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Guns, UNION PACIFIC, THE OVERLAND ROUTE, WORLD’S PICTORAL LINE 14 (1898).

, | | 1898

"Guns,

When uncased, will be carried in baggage cars only, and no charge will be made for a distance of 100 miles or less. For distances over 100 miles, baggagemen may charg...

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Dogs and Guns, UNION AND CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD LINE 5 (1884).

, | | 1884

"DOGS AND GUNS.

    Guns in cases may be carried by passengers in the coaches without charge, or they will be checked free by baggage-agents as part of the usual baggage a...

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Rules 17, 86, & 87, CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD AND LEASED LINES: RULES, REGULATIONS, AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE USE OF AGENTS, CONDUCTORS, ETC. 196, 204-05 (1882).

, , | | 1882

"17. Prohibited articles—Guns, umbrellas, walking sticks, baby wagons, saddles, jewelry boxes, lunch baskets, and parrots are not baggage, and must not, under any circumstances, be checked...

...86. Guns, in cases and not loaded, and...

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Regulations, § 41, RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RUNNING THE TRAINS ON THE NORTH PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD 13 (1875).

, | | 1875

"REGULATIONS.


40 The Passenger Conductor will be with his train twenty minutes before starting time; will have general charge of it from terminus to terminus; als...

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Act of March 23, 1935, ch. 172, §§ 5-7, Wash. Sess. Laws 599, 599-601.

, , | | 1935

   "SEC. 5.    Carrying Pistol. No person shall carry a pistol in any vehicle or conceal on or about his person, except in his place of abode or fixed place of business, without a license therefor as h...

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Penal Code, ch. 43, §§ 509, 518, 547, 549, 550, 552, MONTGOMERY, CODE OF ORDINANCES 213, 223-29 (1888 Brown Printing Co.) (Montgomery, Alabama).

, , , , | | 1888

    "...SEC. 509. Any person who uses fire arms of any kind while fighting in the streets, or other public place, (except in self defense or in the execution of law), must, on conviction, be fined not less than o...

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Regulations for Passenger Carriage, PASSENGER AND FREIGHT REGULATIONS OF THE CHARLESTON AND HAMBURG RAILROAD (1835).

, , | , | 1835

"APPENDIX II
PASSENGER AND FREIGHT REGULATIONS OF THE CHARLESTON AND HAMBURG RAILROAD, 1835
Reprinted from Miller’s Almanac, Charleston, 1835
Regulations for Passenger Carriage

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Act of Mar. 28, 1912, ch. 225, §§ 1-5, N.J. Laws 364, 364-66.

, , , , , | | 1912

"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, offensi...

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RAHWAY, N.J. REV. CODE tit. 27, §§ 206-208 (1896).

, | | 1896

   "Sec. 206. No person shall have, keep, or cause or permit to be kept, any quantity of gunpowder, exceeding thirty pounds in weight, in any building, dwelling house, store, storehouse, manufactory or other building, within the limits of th...

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A law regulating gunpowder, General Ordinances, Chapter 61—Powder, §§ 555-557 in The Ordinances of the City of Norfolk, VA (Date of Enactments Including May 29th, 1902) (1894).

, | | 1894

"Sec. 555. Amount of gunpowder allowed to be kept—Application to the mayor for permission to keep same—Duty of chief engineer of fire department—Penalty—Proviso.

No person shall keep, in any house or store, any quantity of gunpowder exc...

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Laws regulating brandishing, firing, carrying, & concealed carrying of firearms, Title 11, §§ 381, 382, 385, 386, 390, & 392 in The Revised Statutes of Arizona Territory (1901).

, , , , | | 1901

        "Sec. 381. Any person who shall, purposely or carelessly, discharge any gun, pistol or other firearm in any saloon, dance house, store or other public house or business house in this territory, thereby endangering the life or person of anot...

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Keeping Gunpowder Unlawfully, § 323, The Penal Code of the State of Minnesota (1885).

