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 1813 Ky. Acts 100, An Act to Prevent Persons in this Commonwealth from Wearing Concealed Arms, Except in Certain Cases, ch. 89, § 1.(General Publisher, 1813)Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, that any person in this Commonwealth, who shall hereafter wear a pocket pistol, dirk, large knife, or sword in a cane, concealed as a weapon, unless when travelling on a journey, shall be fined .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 1807 Laws of Kentucky 1, An Act to Amend an act titled "An Act Concerning the Militia," ch. 1 § 3.(General Publisher, 1807)imposed a fine of up to fifty cents on each non commissioned officer and private appearing on parade without a gun after being duly notified.Item Open Access 1806 Ky. Acts 122, An Act to Amend the Several Acts for the Better Regulation of the Town of Lexington, § 3.(General Publisher, 1806)Be it further enacted, That said trustees are herby authorised [sic] to make such regulations as they may deem necessary and proper, relative to the keeping of gun-powder in the said town of Lexington, and if necessary may prohibit any inhabitants of said town, from keeping in the settled parts thereof, any quantity of gun powder which might in case of fire be dangerousItem Open Access A Digest of the Statute Laws of Kentucky, of a Public and Permanent Nature, from the Commencement of the Government to the Session of the Legislature, Ending on the 24th February, 1834 With References to Judicial Decisions Page 578-579, Image 584-585 (Vol. 1, 1834)(General Publisher, 1800)if any person within this Commonwealth, shall challenge, by word or writing, the person of another to fight at sword, pistol, or other deadly weapon, such person, (a) so challenging, shall forfeit and pay, for every such offence, being thereof lawfully convicted, in any court of record within the Commonwealth, by the testimony of one or more witnesses, or by the confession of the party offending, the sum of five hundred dollars, or shall suffer twelve months’ imprisonment, without bail or mainprize.Item Open Access 1799 Ky. Acts 7, An Act to Amend an Act Entitled “An Act Concerning the Militia,” p. 421-22, §§ 1-3.(General Publisher, 1799)[T]he brigadier generals shall attend each regimental muster within their brigades to view the same; it shall be the duty of the brigade major, attended by the commandant of the regimnt, to inspect the same at every muster. § 2. All fines arising within the bounds of any regiment, on account of delinquencies of officers, privates, or otherwise, shall be appropriated to the use of such regiment only. § 3. . . . [E]ach non-commissioned officer shall have ten days notice of each muster; and each non-commissioned officer and private, appearing on parade without a gun after being duly notified, shall be fined any sum not exceeding fifty cents, at the discretion of a court martial.Item Open Access 1798 Ky. Acts 106, ch. 54, § 5(General Publisher, 1798)Prohibited “negro, mulatto, or Indian” from possessing or carrying a gun, powder, shot, club, or other weapon or ammunition.Item Open Access 1798 Ky. Acts 106(General Publisher, 1798)Prohibited “negro, mulatto, or Indian” from possessing or carrying a gun, powder, shot, club, or other weapon or ammunition.Item Open Access Ky. Const. of 1792, art. XII, § 23(General Publisher, 1792)Declared the right of citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and of the State shall not be questioned.