Oregon
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This collection serves as a dedicated repository for academic research, historical documentation, and case studies related to Oregon. It focuses on the historical evolution, cultural developments, and legal frameworks within the state of Oregon. This collection offers valuable resources for scholars, researchers, and individuals interested in the rich heritage and historical significance of Oregon.
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Item Open Access 1854 Or. Terr. Stat. 257, ch. 37, An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Arms and Ammunition to Indians, §§ 1-3.(General Publisher, 1853)Prohibited any “white citizen” to sell, barter, or give any kind of firearm or ammunition to “an Indian.”Item Open Access 1854 Or. Terr. Stat. 220, ch. 16, § 17(General Publisher, 1853)If any person shall go armed with dirk, dagger, sword, pistol, or other offensive and dangerous weapon, without reasonable cause to fear an assault, injury, or other violence to his person, or to his family or property, he may, on complaint of any other person, having reasonable cause to fear an injury, or breach of the peace, be required to find sureties for keeping the peace for a term not exceeding six months, with the right of appealing as before provided.Item Open Access Ordinances of the Town of Jacksonville, at 44-45, Ordinance No. 53, § 9 (1876)(General Publisher, 1876)All persons are forbidden to shoot or fire off any gun within said cemetery enclosures, or put or turn loose any animal therein.Item Open Access 1878 Or. Laws 136, Special Laws, An Act to Incorporate the Town of Independence, in the County of Polk, and State of Oregon, § 4.(General Publisher, 1878)[T]o regulate the storage of gunpowder and other combustible material, and the use of candles, lamps and other lights in shops, halls and other places[.]Item Open Access Charter and Ordinances of the City of Portland and Table of Grades: Together with the Rules of Order, Reports of officers, etc., at 207, Concerning Offenses and Disorderly Conduct, § 2 (1879)(General Publisher, 1879)That any person or persons who shall fire any pistol, gun or rifle, or any other species of fire-arms, within the corporate limits of the city, shall, on conviction thereof before the Police Court, be fined not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars: Provided, That all circumstances of necessity may be plead as a defense to the offense described in this section; and, provided further, that the Chief of Police may permit upon the national holidays and other days of public celebration any appropriate display of firearms named in this section.Item Open Access Charter of the City of Portland, Street and Fire Department Laws, Ordinances, Regulations &C., at 225-27, To Regulate The Storage And Sale Of Gunpowder, And Other Explosive Material, §§ 1-10 (1872)(General Publisher, 1872)Regulated the keeping and sale of gunpowderItem Open Access Charter of the City of Portland, Street and Fire Department Laws, Ordinances, Regulations &C., at 205-206, Concerning Offences and Disorderly Conduct, § 2 (1872)(General Publisher, 1868)That any person or persons who shall fire any pistol, gun or rifle, or any other species of fire-arms within the following limits: the Willamette river on the east and (10) Tenth Street on the west, Caruther’s Addition on the south nd F Street on Couch’s Addition on the north, shall on conviction thereof before the Recorder, be subject to a penalty of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, or imprisonment, at the discretion of the Recorder, not exceeding twenty days. Provided that the Marshal shall permit upon the national holidays and other days of public celebration, any appropriate display of fire-arms and other instruments named in this section.]Item Open Access Ordinance No. 317: An Ordinance Concerning Offenses and Disorderly Conduct, THE DAILY ASTORIAN, Feb. 22, 1879, at 3, § 9 (Astoria, OR)(General Publisher, 1879)That any person or persons who shall carry any fire arms, knife, dirk, knuckles, slung-shot or any other dangerous weapon in a concealed manner about their or his person, within the corporate limits of the city, without a permit, which permit shall be issued by the auditor and clerk of the city upon the recommendation, in writing, of the chief of police, and upon the presentation of the treasurer’s receipt, that the applicant therefore, has paid into the city treasurer the sum of five dollars for a yearly permit, or the sum of one dollar for a permit extending over the period of one month, shall upon conviction thereof before the police court, be fined not less than two nor more than twenty-five dollars, or by a term of imprisonment not exceeding twenty days, provided this section shall not apply to the officers of the law.Item Open Access Ordinance No. 317: An Ordinance Concerning Offenses and Disorderly Conduct, THE DAILY ASTORIAN, Feb. 22, 1879, at 3, § 7 (Astoria, OR)(General Publisher, 1879)Any person or persons who shall draw any kind of fire arms, or any dirk, dagger, knife or other deadly weapon upon the person of another, or who shall strike at the person of another with slung-shot, knuckles or any other dangerous weapon, within the corporate limits of the city, shall on conviction thereof before the police judge be fined not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than twenty days, or both.Item Open Access Ordinance No. 317: An Ordinance Concerning Offenses and Disorderly Conduct, THE DAILY ASTORIAN, Feb. 22, 1879, at 3, § 2 (Astoria, OR)(General Publisher, 1879)That any person or persons who shall fire any pistol, gun or rifle or any other kind of fire-arms within the corporate limits of the city, shall on conviction thereof before the Police court, be fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars