Kentucky
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This collection serves as a dedicated repository for academic research, historical documentation, and case studies related to Kentucky. It focuses on the historical evolution, cultural developments, and legal frameworks within the state of Kentucky. This collection offers valuable resources for scholars, researchers, and individuals interested in the rich heritage and historical significance of Kentucky.
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Item Open Access 1839 Ky. Acts 246, An Act to Amend the Several Acts Concerning the Towns of Paris and Elizabethtown, chap. 1279, § 8.(General Publisher, 1839)They shall have power to ordain a penalty on persons who shall be guilty of running horses within the limits of said town, blowing horns, or crying aloud, in such manner as to disturb the peace and quiet of the town, or the shooting a gun, or pistol in said town, any sum not exceeding twenty dollars.Item Open Access 1856 Ky. Acts 139, An Act to Incorporate the Town of Baltimore, Hickman County, ch. 475, § 10.(General Publisher, 1855)Any person who shall shoot off a gun or pistol, or shall run or gallop a horse creature in said town, shall be liable to a fine of not less than two nor more than four dollarsItem Open Access 1866 Ky. Acts 715, An Act to Amend the Charter of the Town of New Castle, ch. 819 § 2.(General Publisher, 1866)If any person shall shoot off a gun or pistol within the corporate limits of said town, it shall be the duty of the trustees and officers of said town to report the fact to the police judge, who shall forthwith have the person so offending arrested and brought before him for trial, and, on conviction of the offense, shall be fined by said judge in a sum not to exceed ten dollars, and a forfeiture to said town of the gun or shall be the duty of said judge to have the gun or pistol so used sold at public auction, and the proceeds thereof shall be paid into the treasury of said town . . . .Item Open Access 1876 Ky. Acts 450, An Act to Amend an Act Entitled “An Act to Amend and Reduce into One Several Acts in Regard to the Town of Vanceburg, in Lewis County”§ 43 (Vol. II).(General Publisher, 1875)No person, except watchmen, gunsmiths and militiamen in the discharge of their duty, or unless in defense of life or property, shall fire a gun or pistol within the city limits: any person thus offending shall be fined not less than one dollar nor more than five dollars.Item Open Access 1890 Ky. Acts 618, An Actsto Establish a City Government for the Town of North Middle-Town, ch 327 Article III §7.(General Publisher, 1890)The council should have the power tor regulate and restrain the firing and concealed carry of firearms.Item Open Access By-Laws & Ordinances for the Police of the Town of Lexington, Sect. 4: Penalty for firing a gun (1809).(General Publisher, 1809)"Be it further ordained, That no person except watchmen in the discharge of their duty, shall fire a gun or pistol within the limits of the in lots of this town, unless in the defence of life or property, under the penalty of three dollars for every such offence.Item Open Access Carrying Weapons or Sale to Minors Prohibited, Amendment to Ordinance No. 11—Crimes and Punishment, §§ 7-9 in Ordinances, Charter and Laws for the Government of the City of Frankfort, Kentucky (1876)(General Publisher, 1876)Prohibited discharge of any gun or pistol in the city unless in lawful defense. Also prohibited concealed carry of deadly weapons except ordinary pocket knives. Also prohibited selling deadly weapons to minors other than pocket knives.Item Open Access Charles Anderson Wickliffe, The Revised Statutes of Kentucky, Approved and Adopted by the General Assembly, 1851 and 1852: in Force from July 1, 1852 Page 671, Image 679 (1852)(General Publisher, 1852)No person, except a gunsmith on his own premises, shall shoot off a gun or pistol in a town. Any person offending herein shall be fined five dollars and costs, to be collected by the trustees, and applied to keeping the streets of the town in repair.Item Open Access Oliver H. Strattan, City Clerk A Collection of the State and Municipal Laws, in Force, and Applicable to the City of Louisville, Ky. . . . 198 (1857)(General Publisher, 1853)Any person who shall discharge a gun, pistol, or other fire-arms, or any person, who shall set off a squib, cracker, or other fire works, in any public place, or send up a paper balloon or sky rocket, or throw a fire ball within the city, shall be fined four dollars.