Ohio
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This collection serves as a dedicated repository for academic research, historical documentation, and case studies related to Ohio. It focuses on the historical evolution, cultural developments, and legal frameworks within the state of Ohio. This collection offers valuable resources for scholars, researchers, and individuals interested in the rich heritage and historical significance of Ohio.
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Item Open Access 1792 Laws Passed in the Territory of the United States North-West of the River Ohio, at 20, Burglary(General Publisher, 1788)Prohibited the carrying of any “dangerous weapon” that indicates a violent intention while committing a burglary. Punishable by imprisonment for up to 40 years.Item Open Access 1823 Ohio Acts, at 55, 57-58, ch. 38, § 10 (vol. 22, 1824)(General Publisher, 1823)to impose a fine of not more than five dollars, for shooting a gun or running a horse within said town, to adopt such regulations as may by them be deemed necessary to secure the town against injuries by fire..."Item Open Access The Act of Incorporation, and the Ordinances and Regulations of the Town of Marietta, Washington County, Ohio 17–18, An Ordinance Preventing the Wanton Use of Firearms, & c., §§ 1-2 (1837)(General Publisher, 1823)Prohibited the discharge or explosion of any gun powder within the town limits. Violators fined not less than one but no more than five dollars on the first offense. Following offenses fined at not less then five but no more than ten dollars with all costs.Item Open Access An Act Incorporating the City of Cincinnati: And a Digest of the Ordinances of Said City, at 57-58, An Ordinance to Regulate the Keeping of Gunpowder, § 1 (1835)(General Publisher, 1835)That no person or persons in the city of Cincinnati, shall keep, have, or possess, in any house, warehouse, shop, shed, or other building, nor in any street, side walk, lane, alley, passage, way, or yard, nor in any cellar, wagon, cary, or carriage, of any kind whatever; nor in any other place, within said city, Gun Powder, in any way or manner, other than as provided for by this ordinance; nor in any quantity exceeding twenty-five pounds, to be divided into six equal parts. § 2. Be it further ordained, That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to sell gun powder by retail within said city, without having first obtained a license from the city council for that purpose; and every person obtaining a grant for a license to sell gun powder, shall receive a certificate of such grant from the city clerk, and pay into the city treasury, a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, nor less than ten dollarsItem Open Access Act Incorporating the City of Cincinnati, and the Ordinances of Said City Now in Force, at 44, An Ordinance to prohibit shooting within the bounds of the corporation (1828)(General Publisher, 1818)That each and every person who shall shoot , or fire off, any rifle, musket, fowling piece, pistol, or any other fire arms, or discharge squibs, crackers, or any other fire works within the bounds of the Corporation, he or she shall, on conviction thereof before the Mayor forfeit and pay to the said Mayor for the use of the Corporation, for each and every such offence, a sum not less than Two Dollars, nor more than Ten Dollars,Item Open Access 1837 Ohio Laws 30-31, General Acts vol. 35, An Act to Organize and Discipline the Militia, § 29.(General Publisher, 1836)That in every regiment, squadron or battalion the field officers shall each arm himself with a good and sufficient sword and pair of pistols, and furnish himself with a good and sufficient horse, with saddle, bridle, martingale and holsters; and in each company of cavalry or troop of horse, the commissioned officers shall each be armed with a good and sufficient sword and pair of pistolsItem Open Access Statutes of Ohio and of the Northwestern Territory 230, ch. 98, § 10 (Vol. 1. Cincinnati, 1833)(General Publisher, 1833)And if any person within this territory, shall challenge, by word or in writing, the person of another to fight at sword, rapier, pistol, or other deadly weapon, the person so challenging, shall forfeit and pay for every such offense, being thereof lawfully convicted, in any court of record within the county wherein the offense shall be committed, having competent jurisdiction by the testimony of one or more witnesses, or by the confession of the party offending, a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, not less than fifty dollarsItem Open Access Statutes of Ohio and of the Northwest territory 1740, ch. 834, § 6 (Vol. 3, 1835).(General Publisher, 1831)That if any person or persons shall play bullets along or across any street in any town or village within this state; or if any person or persons shall run any horse or horses within the limits of any such town or village; or if any person or persons shall shoot or fire a gun at a target within the limits of any recorded town plat in this state: every person or persons so offending shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five dollars, nor less than fifty cents."Item Open Access Ohio Const. of 1802, art. VIII, §20(General Publisher, 1802)Declared the People have a right to bear arms for the defense of themselves and the state. That Standing armies are dangeorus in time of peace, and shall not be kept up.Item Open Access Statutes of Ohio & of the Northwestern Terr. 378-79, ch 25, § 1 (Vol. 1, 1833)(General Publisher, 1799)[t]hat each and every free, able bodied, white male citizen of the territory, who is or shall be the age of eighteen years, and under the age of forty five-years, except as is herein after excepted, shall . . . be enrolled in the militia . . . and every citizen, so enrolled and notified, shall, within six months thereafter, provide himself with a good musket,