Virginia
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Item Open Access 1786 Va. Acts 35. (Ch. 49, An Act Forbidding and Punishing Affrays).(General Publisher, 1786)Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that no man, great nor small, of what condition soever he be, except the Ministers of Justice in executing the precepts of the Courts of Justice, or in executing of their office, and such as be in their company assisting them, be so hardy to come before the justices of any court, or either of their Ministers of Justice, doing their office, with force and arms, on pain, to forfeit their armour to the Commonwealth, and their bodies to prison, at the pleasure of a Court; nor go nor ride armed by night nor by day, in fair or markets, or in other places, in terror of the county, upon pain of being arrested and committed to prison by any Justice on his own view, or proof by others, there to abide for so long a time as a jury, to be sworn for that purpose by the said Justice, shall direct, and in like manner to forfeit his armour to the Commonwealth; but no person shall be imprisoned for such offence by a longer space of time than one month.Item Open Access Act of May 5, 1777, ch. 3, in 9 HENING'S STATUTES AT LARGE 281, 281-82 (1821)(General Publisher, 1777)An act to oblige the free male inhabitants of this state above a certain age to give assurance of Allegiance to the same, and for other purposes. WHEREAS allegiance and protection are reciprocal, and those who will not bear the former are not entitled to the benefits of the later, Therefore Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that all free born male inhabitants of this state, above the age of sixteen years, except imported servants during the time of their service, shall, on or before the tenth day of October next, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation before some one of the justices of the peace of the county, city, or borough, where they shall respectively inhabit; and the said justice shall give a certificate thereof to every such person, and the said oath or affirmation shall be as followeth, viz . . . And the justices tendering such oath or affirmation are hereby directed to deliver a list of the names of such recusants to the county lieutenant, or chief commanding officer of the militia, who is hereby authorised and directed forthwith to cause such recusants to be disarmedItem Open Access The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia from the First Session of the Legislature, in the Year 1619, Volume 6, Page 531, § 5(General Publisher, 1755)that every person so as aforesaid enlisted (except free mulattoes, negroes, and Indians) shall be armed in the manner following, that is to say: Every soldier shall be furnished with a firelock well fixed, a bayonet fitted to the same, a double cartouch-box.Item Open Access Laws of the Town of Alexandria, VA: To prevent accidents... Sec. 3, No person to discharge any fire arms (1800).(General Publisher, 1800)Sec. III. No person shall discharge any Musket, Fowling-piece, Pistol, or other Fire Arms, within the limits of the corporation, unless in defence of his or her person or proprety, under the penalty of One Dollar for each offence.Item Open Access Ch. 111 §§ 7 & 8, 1 Va. Code 423 (1819)(General Publisher, 1819)Prohibited “free negro or mulatto” from keeping or carrying any kind of firelock, military weapon, powder, or lead without a license from a court.Item Open Access 1806 Va. Acts 51, ch. 94(General Publisher, 1806)Required every “free negro or mulatto” to first obtain a license before carrying or keeping “any fire-lock of any kind, any military weapon, or any powder or lead.”Item Open Access 1805 Va. Acts 51, An Act Concerning Free Negroes and Mulatoes(General Publisher, 1805)That no free negro or mulato shall be suffered to keep or carry any firelock of any kind… without first obtaining a license from the court…Item Open Access Collection of All Such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, of a Public and Permanent Nature, as are Now in Force, at 187, ch. 103, §§ 8–9 (1803),(General Publisher, 1792)Prohibited any “negro or mulatto” from possessing or carrying a gun, powder, shot, club, or other weapon.Item Open Access Collection of All Such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia ch. 21, p. 33 (1794)(General Publisher, 1786)Prohibited any man from being armed at fairs or markets "in terror of the country."Item Open Access An Act to Amend and Reduce into one Act, the Several Laws for Regulating and Disciplining the Militia, 1785 Va. Acts ch. 1, § III, p 2(General Publisher, 1785)Required members of the militia to keep arms, ammunition, and accoutrements ready when called for by their commanding officer.