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Carrying Deadly Weapons, Discharging Fire-Arms, etc., Ch. 12, Art. 3, §§ 50-52, in The Revised Ordinances of the City of Bloomfield (1898).

, , , | | 1898

"Sec. 50. Carrying Deadly Weapons, etc.—If any person shall carry concealed upon or about his person any deadly or dangerous weapon, or shall go into any church or place, within this city, where people are assembled for religious worship, or into any...

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Selling Weapons to Minors, Art. 3, § 8, in Revised Ordinances of the City of Red Bud (1898).

| | 1898

"SECTION 8.— SELLING WEAPONS TO MINORS. Whoever shall within the limits of this city, by himself, or agent, sell, give, loan, hire or barter or offer to sell, give, loan, hire, or barter to any minor any pistol, revolver, gun, derringer, slung shot, ...

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A law regulating gunpowder, General Ordinances, Chapter 61—Powder, §§ 555-5571 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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Carrying Concealed Weapons, Ch. 8 in The Ordinances of the City of Norfolk, VA (1894).

| | 1894

"Sec. 1. If any person carry about his person, hid from common observation, any pistol, dirk, bowie-knife, razor, slung-shot, or any weapon of the like kind, he shall be fined not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars, and such pistol, dir...

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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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Ordinance No. 49—To Prohibit the Carrying of Concealed Weapons, §§ 1-3, in The Ordinances of the City of Monterey (1892).

| | 1892

"The Board of Trustees of the City of Monterey do ordain as follows:

        Section 1. Every person not being a peace officer, who shall, within the corporate limits of the City of Monterey,  carry or wear any dirk, pistol, sword in cane,...

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Ch. 33—Fire Arms, §§ 417-423 in Ordinances of the City of Cleveland (1890).

, | | 1890

        "Sec. 417. No person shall fire any cannon, gun, rifle, pistol, toy pistol or firearms of any kind, or fire or explode any squib, rocket, cracker or Roman candle or other combustible fireworks or make use of any sling within the city.
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Shooting on Sundays Prohibited, Ch. 51, § 683 in Ordinances of the City of Cleveland (1890).

| | 1890

"Sec. 683. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to engage in sporting, rioting, quarreling, shooting or other disturbances within the city on Sunday; Provided, that this section shall not be construed as referring to baseball games in inclose...

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Ch. 25—Crimes & Punishment, Art. 47—Concealed Weapons, §§ 1-10 in The Statutes of Oklahoma (1890).

, , , , , | | 1890

        “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, o...

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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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Concealed Weapons Prohibited, Acts of the 116th Legislature of the State of New Jersey Chapter 217, §§ 1-2 (1892).

| | 1892

"Supplement to an act entitled 'An act concerning disorderly persons,' approved April ninth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.

        Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That if a...

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Ch. 6—Miscellaneous Ordinances, Art. 7—Fire Arms, Fire Works And Cannons, §§ 258-261 in The Municipal Code of Berlin (1890).

| | 1890

         "Sec. 258. Any person who shall fire or discharge any gun, pistol, fowling piece, or other fire arm, within the limits of the City of Berlin except in the necessary defense of his person or property, shall pay a fine of not less than one ...

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Chapter 6—Miscellaneous Ordinances, Article 26—Concealed Weapons, §§ 483-468 in The Municipal Code of Berlin (1890).

, , | | 1890

        "Sec. 483. It shall be unlawful for any person, within the limits of the City of Berlin, to carry or wear under his clothes, or concealed about his person, any pistol, colt or slung shot, cross knuckles, or knuckles of lead, brass or other ...

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Carrying Concealed Weapons—Firing Guns, Pistols, Fire Crackers, etc., Ch. 17, §§ 160-164 in General Ordinances of the Town of Columbia

, | | 1890

        "Sec. 160. Any person who shall fire or discharge, or who shall cause the same to be done by any person under his authority or control, any gun, pistol, cannon, anvil, or any device or contrivance, charged with any explosive, shall be deeme...

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An Act to Amend Several Sections Relating to the National Guard of California, Ch. 168, § 1942 in California Statutes and Amendments to Codes, 1895 (1895).

| | 1895

        "Sec. 1942. 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, in...

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Selling Liquors on Camp Grounds Prohibited, § 22 of Chapter 102—An Act to Revise, Amend, and Codify the Statutes Relative to the Militia in Acts and Resolutions Passed at the Regular Session of the Twenty-Sixth General Assembly of the State of Iowa (1896).

| | 1896

        "Sec. 22. Any person who shall trespass on the encampment grounds, or the camp grounds of the guard in active service, or interrupt, molest, or interfere with any member of the guard in the discharge of his duties, or sell any malt, spiritu...

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Concealed Weapons, §§ 6-8, Good Order and Decency in Charter and Ordinances of the City of Waterbury, Connecticut (1987).

| | 1897

        "Sec. 6. Every person who shall have in his possession in said city any steel, iron or brass knuckles, or any slung shot or weapon of similar character, or shall carry any weapon concealed upon his person, shall forfeit and pay a penalty of...

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Unauthorized Bodies Other than Regularly Organized National Guard Prohibited, Chapter 118, Part 3, Article 5, § 107 in General Laws of the State of Minnesota (1897).

| | 1897

        "Sec. 107. Unauthorized Bodies—It shall not be lawful for any body of men whatever, other than the regularly organized national guard of this state, and the troops of the United States, to associate themselves together as a military compa...

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Firing Weapons, § 5, Article 32—Profane Swearing and Disorderly Conduct, The Code of the City of Annapolis (1897).

| | 1897

        "Sec. 5. Any person who shall discharge or fire off, any gun or other fire arms, or fire off or throw any fire crackers, chasers or other fireworks in said city, except when performing military duty, shall be fined not less than one nor mor...

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Gunpowder and Explosives, §§ 1-3, Article 18, The Code of the City of Annapolis (1897).

| | 1897

        "Sec. 1. No person or persons, shall keep in any store, vault, cellar, building or buildings, within the limits of said city, without special permission from the City Council, a greater quantity of gunpowder at any one time than fifty pound...

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Revised Ordinances of the City of Boulder, 157, An Ordinance for the Protection of Several Parks Belonging to the City No. 511 (1899)

, | | 1899

511. No firearms or shooting in.

SECTION I.  Any person other than the police officers of the city who shall take or carry or cause to be taken or carried in to any of the parks belonging to the City of Boulder, any gun, pisto...

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Charles H. Hamilton, ed., The General Ordinances of the City of Milwaukee to January 1, 1896: With Amendments Thereto and an Appendix (Milwaukee, WI: E. Keough, 1896), pp.692-93, Sec. 25

| | 1896

Chapter XX. Misdemeanors.

Section 25.  It shall be unlawful for any person except policemen, regular or special, or any officer authorized to serve process, to carry or wear concealed about his person, any pistol or colt, slung-shot, ...

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