1866 — Alabama — Hunting & Storage Regulations

George Washington Stone & John W. Shepherd, The Penal Code of Alabama, Montgomery, 1866 62-63

Summary

Limited hog hunting and fire hunting. Prohibited selling or giving handguns or Bowie knives to males under the age of 18. Prohibited storing more than 50 lbs of gunpowder in any town.

Statutory Text

§ 201. Storing gunpowder in city or town.—Any person who keeps on hand, at any one time, within the limits of any incorporated city or town, whether for sale or for use, more than fifty pounds of gunpowder, must, on conviction, be fined not less than one hundred dollars.

§ 202. Hunting wild hogs.—Any person who, without first giving notice to at least three householders in the neighborhood, hunts, catches, or kills wild hogs with dog and gun, or with either, must, on conviction, be fined not less than ten, nor more than one hundred dollars.

§ 203. Fire-hunting.—Any person who, in the night time, hunts deer by fire, and with a gun, must, on conviction, be fined not less than ten, nor more than one hundred dollars.

§ 204. Selling or giving fire-arms to minor.—Any person who sells, gives, or lends, to any boy under eighteen years of age, any pistol, or bowie-knife, or other knife of like kind or description, must, on conviction, be fined not less than fifty, nor more than five hundred dollars.

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Title 1866 — Alabama — Hunting & Storage Regulations
Conduct Transfer & Sale, Use
Instrument Edged Weapons, Firearms
Jurisdiction AL
Date 1866