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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.