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An Act Concerning the Militia, Acts and Resolves Passed by the Forty-Fourth Legislature of the State of Maine, Ch. 307, §171 (1865).

| | 1865

"Sec. 171. It shall not be lawful for any body of men whatsoever, other than the regularly organized corps of the militia, the troops of the United States, to associate themselves together as a military company or organization, or to parade in public w...

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Certain Military Organizations Fobidden Without the License of the Governor, Acts of Massachusetts, Ch. 219 An Act Concerning the Militia §184 (1866).

| | 1866

"Section 184. It shall not be lawful for any body of men whatsoever, other than the regularly organized corps of the volunteer militia, the troops of the United States, and the ancient and honorable artillery company, and the veteran artillery associat...

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Shooting Prohibited, Ordinances of the City Council of Memphis, Ch. 3, Art. 5, §10 (1867).

| | 1867

"Sec. 10. It shall not be lawful to fire or discharge any cannon, gun, pistol, fowling piece, or firearms of any description, or explode or set off any rocket, squib, torpedo, cracker or combustible fireworks of any description, in the streets, alleys ...

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Shooting Galleries, Ordinances of the City Council of Memphis, Ch. 4, Art. 5, §§1-8 (1867).

, , | | 1867

        "Section 1. That from and after the passage of this ordinance, no person or persons shall be allowed, under any pretence whatever, to open, set up or establish a shooting gallery in the first story of any building within the corporate limi...

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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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An Act to Prohibit the Setting of Traps or Spring Guns, Rifles, or Other Deadly Weapons, General Laws of the State of Minnesota, Ch. 39, §1 (1869).

| | 1869

"Section 1. The setting of a so-called trap or spring gun, pistol, rifle or other deadly weapon in this state, is hereby prohibited and declared to be unlawful."

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Concerning Nuisances Not in Streets, The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Richmond, Title 7, Ch. 46, §12 (1869).

| | 1869

"12. No person, firm or incorporated company shall keep in any house in the city any loaded shell or shot, or any explosive material of any sort, not authorized by ordinance. And any person, firm or incorporated company violating the provisions of this...

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An Ordinance to Establish and Regulate the Fire Department and for the Prevention and Extinguishment of Fires, Article 5, General Provisions for the Prevention of Fires, §33, The Ordinances Of The City of New Brunswick (1864).

| | 1864

"Sec. 33. No person or persons shall store or keep at any time within half a mile of the line of buildings of this city, more than thirty pounds of gunpowder; and if at any time hereafter a greater quantity shall be found deposited in the same building...

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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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The Baltimore City Code: Comprising the Statutes and Ordinances Relating to the City of Baltimore, at 171 – Art. XVI, Section 27 (1869)

, | | 1869

27.  If the said board of police shall have reason to believe that in the neighborhood of any election polls in the said city or elsewhere, within any election precinct of the same, there is any depot or collection of fire arms or other weapons or amm...

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Pennsylvania – General Assembly, Omitted Laws, No. 1020, A Supplement to An Act appropriating ground for public purposes in the city of Philadelphia (1867)

| | 1867

SECTION 21. The said park shall he under the following rules and regulations, and such others as the park commissioners may from time to time ordain:

II. No person shall carry fire arms or shoot birds in the park or within fifty yards th...

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Fourth Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park, Ordinances of the Central Park, 1861

| | 1861

The Board of Commissioners of the Central Park do ordain as follows:  All persons are forbidden—[t]o carry firearms or to throw stones or other missiles within it [Central Park].

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Ordinance No. 1: Protecting Public Morality, Order and Safety, undated, reprinted in Ordinances of the Town of Bedford (1869) (Indiana).

, | | 1869 . . . Sec. 4. Every person, not being a traveler, who shall wear or carry any dirk, pistol, bowie knife, dagger, sword in cane, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon concealed, or who shall carry or wear such weapon with the intent and avowed purpose...

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An Act in relation to Crimes and Punishment, Ch. XXII, Title II, Sec. 14, in Acts, Resolutions and Memorials Passed at the Several Annual Sessions of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah 31 (Henry McEwan 1866).

| | 1865

"SEC. 14. If such oflender, at the timeof stuch robbery, is armed with a dangerous weapon, with intent, if resisted, to kill or maim the person robbed; or if, being so armed, he wound or strike the person robbed; or if lie have :lny conffederates aidin...

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An Act in relation to Crimes and Punishment, Ch. XXII, Title III, Sec. 48, in Acts, Resolutions and Memorials Passed at the Several Annual Sessions of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah 54 (Henry McEwan 1866).

| | 1865

"Sec. 48. If such offender, at the time of committing such burglary, is armed with a dangerous weapon, or so arm himself after having entered such dwelling house, or actually assault any person being lawfully therein; or have any confeder-ates present ...

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An Act in relation to Crimes and Punishment, Ch. XXII, Title VII, Sec. 102, in Acts, Resolutions and Memorials Passed at the Several Annual Sessions of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah 59 (Henry McEwan 1866).

| | 1865

"SEC. 102. If any person maliciously injure, deface or destroy any building or fixture attached thereto, or wilfully and maliciously injure, destroy or secrete any goods, chattels or valuable paper of another, or maliciously, prepare any dead fall, or ...

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1869 Wash. Sess. Laws 203-04, An Act Relative to Crimes and Punishments, and Proceedings in Criminal Cases, ch. 2, § 32.

| | 1869 Every person who shall, in a rude, angry or threatening manner, in a crowd of two or more persons, exhibit any pistol, bowie knife, or other dangerous weapon, shall on conviction thereof, be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding one year and be fine...

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1869 Wash. Sess. Laws 203, An Act Relative to Crimes and Punishments And Proceedings In Criminal Cases, ch. 2, § 31.

| | 1869

Every person who shall assault and beat another with a cowhide or whip, having with him at the time a pistol or other deadly weapon, shall, on conviction thereof, be imprisoned in the county jail not more than one year nor less than three months, and b...

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The Municipal Register Containing the City Charter and Ordinances, Together with the Rules and Orders of the City Council and a List of the past and Present City Officers of the City of Newburyport Page 130, Image 132 (1869) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1869

City Ordinances [of Newburyport], § 15. No person shall fire any rocket, squib, cracker, or other thing formed of gunpowder or other explosive substance, in whole or in part; nor make any bonfire of tar barrels or any other substances, nor, except...

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The Charter and General Ordinances of the Town of Lexington, Virginia Page 87, Image 107 (1892) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1869

Ordinances of the town of Lexington. Of Concealed Weapons and Cigarettes. § 2. If any person sell, barter, give or furnish, or cause to be sold, bartered, given or furnished to any minor under sixteen years of age, cigarettes, or pistols, or dirks...

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Lewis Mayer, The Baltimore City Code: Comprising the Statutes and Ordinances Relating to the City of Baltimore Page 877, Image 887 (1869) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.

| | 1869

[Ordinances of Baltimore,] Regulations, § 141. If any person shall fire or discharge any gun, pistol or firearms within the city, unless it be on some occasion of military parade, and then by order of some officer having the command, every such pe...

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