Minnesota
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This collection serves as a dedicated repository for academic research, historical documentation, and case studies related to Minnesota. It focuses on the historical evolution, cultural developments, and legal frameworks within the state of Minnesota. This collection offers valuable resources for scholars, researchers, and individuals interested in the rich heritage and historical significance of Minnesota.
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Item Open Access Terr. of Minn. Rev. Stat., ch. 112, §18 (1851)(General Publisher, 1851)§16 Required any person going armed with any dirk, dagger, sword, pistol, or other offensive and dangerous weapon to post a surety once a complaint was filed, having cause to fear an injury or breach of the peace. Surety not to exceed six months with appeals provided. §18 provided that a surety may surrender his principal upon breach of the condition of recognizance.Item Open Access Ordinance No. 74—An Ordinance Relating to Breaches of the Peace, Disorderly Conduct and the Carrying of Concealed Weapons, § 3, City Charter of the City of Hastings (1870).(General Publisher, 1870)Any person who shall go armed within the incorporated limits of said city of Hastings with a dirk, dagger, sword, pistol or pistols, or shall carry a slung-shot or metal knuckles or other offensive or dangerous weapon, without reasonable cause to fear an assault or other injury to his person or to his family or property, shall, upon conviction before said justice, be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding three months, or both, in the discretion of the justice."Item Open Access Ordinances of the City of St. Paul, Minn., ch. 21, § 1(General Publisher, 1858)Prohibited the keeping, sale, or giving away of gun powder or gun cotton “in any quantity” absent payment of $5 to the City Treasurer and written permission of the authorities. Authorized any person to “keep for his own use” no more than 1 pound of gun powder or gun cotton at any one time. Punishable by a fine not to exceed $50 per offense.Item Open Access Henry John Horn, (Editor), The Charter and Ordinances of the City of St. Paul, Together with Legislative Acts Relating to the City, and the State Constitution, in an Appendix 113 (1858), ch. 21, §§ 1–5(General Publisher, 1858)Prohibited the keeping, sale, or giving away of gun powder or gun cotton “in any quantity” absent payment of $5 to the City Treasurer and written permission of the authorities. Authorized any person to “keep for his own use” no more than 1 pound of gun powder or gun cotton at any one time. Punishable by a fine not to exceed $50 per offense.Item Open Access Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Saint Paul, June 2, 1891 (St. Paul: The Herald Print 1892)(General Publisher, 1858)Prohibited the carry of firearms, shooting of birds, or throwing of stones or other missiles within the parkItem Open Access The Statutes at Large of the State of Minnesota: Comprising the General Statutes of 1866 as Amended by Subsequent Legislation to the Close of the Session of 1873: Together with All Laws of a General Nature in Force, March 7, A.D. 1873 with References to Judicial Decisions of the State of Minnesota, and of Other States Whose Statutes are Similar to Which are Prefixed the Constitution of the United States, the Organic Act, the Act Authorizing a State Government, and the Constitution of the State of Minnesota Page 1025, Image 319 (Vol. 2, 1873) § 17(General Publisher, 1873)Whoever goes armed with a dirk, dagger, sword, pistol or pistols, or other offensive and dangerous weapon, without reasonable cause to fear an assault or other injury or violence to his person, or to his family or property, 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 The Statutes at Large of the State of Minnesota: Comprising the General Statutes of 1866 as Amended by Subsequent Legislation to the Close of the Session of 1873: Together with All Laws of a General Nature in Force, March 7, A.D. 1873 with References to Judicial Decisions of the State of Minnesota, and of Other States Whose Statutes are Similar to Which are Prefixed the Constitution of the United States, the Organic Act, the Act Authorizing a State Government, and the Constitution of the State of Minnesota, at 993 (Vol. 2, 1873), Of Crimes and Their Punishment, Setting Spring Guns Unlawful, § 64-65(General Publisher, 1873)Prohibtied the setting of any trap gun, spring gun, or putting a pistol, rifle, or other deadly weapon "in this state." . Punished by imprisonment for at least 6 months or a fine of up to $500 if no injury results; imprisonment for up to 5 years if non-fatal injury results; and imprisonment for 10-15 years if death results.Item Open Access 1869 Minn. Gen. Laws 50–51, ch. 39, §§ 1–3(General Publisher, 1869)Prohibited the setting of a trap gun or spring gun, pistol, or other deadly weapon. Violators punished not less than six months in jail or fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or both if there is no injury. If death results, imprisonment not less than ten but no more than fifteen years. If injury results, punishable by imprisonment not exceeding five years.Item Open Access 1859 Minn. Pub. Stat. 798-800, ch. 120, §§ 1, 8.(General Publisher, 1858)That all able-bodied, white male citizens resident of this state, being eighteen years of age, and under the age of forty-five years, excepting persons exempt by law, shall be enrolled in the militia, and perform military duty in such manner—not incompatible with the constitution and laws of the United States—as hereinafter prescribed