Connecticut
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The Connecticut Collection serves as a dedicated repository for academic and research materials focusing on the historical, cultural, and legal developments within Connecticut. This community houses collections that reflect various jurisdictions, historical periods, and sectors, offering valuable insights for researchers, students, and professionals.
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Item Open Access 1901 Conn. Acts 602, Special Laws, § 20(General Publisher, 1901)Granted the county of New Haven the authority to regulate the discharge of firearms within the Borough. Also granted the authority to license, regulate, or prohibit the manufacture, keeping for sale, and use of fireworks, torpedoes, firecrackers, gunpowder, petrolemn, dynamite, or other explosive or inflammable substance.Item Open Access J. M. Meech, Charter and Revised Ordinances of the City of Norwich With the Amendments Thereto, and Statutes of the State Relating to Municipal Corporations, in Force January 1st, 1877 Page 178, Page 185(General Publisher, 1876)Prohibited the discharge of any swivel, musket, fowling-piece, pistol, or other gun of any description within said city at a distance of less than "fifty rods" from any dwelling house, public highway, or street.Violators fined three dollars.Item Open Access A By-Law in relation to the Firing of Guns and Pistols, ch. 26 (1835) in The By-Laws of the City of New London, with the Statute Laws of the State of Connecticut Relative to Said City(General Publisher, 1835)Prohibited the discharge of any gun or pistol within the limits of the city. Violators fined two dollars. Minors who discharge guns or pistols, or explode fireworks, shall be held liable with the fine recoverable from the parent or guardian.Item Open Access 1845 Conn. Acts 10, An Act Prohibiting the Firing of Guns and Other Fire Arms in the City of New Haven, chap. 10(General Publisher, 1845)Prohibited the discharge of any gun or other firearm of any knd within the city limits of New Haven. Violators fined seven dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days.Item Open Access THE CHARTER AND BY-LAWS OF THE CITY OF MERIDEN 135 (1875)(General Publisher, 1869)Prohibited the discharge of any pistol, gun, cannon, or other fire-arm with the limits of the city. Violators forfeit the weapon and fined five dollars.Item Open Access The Charter and By-Laws of the Borough of Wallingford Page 55 (1882) §15(General Publisher, 1882)Prohibited the discharge of any pistol, gun, cannon, or other fire-arm in any street, park, or public ground. Violators fined not exceeding twenty-five dollars.Item Open Access Ordinances and By-Laws of the Borough of Naugatuck (Naugatuck, CT: Perry Press, 1901), 3; in Charter and ordinances of the Borough of Naugatuck (Naugatuck, CT: Perry Press, 1907). Section 2—An Ordinance or By-Law Relating to Public Safety, Clauses 1-8. Undated(General Publisher, 1901)Prohibited the discharge of any pistol, revolver, gun, cannon, or other firearm, or air gun in any street, park, or public ground. Also prohibited the carry of any firearm, brass or metal knuckles, slung shot, or similar weapon with permission from the Warden.Item Open Access 1847 Conn. Acts 11, An Act Relating To Cemeteries, chap. 9(General Publisher, 1847)Prohibited the discharge of any gun or other firearm within any cemetary. Violators fined not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both at the discretion of the court.Item Open Access 1672-1714 Conn. Acts 3, False Alarms(General Publisher, 1714)Prohibited falsely alarming the colony by firing any gun or guns, at any time between the shutting in the Evening or break of day. Violators fined five pounds or two months imprisonment, or other Corporal punishment.