, , | | 1885

"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 manne...

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Offenses Affecting Public Safety, Ordinances of the City Council of Memphis, Ch.14, Art. 3, §1 (1867).

, , , | | 1867

"Section 1. It shall be deemed a misdemeanor to do, or cause to be done, any of the following acts; and any person convicted thereof shall be fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars:"

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"7th. To discharge any firearm with...

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Concerning the Transportation, Shipment and Landing of Gunpowder, Revised Ordinances of Jersey City, Ch. 23 §§1-3 (1845 & 1871).

, | | 1871

"Sec. 1. The commander or owner of any ship or vessel arriving within the jurisdiction of Jersey City, and having more than twenty-five pounds of gunpowder on board, shall, within forty-eight hours after such arrival, and before such ship or vessel sha...

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The Ordinances of the City of Richmond, Ch. 62, Concerning Powder, §1-7.

, | | 1869

"1. Not more than fifty pounds of powder shall be transported in the city at one time, except by a military company, or in a vehicle constructed as the Engineer of the city shall prescribe.
2. The master of a vessel or steamer arriving in the po...

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1899 Tenn. Session Laws 780

, | | 1899

Provided however, That it shall be lawful for any person to hunt quail or partridges in said counties with a gun, between the first day of November and the first day of January of each year. But it is further provided, that it shall not be lawful to hu...

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Kentucky Statutes Containing All General Laws including Those Passed at Session of 1898, p. 547 Sec. 1259

, | | 1898

Hunting or fishing on another's land. Any person who shall enter upon the inclosed lands of another for the purpose of shooting, hunting, or fishing, without the consent of the owner or occupant of said lands, shall be fined not less than five nor more...

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Act of Feb. 16, 1875,1874-75 Ark. Acts 156.

, | | 1875 Sec. 1. That any person who shall wear or carry any pistol of any kind whatever, or any dirk, butcher or bowie knife, or a sword or a spear in a cane, brass or metal knucks, or razor, as a weapon, shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic...

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Act of Feb. 20, 1901, ch. 435, §1, 1901 S.C. Acts 748

, | | 1901 Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: That from and after the first day of July 1902 it shall be unlawful for any one to carry about the person whether concealed or not any pistol less than 20 inches long and 3 poun...

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Act of Mar. 18, 1889, no. 13, §§ 1-9, Ariz. Sess. Laws 30, 30-31 (1889 The Courier).

, , , | | 1889

No. 13. AN ACT

Defining and Punishing Certain Offenses Against the Public Peace.
Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory...

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An Act to Prohibit the Unlawful Carrying and Use of Deadly Weapons, Feb. 18, 1887, reprinted in Acts of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico, Twenty-Seventh Session 55, 58 (1887).

, , , , | | 1887 Sec. 1. That any person who shall hereafter carry a deadly weapon, either concealed or otherwise, on or about the settlements of this territory, except it be in his or her residence, or on his or her landed estate, and in the lawful defense of his or her ...

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An Act Defining Crime and Punishments, Ch. 49, Sec. 72, in Revised Statutes of the Territory of Iowa (Reprint 1911)

, | | 1843

SEC. 72. If any person shall aid or assist a prisoner, lawfully committed or detained in any jail, for any offense against this territory, or who shall be lawfully confined by virue of any civil process, to make his or her escape from jail, though no e...

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1933 Haw. Sess. Laws 38, An Act Regulating the Sale, Transfer, and Possession of Firearms and Ammunition, § 6.

, , , | | 1933

The possession of all firearms and ammunition shall be confined to the possessor's place of business, residence, or sojourn, or to carriage as merchandise in a wrapper from the place of purchase to the purchaser's home, place of business or place of so...

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Act of June 5, 1925, ch. 3, § 7(a), 1925 W.Va. Acts (First Extraordinary Sess.) 24, 24-30.

, , , , , | | 1925

    "Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section seven of chapter one hundred and forty-eight…be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:   

    Section 7(a). If any person, without a state...

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