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1856 — Tennessee — Minimum Age

1855-56 Tenn. L. chap. 81, p. 92

Forbade the selling, loaning, or giving to any minor a pistol, bowie knife, dirk, or Arkansas tooth-pick. There was an...

TN
1856

1856 — Georgia — Weapon Discharge

1855-1856 Ga. L. chap. 201, p. 265

Prohibited wilfully shooting at another person, slave, or freeman except in self-defense.

GA
1856

1853 — Cleveland, Ohio — Weapon Discharge

W. H. Gaylord, G. M. Barber & J. Y. Black, Standing Rules of Order of the Cleveland City Council: With a Catalogue of the Mayors and Councils of the City of Cleveland, from Its Organization, April, 1836, to April, 1871, and Officers of the City Government for 1872 101 (1872)

Prohibited the discharge of firearms and cannons in Cleveland. Exceptions for military units and the fourth of July were inserted...

OH
1856

1856 — Burlington, Iowa — Gunpowder Storage

Chas. Ben. Darwin, Ordinances of the City of Burlington, with Head Notes and an Analytic Index 159 (1856)

Authorized officials to determine where boats with gunpowder ought to reside at any given time.

IA
1856

1856 — Montgomery, Alabama — Pistol Gallery Tax

John W.A. Sanford, The Code of the City of Montgomery, Prepared in Pursuance of an Order of the City Council of Montgomery 7-9 (1861)

Law provided legal basis for Mayor and Aldermen to institute taxes on pistol galleries.

AL
1856

1856 — Alabama — Weapon Discharge

1855 Ala. L. chap. 26, p. 17

Prohibited the sale of bowie knives and other weapons to male minors.

AL
1856

1856 — Winchester, Virginia — Firing Guns

Revised Ordinances of the Corporation of Winchester, with the Act of Incorporation and Certain Other Acts of the General Assembly Concerning the Town of Winchester, and the Constitution of Virginia 78 (1856)

Prohibited firing guns in Winchester VA except in cases of necessity or military use.

VA
1856

1856 — Texas — Assault Sentence Enhancement

William Simpson Oldham & George W. White, A Digest of the General Statute Laws of the State of Texas: to which are Subjoined the Repealed Laws of the Republic and State of Texas, By, Through, Or Under which Rights Have Accrued 520 (1859)

If one commited an assault with a bowie knife, the punishment was to be doubled.

TX
1856

1856 — Texas — Manslaughter Sentence Enhancement

William Simpson Oldham & George W. White, A Digest of the General Statute Laws of the State of Texas: to which are Subjoined the Repealed Laws of the Republic and State of Texas, By, Through, Or Under which Rights Have Accrued 534 (1859)

If one committed manslaughter with a bowie knife or dagger, they shall be punished for murder.

TX
1856

1856 — Peoria, Illinois — Weapon Discharge

James M. Cunningham, The City Charter, with the Several Laws Amendatory Thereto, and the Revised Ordinances, of the City of Peoria, Illinois, with References to the Decisions of the Supreme Court 168 (1857)

Prohibited discharging a cannon without permission except in cases of necessity, lawful police action, or military use. Violation of this...

IL
1856