Utah
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This collection serves as a dedicated repository for academic research, historical documentation, and case studies related to Utah. It focuses on the historical evolution, cultural developments, and legal frameworks within the state of Utah. This collection offers valuable resources for scholars, researchers, and individuals interested in the rich heritage and historical significance of Utah.
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Item Open Access An Ordinance Prohibiting the Sale of Arms, Ammunition, or Spiritous Liquors to the Indians, in Acts, Resolutions and Memorials Passed at the Several Annual Sessions of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah, at 63, § 1 (Henry McEwan 1866)(General Publisher, 1850)That if any person shall hereafter trade or give any guns, rifies,pistols or any other deadly weap- ons, ammunition or spirituous liquors to any Indian, without having a license, he shall, on conviction thereof before any Justice of the Peace, he fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars for each offense, and also forfeit all the property received from the Indian, which shall be sold and the proceeds thereof paid into the public treasury."Item Open Access Joseph Lippman, The Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City, Utah, Embracing All Ordinances of a General Nature in Force December 20, 1892, Together with the Charter of Salt Lake City, the Amendments Thereto, and Territorial Laws of a General Nature Applicable to Salt Lake City, and the Constitution of the United States, at 284, ch. 26, § 17 (1893)(General Publisher, 1860)Any person discharging firearms within the limits of the city, without a lawful breastwork or battery for the protection of the citizens, shall be liable to a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars for every such offense. A breastwork or battery, for target shooting, to be deemed lawful, shall be a wall eighteen inches thick, six feet wide, and six feet high in the back, with side wings one foot thick, each extending two feet, increasing flaringly to the front, and six feet high, of adobes or mud, or its equivalent of other material.Item Open Access 1863–64 Utah Laws 47, To Incorporate The City Of Payson, § 27(General Publisher, 1864)To direct or prohibit the location and management of houses for the storing of gunpowder, tar, pitch, resin or other combustible and dangerous materials within the city, and to regulate the conveying of gunpowder.Item Open Access 1866 Utah Acts 54, ch. 22, tit. 4, § 48(General Publisher, 1865)If such offender, at the time of committing such burglary, is armed with a dangerous weapon, or so arm himself after having entered such dwelling house, or actually assault any person being lawfully therein; or have any confeder-ates present aiding and abetting in such burglary, he shall be punished by impris- onment for life, or any term of years."Item Open Access 1866 Utah Acts 51, ch. 22, tit. 2, § 14(General Publisher, 1865)If such offender, at the time of such robbery, is armed with a dangerous weapon, with intent, if resisted, to kill or maim the person robbed; or if, being so armed, he wound or strike the person robbed; or if lie have :any conffederates aiding and abetting him in such robbery present, and so armed; he shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of not exceeding twenty-five years, and not less than ten years."Item Open Access 1866 Utah Acts 59, ch. 22, tit. 8, § 102(General Publisher, 1865)Prohibited the “set[ting] of any gun.” Punishable by imprisonment of up to 1 year or a fine of up to $500.Item Open Access 1866 Utah Acts 51, ch. 22, tit. 2, § 8(General Publisher, 1865)Whoever fights a duel with deadly weapons, and inflicts a mortal wound on his antagonist, wherefrom death ensues, is guilty of murder of the first degree, and shall be punished accordingly."Item Open Access Revised Ordinances and Resolutions of the City Council of Salt Lake City, in the Territory of Utah, with Congressional and Territorial Laws on Townsites and Great Salt Lake City Charter, and Amendments, at 161-162, ch. 48, § 1 (1875)(General Publisher, 1875)Be it ordained, by the City Council of Salt Lake City, that it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to keep, sell or give away, gunpowder, gun-cotton, or nitro-glycerine, in any quantity without permission of the City Council; Provided, any person may keep, for his own use, not exceeding five pounds of gun powder, one pound of gun cotton, or one ounce of nitro-glycerine.Item Open Access Chapter 5: Offenses Against the Person, undated, reprinted in The Revised Ordinances Of Provo City, Containing All The Ordinances In Force 105, 106-07 § 182 (1877)(General Publisher, 1877)Prohibited carrying a pistol, or other firearm, slungshot, false knuckles, Bowie knife, dagger or any other “dangerous or deadly weapon.” Punishable by fine up to $25.Item Open Access Ordinances of Ogden City, Utah. To Which are Prefixed a List of the City Governments from 1869 to 1881, the Charter of the City and Amendments, at 98, ch. 10, § 38 (1881).