1888 — Ulm, Minnesota — Concealed Carry

Joseph A. Eckstein, The Charter and Ordinances of the City of New Ulm, Minnesota 110-11 (1887)

Summary

Prohibited concealed carry in Ulm. Punishment could include the confiscation of arms and sureties. Allowed for use of weapons in defense, businesses needing protection, and police officers.

Statutory Text

Sec. 1. Any person who shall use, in reference to and in the presence of another, or in reference to or in the presence of any member of the family of another, abusive or obscene language, in tended or naturally tending to provoke an assault, or any breach of the peace , shall be subject to the penalty hereinafter described.

Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, within the limits of this city to carry or wear under his clothes or concealed about his person, any pistol, dirk, sling-shot, or knuckle of brass or other metal, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon. Any such weapon duly adjudged by any justice court of said city to have been worn or carried by any person in violation of this section, shall be adjudged and declared forfeited or confiscated to the city of New Ulm: and every such person so offending, on conviction, may in addition to the penalty hereinafter described, be required to furnish surities for keeping the peace for a term not exceeding six months.

Sec. 3. The prohibition in the preceding section shall not apply to police, peace, and other officers of courts, whose duty may be to secure warrants or make arrests, nor to persons whose business or occupation may require the carrying of weapons for protection. Nothing in the ordinances of this city shall be construed to prohibit within the city limits any firing of a gun, pistol or other firearm when done in the lawful defense of person, property or family, or in the necessary enforcement of the laws.

Sec. 4. All property confiscated to the city under this ordinance shall be turned over to the city council by the officer or person having the same in charge, with a full report of the same. The city council may dispose of such property in such manner as they sco fit.

Sec. 5. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall on conviction be punished by a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars and costs and be imprisoned until such fine and costs are paid not exceeding ninety days.

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Title 1888 — Ulm, Minnesota — Concealed Carry
Jurisdiction MN
Date 1888