Summary
Prohibited the sale of bowie knives and other weapons to male minors.
Statutory Text
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That anyone who shall sell or give or lend, to any male minor, a bowie knife, or knife or instrument of the like kind or description, by whatever name called, or air gun or pistol, shall, on conviction be fined not less than three hundred, nor more than one thousand dollars.
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Title
1856 — Alabama — Weapon Discharge
Conduct
Transfer & Sale
Instrument
Edged Weapons, Firearms
Jurisdiction
AL
Date
1856