(General Publisher, 1881)Any person discharging any gun or pistol within the limits of the city, between the hours of sunset and sunrise, or on the Sabbath day (except in case of necessary defense of self, family or property, or in the case of any civil officer in the discharge of his duty), shall be liable to a fine in any sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars for every such offense.Item Open Access 1 The Compiled Laws of Utah: The Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States and Statutes of the United States Locally Applicable and Important, at 797, Toy Pistols. § 2266 (1888)(General Publisher, 1884)Any one selling or giving a toy pistol to any person in this Territory, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.Item Open Access 1888 Utah Laws 166, ch. 50, § 19, pt. 31.(General Publisher, 1888)To adopt such rules and regulations within their respective counties, except within municipal corporations, with regard to the keeping and storing of every kind of gun powder, [H]ercules powder, giant powder, or other combustible material, as the safety and protection of the lives and property of individuals may require.Item Open Access Joseph Lippman (Editor), The Revised Ordinances Of Salt Lake City, Utah, Embracing All Ordinances of a General Nature in Force December 20, 1892, Together With the Charter of Salt Lake City, the Amendments Thereto, and Territorial Laws of a General Nature Applicable to Salt Lake City, and the Constitution of the United States 283 (1893), § 14(General Publisher, 1888)Prohibited carrying a slingshot or any concealed deadly weapon without permission of the mayor. Punishable by fine up to $50.Item Open Access Joseph Lippman, The Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City, Utah, Embracing All Ordinances of a General Nature in Force December 20, 1892, Together with the Charter of Salt Lake City, the Amendments Thereto, and Territorial Laws of a General Nature Applicable to Salt Lake City, and the Constitution of the United States, at 284, ch. 26, § 18 (1893)(General Publisher, 1889)Any person discharging an air gun, sparrow gun, flipper, or other similar contrivance, within the limits of this city, shall be liable to a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars for every such offense.Item Open Access The Military Code of Utah, ch. 53, § 53, 1894 Utah Laws 64, 76-77.(General Publisher, 1894)It shall not be lawful for any body of men whatever, other than the regular organized volunteer militia of this Territory, and the troops of the United States, to associate themselves together as a military company or organization, or to drill or parade with arms in any city or town of this TerritoryItem Open Access Utah Const., Art. I, § 6 (1896)(General Publisher, 1896)Declared a right of the people to keep and bear arms for their security and defense, but the legislature may regulate the exercise of the right.Item Open Access 1899 Utah Laws 42-43, ch. 26, § 24(General Publisher, 1898)It shall be unlawful for any person to use any gun larger than ten-guage while hunting for fowl or birds.Item Open Access 1901 Utah Laws 139, ch. 124, § 60(General Publisher, 1901)To regulate or prevent the storage of gunpowder, tar, pitch, resin, coal oil, benzene, turpentine, nitroglycerine, petroleum, or any of the products thereof, and other combustible or explosive material, and the use of lights in stables, shops and other places, and the building of bonfires.Item Open Access 1901 Utah Laws 76, ch. 77, § 1.(General Publisher, 1901)That every person who knowingly leave with or delivers to another, or to any express or railway company or other common carrier, or to any warehouse or storehouse any package containing nitro-glycerine, dynamite, guncotton, gunpowder, or other highly explosive compound, or any benzine [sic], gasoline, phosphorus, or other highly inflammable substance or any vitriol, . . . or other dangerous acid . . . to be handled, stored, shipped or transported, without plainly marking and indicating on such package the name and nature of the contents thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and punishable by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months.Item Open Access 1901 Utah Laws 97-98, ch. 96, §§ 1-3(General Publisher, 1901)Prohibited the construction and possession of any “infernal machine,” defined as a device with a loaded firearm that is capable of igniting when moved, handled, or opened.