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Act of Mar. 13, 1911, ch. 145, § 101, Mont. Laws 432, 475 (relating to the state militia of Montana).

| | 1911

"Section 101. No body of men, other than the active militia and the troops of the United States, shall associate themselves together as a military company or organization, or parade in public with fire-arms in any city or town of this state; nor shall ...

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An Act for Establishing the Militia in this State, ch. 36, § 4, 1793 Del. Laws 1134, 1136-37.

| | 1793

"SECT. 4. And be it further enacted, That in order that the militia may be properly armed, equipped and accoutred, every citizen enrolled, and notified of his enrolment in manner aforesaid, except as herei...

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Resolution of Mar. 6, 1877, N.C. Pub. Laws 606, 606 (Resolution in Relation to Public Arms).

, | | 1877

"RESOLUTION IN RELATION TO PUBLIC ARMS.

    Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That the adjutant general be required to collect and deposit in the state arsenal, such arms and...

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An Act to Provide Additional Arms for Military Schools, ch. 207, §§ 1-2, 1875 N.C. Pub. Laws 280, 280.

| | 1875

"AN ACT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ARMS FOR MILITARY SCHOOLS.


    SECTION 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, That the Adjutant General be and he is...

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An Act in Relation to Public Arms, ch. 21, §§ 1-2, 1875 N.C. Pub. Laws 18, 18.

| | 1874

"AN ACT IN RELATION TO PUBLIC ARMS.

 

    SECTION 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, That the auditor of the State is hereby authorized a...

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Act of Mar. 17, 1871, ch. 134, §§ 1-2, N.C. Pub. Laws 202, 202.

| | 1871


"AN ACT TO REPEAL CERTAIN SECTIONS OF AN ACT RATIFIED AUGUST SEVENTEENTH, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED AN ACT TO ORGANIZE A MILITIA OF NORTH CAROLINA.


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An Act Prescribing Additional Penalties for the Commission of Offences against the State, and for Other Purposes, Ch. 1460, No. 3, §§ 12-15, 1865 Fla. Laws 23, 25-27.

, , , | | 1866

    "Sec 12. Be it further enacted. That it shall not be lawful for any negro, mulatto, or other person of color, to own, use or keep in his possession or under his control, any Bowie-knife, dirk, sword, fire-arms or ammunition of any kind, ...

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Act of April 7, 1916, ch. 245, § 14(d), Miss. Laws 383, 388-389 (providing a military code for the state of Mississippi).

| | 1916

"(d) It shall be unlawful for any body of men whatsoever, other than the regularly organized land and naval militia of this state, the land and naval forces of the United States, and the students of public or of regularly chartered educational institut...

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Act Establishing a State Guard, ch. 46, § 15, 1941 N.H. Laws 45, 48-49.

| | 1941

"15. Armed Civilian Groups. No organization, society, club, post, order, league or other combination of persons, or civil group, or any members thereof, are authorized to assume any semblance of military organization or character by be...

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Act of Mar. 27, 1929, ch. 153, § 62, Nev. Stat. 201, 219-20.

| | 1929

        "SEC. 62. License to Drill or Parade with Arms. It shall not be lawful for any body of men whatever, other than the Nevada state police, the regular organized national guard of this state, and ...

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Act of Feb. 28, 1925, ch. 163, §§ 44-45, Wyo. Sess. Laws 251, 259 (Mills Company, 1925).

| | 1925

"Other Organizations Parading With Arms.
        Section 44. It shall not be lawful for any body of men whatso­ever, other than the regularly organized National Guard or the troops of the United States, to ...

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Act of Mar. 15, 1927, ch. 261, § 79, Idaho Gen. Laws 510, 541.

| | 1927

        "SEC. 79. No body of men, other than the regularly organized National Guard, the unorganized militia when called into the service of the State, or of the United States, and except such as are regularly recognized and prov...

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Laws regulating what groups may act as military organizations, Ch. 400, §§ 91-92, in, Acts of the State of Tennessee (1909).

| | 1909

"Sec. 91. Be it further enacted, That no body of men, except the organized militia, the troops of the United States, and organizations of Confederate veterans, Grand Army of the Republic, and Spanish-American War veterans, shall maintain an armory or a...

