Massachusetts
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The Massachusetts Collection serves as a repository for academic and research materials related to the history, culture, and regional developments within Massachusetts. This Collection provides a valuable resource for researchers, students, and professionals exploring the historical significance and cultural evolution of this prominent state.
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Item Open Access Thomas Wetmore, The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Boston: Together with the Acts of the Legislature Relating to the City Page 116-117 (1834), An ordinance forbidding the firing of Guns, prohibiting Fireworks in certain cases, and to prevent damage by fire, § 1.(General Publisher, 1826)hat no person shall fire or discharge any gun, fowling piece, or fire arms within the limits of the city, which shall be loaded with balls or shot, or with powder only, under a penalty for every such offence, of a sum not less than one dollar nor more than twenty dollars: Provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not extend to the firing of any gun or other fire arm, in the lawful defense of the person, family, or property of any citizen; nor to the firing of any such gun or fire arm at any military exercise or reviews.Item Open Access 1859 Mass. Gen. Stat. 107, ch. 13, § 113(General Publisher, 1859)A soldier who unnecessarily, or without order from a superior officer, comes to any parade, with his musket, rifle, or pistol, loaded with ball, slug, or shot, or so loads the same while on parade, or unnecessarily, or without order from a superior officer, discharges the same when going to, returning from, or upon parade, shall forfeit not less than five nor more than twenty dollars, to be recovered on complaint of the clerk, one-half to his use and one-half to the use of commanding officer.Item Open Access 1 The General Statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Enacted December 28, 1859, to Take Effect June 1, 1860 (2d ed., William A Richardson & George P. Sanger, eds.) 255 (1873)(General Publisher, 1859)Appointed six individuals in each county for proving of musket barrels and pistols. Proven arms are stamped by the appointed officials.Item Open Access 1856 Mass. Acts 86, An Act to Incorporate the Proprietors of Oak Grove Cemetery, ch. 154 § 6(General Publisher, 1856)Any person who shall . . . discharge any gun or other fire-arms, within the said limits, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any justice of the peace, or other court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine not less than five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars...Item Open Access 1859 Mass. Gen. Law, ch.194, § 2 as codified in 1873 Mass. Gen. Stat. 816, ch. 164 § 11(General Publisher, 1850)Enhanced the sentence of anyone carrying slung-shot, metallic knuckles, billies, or other dangerous weapons while committing a criminal offense or arrested upon warrant of a magistrate. Violators fined not exceeding fifty dollars or imprisonment not exceeding one year.Item Open Access 1850 Mass. Gen. Law, ch.194, § 2 as codified in 1873 Mass. Gen. Stat. 816, ch. 164 § 11(General Publisher, 1850)Prohibited the manufacture or sale of slung-shots or metallic knuckles. Violators fined not less than fifty dollars or imprisoned not exceeding six months.Item Open Access 1850 Mass. Acts ch. 194, §1, p. 401(General Publisher, 1850)Anyone arrested and armed with any dangerous weapon, of the kind usually called a slung-shot, shall be punished by a maximum fine of fifty dollars or imprisonment not exceeding one year.Item Open Access 1850 Mass. Acts 401, ch. 194, sec. 2(General Publisher, 1850)Prohibited the manufacture or sale of slung-shots. Violators fined not less than fifty dollars or imprisoned not exceeding six months.Item Open Access The Municipal Register, Containing the City Charter, with Rules and Orders of the City Council, Also the Ordinances, and a List of the Officers of the City of Roxbury, for 1848-49, City Document No. 5 at 58 § 16, An Ordinance To prevent unlawful and injurious practices in the streets and other public places in the city (1848)(General Publisher, 1848)Prohibited the discharge of any firearms within the city of RoxburyItem Open Access Joseph Barlow Felt Osgood, The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Salem, Together with the Acts of the Legislature Relating to the City: Collated and Revised Pursuant to an Order of the City Council, at 67 § 18 (1853)(General Publisher, 1847)no gun-cotton, or other substance prepared, like it, for explosion, shall be kept within the limits of such town or city, excepting under the regulations and penalties that were then applicable by law to gunpowder; and if it shall be considered necessary for public safety, they may restrict the quantity to be so kept to one-fifth of the weight of gunpowder allowed by law in each case provided for.