Summary
Occupational tax of 1891 for vendors of bowie knives, dirks, and pistols reduced to $10, but extended to also include sellers of springfield rifles and repeating rifles.
Statutory Text
Fourteenth. No merchant, store-keeper or dealer shall keep for sale or sell pistols, Springfield rifles, repeating rifles, bowie knives or dirk knives, without first paying a license tax of ten dollars; Provided, Said pistols, Springfield rifles, repeating rifles, bowie knives or dirk knives, shall not be sold to minors. Every violation of this paragraph shall he punished by a fine of fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not more than six months.
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Title
1893 — Florida — Occupational Tax
Conduct
Transfer & Sale
Instrument
Edged Weapons, Firearms
Jurisdiction
FL
Date
1893