver shall be made except in the room, store or place described in the permit for the sale of pistols and revolvers, and such permit or a copy thereof certified by the authority issuing the same shall be exposed to view within the room, store or place where pistols or revolvers shall be sold or offered or exposed for sale, and no sale or delivery of any pistol or revolver shall be made unless the purchaser or person to whom the same is to be delivered shall be personally known to the vendor of such pistol or revolver or the person making delivery thereof or unless the person making such purchase or to whom delivery thereof is to lic made shall provide evidence of his identity. The vendor of any pistol or revolver shall keep a record of every pistol or revolver sold in a book kept for that purpose, which record shall be in such form as shall be prescribed by the superintendent, of state police and shall include the date of the sale, the caliber, make, model and manufacturer’s number of such pistol or revolver and the name, address and occupation of the purchaser thereof, which record shall be signed by the purchaser and by the person making the sale, each in the presence of the other, and shall be preserved by the vendor of such pistol or revolver for a period of at least six years.

Sec. 7. No person, firm or corporation shall sell at retail, deliver or otherwise transfer any pistol or revolver to any alien, nor shall any person deliver any pistol or revolver at retail except upon written application therefor and no sale or delivery of any pistol or revolver shall be mode upon the date of the filing or receipt of any written application for the purchase thereof, and when any pistol or revolver shall b delivered in connection with the sale or purchase, such pistol or revolver shall be enclosed in a package, the paper or wrapping of which shall be securely fastened, and no pistol or revolver when delivered on tiny sale or purchase shall be loaded or contain therein any gunpowder or other explosive or any bullet, ball or shell. Upon the delivery of any pistol or revolver the purchaser shall sign in triplicate a receipt for such pistol or revolver which shall contain the name, address and occupation of such purchaser, the date of sale, caliber, make, model and manufacturer’s number and a general description thereof. One of such triplicate receipts shall, within twenty-four hours thereafter, be forwarded by the vendor of such pistol or revolver to the superintendent of state police and one to the authority issuing the permit for the sale of such pistol or revolver and the other shall be retained by such vendor for at least six years.

Sec. 8. No person shall make any false statement or give any false information connected with any purchase, sale or delivery of any pistol or revolver, and no person shall sell, barter, hire, lend, give or deliver to any minor under the age of eighteen years any pistol or revolver.

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Sec. 9. Every person in the business of selling, leasing or otherwise transferring a pistol, revolver or other firearm, of a size capable of being concealed upon the person, whether such seller, lessor or transferrer is a retail dealer, pawnbroker or otherwise, except as hereinafter provided, shall keep a register in which shall be entered the time of sale, the date of sale, the name of the salesman making the sale, the place where sold, the make, model, manufacturer’s number, caliber or other marks of identification on such pistol, revolver or other firearm. Such register shall be prepared by and obtained from the state printer and shall be furnished by the state printer to said dealers on application tit a cost of three dollars per one hundred leaves in duplicate and shall be in the form hereinafter provided. The purchaser of any firearm, capable of being concealed upon the person shall sign, and the dealer shall require him to sign his name and affix his address to said register in duplicate and the salesman shall affix his signature in duplicate as a witness to the signatures of the purchaser. Any person signing a fictitious name or address is guilty of a misdemeanor. The duplicate sheet of such register shall on the evening of the day of sale, be placed in he mail. postage prepaid and properly addressed to the board of police commissioners, chief of police, city marshal, town marshal or other head of the police department of the city, city and county, town or other municipal corporation wherein the sale was made: provided, that where the sale is made in a district where there is no muunicipal police department, said duplicate sheet shall be mailed to the county clerk of tie county wherein the sale is made. A violation of any of the provisions or this section by any person engaged in the business of selling, leasing or otherwise transferring such firearm is a misdemeanor. This section shall not apply to wholesale dealers in their business intercourse with retail dealers, nor to wholesale or retail dealers in the regular or ordinary transportation of unloaded firearms as merchandise by mail, expres4 or other mode of shipment, to points outside of the city, city and county, town or municipal corporation wherein they are situated. The register provided for in this act shall be substantially in the following form:  [Form of Register included]

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Section 1. Pistol, revolver or firearms to be plainly marked. No wholesaler or dealer therein shall have in his possession for the purpose of sale, or shall sell, any pistol, revolver, or other firearm of a size which may be concealed upon the person, which does not have plainly and permanently stamped ,upon the metallic portion thereof, the trademark or name of the maker, the model and the serial factory number thereof, which number shall not be the same as that of any other such weapon of the same model made by the same maker, and the maker, and no wholesale or retail dealer therein shall have in his possession for the purpose of sale, or shall sell, any such weapon unless he keep a full and complete record of such description of such weapon, the name and address of the person from whom purchased and to whom sold, the date of such purchase or sale, and in the’ case of retailers the date of the permit and the name of the circuit clerk granting the same, which record shall be open to inspection at all times by any police officer or other peace officer of this state.

