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1857 — New Orleans, Louisiana — Pistol Gallery Tax

Henry Jefferson Leovy, The Laws and General Ordinances of the City of New Orleans, Together with the Acts of the Legislature, Decisions of the Supreme Court, and Constitutional Provisions, Relating to the City Government. Revised and Digested, Pursuant to an Order of the Common Council 242 (1857)

Levied $60 tax on pistol galleries.

LA

1857

1857 — Mississippi — Hunting

William Lewis Sharkey, Samuel Stillman Boyd, Henry T. Ellett & William Littleton Harris, The Revised Code of the Statute Laws of the State of Mississippi 610 (1857)

Prohibited hunting on the Sabbath.

MS

1857

1857 — North Carolina — Arms Taxation

1856–57 N.C. L. chap. 34, p. 34

Increased 1850 tax on dirks and sword canes to 65 cents. Increased pistol tax by 25 cents. Continued to specify...

NC

1857

1857 — Rhode Island — Militia Parades

Samuel Ames, The Revised Statutes of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 614 (1857)

Prohibited NCOs and militiamen from attending parades with unecessarily loaded firearms.

RI

1857

1857 — Newport, Rhode Island — Pistol Gallery Operation

Samuel Ames, The Revised Statutes of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 204-05 (1857)

Prohibited pistol galleries from operating in densley settled areas of Newport and imposes taxes on both pistol or rifle galleries.

RI

1857

1857 — Memphis, Tennessee — Firing Weapons

Louis J. Dupree, A Digest of the Ordinances of the City Council of Memphis, from the Year 1826 to 1857: Together with All Acts of the Legislature of Tennessee which Relate Exclusively to the City of Memphis, with an Appendix 161 (1857)

Prohibited firing guns in Memphis.

TN

1857