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1776 — Connecticut — Manufacture Subsidy

2 Arthur Vollmer, Military Obligation: The American Tradition: A Compilation of the Enactments of Compulsion from the Earliest Settlements of the Original Thirteen Colonies in 1607 Through the Articles of Confederation 1789, Part 2 207

Connecticut subsidized the production of gunpowder.

CT
1776

1776 — Delaware — Militia Law

1776 Del. Const, art. 28.

Forbade the carrying of weapons to elections and militia activities on days of elections.

DE
1776

Law required the disarmament of individuals who "are notoriously disaffected to the cause of America."

MA
1776

1776 — Maryland — Arms Export Prohibition

Proceedings of the Conventions of the Province of Maryland Held at the City of Annapolis, in 1774, 1775, & 1776 146-47 (1836)

Prohibited the transport of various arms out of the state.

MD
1776

1897 — New Jersey — Gunpowder Inspection

1776-1777 N.J. L. chap. 6, p. 6-7

Allowed for the inspection of gunpowder stores to ensure it is kept properly.

NJ
1776

1776 — Rhode Island — Gunpowder Inspection

Records Of The State Of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations In New England 18-19 (1863)

Required vendors of gunpowder to store it in dry marked casks that have been inspected.

RI
1776

1776 — Pennsylvania — Militia

1776 Pa. Laws, An Ordinance Respecting The Arms Of Non-Associators

Allows officers to take arms from non-associators for the war effort.

PA
1776