Sec. 2. Shall secure permit to acquire weapon.-No person, other than a manufacturer or wholesaler thereof to or from a wholesale or retail dealer therein, for the purposes of commerce, shall directly or indirectly buy, sell, borrow, loan, give away, trade, barter; deliver or receive, in this state, any pistol, revolver or other firearm of a size which may be concealed upon the person, unless the buyer, borrower or person receiving such weapon shall first obtain and deliver to, and the same be demanded and received by, the seller, loaner, or person delivering such weapon, within thirty days after the issuance thereof, a permit authorizing such person to acquire such weapon. Such permit shall be issued by the circuit clerk of the county in which the applicant for a permit resides in this state, if the sheriff be satisfied that the person applying for the same is of good moral character and of lawful age, and that the granting of the same will not endanger the public safety. The permit shall recite the date of the issuance thereof and that the same is invalid after thirty days after the said date, the -name and address of the person to whom granted and of the person from whom such weapon is to be acquired, the nature of the transaction, and a full description of such weapon, and shall be countersigned by the person to whom granted in the presence of the circuit clerk. The circuit clerk shall receive therefor a fee of $0.50. If the permit be used, the person receiving the same shall return it to the circuit clerk within thirty days after its expiration, with a notation thereon showing the date and manner of the disposition of such weapon. The circuit clerk shall keep a record of all applications for such permits and his action thereon, and shall preserve all returned permits. No person shall in any manner transfer, alter or change any such permit or make a false notation thereon or obtain the same upon any false representation to the circuit clerk granting the same, or use or attempt to use a permit granted to another.

Sec. 3. Weapons must be stamped.-No person within this state shall lease, buy or in anywise procure the possession from any person, firm or corporation within or without the state, of any pistol, revolver or other firearm of a size which may be concealed upon the person, that is not stamped as required by section 1 of this act; and no person shall buy or otherwise acquire the possession of any such article unless he shall have first procured a written permit so to do from the circuit clerk of the county in which such person resides, in the manner as provided in section 2 of this act.

Sec. 4. Manufacture not prohibited.-Nothing herein contained shall be considered or construed as forbidding or making it unlawful for a dealer in or manufacturer of pistols, revolvers or other firearms of a size which may be concealed upon the person, located in this state, to ship into other states or foreign countries, any such articles whether stamped as required by this act or not so stamped.

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Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to display for sale at retail any pocket pistol or revolver or to sell at retail, barter, give away or dispose of the same to any person whomsoever, excepting a policeman, member of the militia or peace officer of the State of Oregon, unless the purchaser or person attempting to procure the same shall have a permit for the purpose of procuring such pocket pistol or revolver signed by the municipal judge or city recorder of the city or county judge or a justice of the peace of the county wherein such person resides.

Section 2. Provided, that no judge, city recorder or justice of the peace shall issue such permit until said applicant has furnished him with an affidavit from at least two reputable freeholders as to the applicant’s good moral character.

Section 3. All persons, firms or corporations engaged in the retail sale of pocket pistols or revolvers shall keep a record of the sale of such pocket pistols or revolvers by registering the name of the person or persons and the number of the pocket pistol or revolver and shall transmit same to the sheriff of the county in which purchase is made on the 1st and 15th day of each calendar month.

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Section 222. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, or a member of any firm, or the agents or officers of any corporation to sell to a minor or any intoxicated person, any revolver, pistol, or revolver or pistol cartridges, stiletto, steel or brass knuckles, or other deadly weapons made for the defense of one’s person.

It shall be the duty of any person or persons, firm, company or corporation desiring to engage in the business aforesaid, to keep and maintain in his place of business at all times a book which shall be furnished him by the Clerk of the Peace of the County wherein he does business, in which said book lie shall enter the date of the sale, the name and address of the person purchasing any such deadly weapon, the number and kind of deadly weapon so purchased, the color of the person so purchasing the same, and the apparent age of the purchaser, and the names and addresses of at least two freeholders resident in the County wherein the sale is made, who shall positively identify the purchaser before the sale can be made; Provided, that no clerk, employee or other person associated with the seller shall act as one of the identifying freeholders. This book shall at all times be open for inspection by any Judge, Justice of the Peace, Police Officer, Constable, or other Peace Officer of this State.

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