Mississippi
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This collection serves as a dedicated repository for academic research, historical documentation, and case studies related to Mississippi. It focuses on the historical evolution, cultural developments, and legal frameworks within the state of Mississippi. This collection offers valuable resources for scholars, researchers, and individuals interested in the rich heritage and historical significance of Mississippi.
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Item Open Access 1878 Miss. Laws 176, ch. 46, § 4.(General Publisher, 1878)[A]ny student of any university, college or school, who shall carry concealed, in whole or in part, any weapon of the kind or description in the first section of this Act described, or any teacher, instructor, or professor who shall, knowingly, suffer or permit any such weapon to be carried by any student or pupil, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, be fined not exceeding three hundred dollars, and if the fine and costs are not paid, condemned to hard labor under the direction of the board of supervisors or of the court.Item Open Access 1878 Miss. Laws 27, 29, ch. 3, §§ 8, 12(General Publisher, 1878)Mandated tax assessors to have prepared lists of taxable items, including pistols, Bowie knives, dirks, and sword canes.Item Open Access 1878 Miss. Laws 175, ch.46 § 1(General Publisher, 1878)Prohibited the carrying of a concealed Bowie knife, pistol, brass knuckles, slungshot or other deadly weapon. Excepted travels other than “a tramp.” Punishable by fine of $5-100.Item Open Access 1878 Miss. Laws 175-76, An Act To Prevent The Carrying Of Concealed Weapons And For Other Purposes, ch. 46, §§ 2.(General Publisher, 1878)Prohibited the sale of any Bowie knife, pistol, brass knuckles, slung shot, or other deadly weapon of like kind to any minor or intoxicated person.Item Open Access 1876 Miss. Laws 131, 134, ch. 104(General Publisher, 1876)Allowed the Auditor of Public Accounts to create assessment rolls for property subject to taxation, including pistols, dirks, bowie knives, and sword canes.Item Open Access 1871 Miss. Laws 819–20, ch. 33, art. 3, § 1(General Publisher, 1871)Imposed property tax on pistols, dirks, Bowie knives, and sword canes.Item Open Access 1871 Rev. Code of the Stat. Laws of the State of Mississippi 559-60, ch. 58, art. 13, §§ 2531-2535.(General Publisher, 1871)Every person, who shall challenge another to fight a duel, or who shall send, deliver, or cause to be delivered, any written or verbal messages, purporting or intended to be such challenge, or who shall accept any such challenge or message, or who shall knowingly carry or deliver any such message or challenge, or who shall be present at the time of fighting any duel with deadly weapons, either as second, aid or surgeon, or who shall advise or give assistance to such duel, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not less than three hundred dollars, nor exceeding one thousand dollars, or be imprisoned, not less than six months, int eh county jail, or by both such fine and [i]mprisonment. . . . § 2534. If any person shall be guilty of fighting in any village, city, town or other public place, and shall in such fight use any rifle, shot-gun, sword, sword-cane, pistol, dirk, bowie-knife, dirk-knife, or any other deadly weapon, or if any person shall be second or aid in such fight, the person so offending shall be fined not less than three hundred dollars, or shall be imprisoned, not less than three months, or punished by both such fine and imprisonment; and if any person shall be killed in such fight, the person so killing the other, may be prosecuted and convicted as in other cases of murder.Item Open Access 1871 Rev. Code of the Stat. Laws of the State of Mississippi 586, ch. 58, art. 29, § 2683(General Publisher, 1871)f any person shall be found hunting with a gun, or with dogs, on the Sabbath, or fishing in any way, he shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less than five, nor more than twenty dollars.Item Open Access 1867 Miss. Laws 412, ch. 317(General Publisher, 1867)Imposed property tax on several arms. Every pistol has more than one barrel or revolver, two dollars. On every single barrel pistol, one dollar. On each rifle, shotgun, army gun, fifty cents. On each and every Bowie-knife, sword-cane, or dirk, two dollars.Item Open Access 1867 Miss. Laws 327-28, ch. 249, § 1.(General Publisher, 1867)[A] tax of not less than five dollars or more than fifteen dollars shall be levied and assessed annually by the board of Police of Washington county upon every gun and pistol which may be in the possession of any person in said county,