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Amended 1885 Kentucky tax laws. Occupational license tax of $50 on vendors of bowie knives, and the tax was reduced to $25 for pistols. Added brass knuckles and other weapons to the tax.
Statutory Text
§ 35. Before engaging in any occupation or selling any article named in this and section thirty-seven of this article, the person desiring to do so shall procure license and pay the tax thereon as follows:
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To sell pistols, twenty-five dollars.
To sell bowie-knives, dirks, brass-knucks or slungshots, fifty dollars.
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Title
1891 — Kentucky — Occupational License Tax
Conduct
Transfer & Sale
Instrument
Blunt Weapons, Edged Weapons, Firearms
Jurisdiction
KY
Date
1891