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§ 4228 (3671). Using fire arms while fighting in public place.—Any person who, while fighting in the streets of any city or town, or at a militia muster, or at any public place, whether public in itself, or made public at the time by an assemblage of persons, uses, or attempts to use, except in self-defense, any kind of fire arms, must,on conviction, be fined not less than two hundred, nor more than five hundred dollars, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail, or sentenced to hard labor for the county, for not more than six months.
§ 4229 (3694). Shooting and horse-racing on public road.—Any person who discharges a gun, or any other kind of firearms, along or across any public road, or engages in a horse race on any public road, must, on conviction, be fined not less than ten, nor more than fifty dollars.
§ 4230 (3751). Selling, giving, or lending, pistol or bowie knife, or like knife, to boy under eighteen.—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.