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The Military Code of Utah, ch. 53, § 53, 1894 Utah Laws 64, 76-77. 

| | 1894

        "SEC. 53. It shall not be lawful for any body of men whatever, other than the regular organized vol­unteer militia of this Territory, and the troops of the United States, to associate themselves togeth...

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Other Organizations Parading With Arms, §§ 44-45, Ch. 163, Session Laws of the State of Wyoming (1925).

| | 1925

"Other Organizations Parading With Arms.
              Section 44. It shall not be lawful for any body of men whatso­ ever, other than the regularly organized National Guard or the troops of the United S...

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Military Parades by Unauthorized Bodies Prohibited, Ch. 394, §§ 89-90, in, Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island (1909).

| | 1909

"Military Parades by Unauthorized Bodies Prohibited.

Sec. 89. No body of men, other than the organized militia, the organized naval forces, the independent chartered military organizations, the military and naval forces of the United States, as...

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Ch. 206, § 113—Military Parades by Unauthorized Bodies Prohibited, in, Acts and Resolves as Passed by the Seventy-Fourth Legislature of the State of Maine (1909).

| | 1909

"Sec. 113. No body of men, other than the active militia and the troops of the United States, shall associate themselves together as a military company or organization, or parade in public with firearms in any city or town of this state; nor shall any ...

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Ch. 249, Subchapter 8—Crimes against the Public Peace, § 294—Armed Association, in Session Laws of the State of Washington Eleventh Session (1909).

| | 1909

"Sec. 294. Armed Association.

It shall not be lawful for any body of men other than Armed the National Guard or troops of the United States, to associate themselves together as a military company with arms, without the consent of the Governor; ...

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Chapter 59—National Guard, Organization and Maintenance, § 3, in State of Oklahoma Session Laws of 1907-1908 (1908).

| | 1908

"Sec. 3. The governor of the state shall be the commander-in-chief of the militia, and as such shall have supreme command of the military forces of the state while in the service of the state, or until they are ordered and accepted into the service of ...

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A law prohibiting military bodies other than the National Guard, Title 46, Ch. 1, Art. 9, § 6 in The Revised Statutes of Arizona Territory (1901).

| | 1901

"Sec. 6. It shall not be lawful for any body of men whatever, other than the regularly organized national guard of the territory and the troops of the United States, to associate themselves together as a military company or organization, to drill or pa...

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Military Parades by Unauthorized Bodies Prohibited, Ch. 212, Art. 11, § 177 in Laws of the State of New York Passed at the One Hundred and Twenty-First Regular Session of the Legislature (1898).

| | 1898

“Sec. 177. Military parades by unauthorized bodies prohibited. No body of men, other than the regularly organized corps of the national guard and militia and the troops of the United States except such independent military organizations as were on th...

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A law that only the regular National Guard may associate themselves together as a military company or organization, § 1492 in Amendments to the Political Code and Statutes Relating to the Subject Matters Embraced Therein, Enacted at the Legislative Session of 1895 (1895).

| | 1895

"Sec. 1492. The colors carried by organizations of the National Guard shall be such as are borne by similar organizations of the United States army, except that the regimental or battalion color shall have thereon the state coat-of-arms, instead of the...

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1893, N.C. Sess. Laws, Chapter 374—An Act to Establish and Provide for the Militia and for the Support and Maintenance of the State Guard, §§ 38-40. A law prohibiting unofficial armed associations (1893).

| | 1893

"Chapter 374—An act to establish and provide for the militia and for the support and maintenance of the state guard.

        Sec. 38. It shall be unlawful for any persons to organize a military company, or drill or parade under arms as a ...

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1893 Mass. Acts, Ch. 367—An Act Concerning the Volunteer Militia, § 124: A law that unofficial armed associations are prohibited (1893).

| | 1893

        "Sec. 124. No body of men whatsoever, other than the regularly organized corps of the militia, the troops of the United States, the ancient and honorable artillery company, the veteran artillery association of Newburyport, the veteran cadet...

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Other Militia Not to Parade, etc., Ch. 24—Relating to the Militia, § 13 in Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia (1889).

| | 1889

        "Sec. 13. The West Virginia National Guard shall consist of not exceeding twenty companies of infantry, which divided into regiments, shall constitute the West Virginia National Guard, and it shall not be lawful for anybody[sic] of men what...

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