Missouri
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This collection serves as a dedicated repository for academic research, historical documentation, and case studies related to Missouri. It focuses on the historical evolution, cultural developments, and legal frameworks within the state of Missouri. This collection offers valuable resources for scholars, researchers, and individuals interested in the rich heritage and historical significance of Missouri.
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Item Open Access Henry S. Geyer, A Digest of the Laws of Missouri Territory. Comprising: An Elucidation of the Title of the United States to Louisiana 374 (1818)(General Publisher, 1818)Prohibited “slave or mulatto” from carrying a gun, powder, shot, club or other weapon and from possessing a gun or ammunition.Item Open Access Militia, in Henry S. Geyer, Digest of the Laws of Missouri Territory, at 281, § 4 (1818).(General Publisher, 1818)Each militia man shall provide himself, with-in one month from the date of his enrollment with a good musket, a sufficient bayonet and belt, or a fusil, two spare flints, a knapsack and pouch with a box there-in to contain twentyfour cartridges suited to the bore of his musket or fusil, each cartridge to contain a pro-per quantity of powder and ball: or a good rifle, knap-sack, pouch and powder horn with twenty balls suited to the bore of his rifle, and a quarter of a pound of powe-derItem Open Access Mo. Const. of 1820, art. XIII, § 3(General Publisher, 1820)Declared that the right of the People to bear arms in defence of themselves and of the state shall not be questioned.Item Open Access 1822 Mo. Laws 41-42, An Act To Incorporate Inhabitants Of The Town Of St. Louis, § 12.(General Publisher, 1822)The Mayor and Board of Aldermen, shall have power by ordinance, to . . . regulate . . . the storage of gun powder, tar, pitch, rosin, hemp, cotton and other combustible materials[.]Item Open Access The Acts of Assembly Incorporating the City of St. Louis, and the Ordinances of the City, Which are Now in Force, pg. 35, No.1, ch. 22, § 1 (1828)(General Publisher, 1823)Be it ordained by the Mayor and board of Aldermen of the city of St. Louis, That no store or shopkeeper, or other person or persons, shall keep, at the same time, in any house, shop, store, cellar or warehouse, or in any boat, more than thirty pounds of gunpowder, within the limits of the City.Item Open Access 1834 Mo. Laws 536-37, An Act to Organize Govern and Discipline the Militia, ch. 423, art. 11, pt. 5.(General Publisher, 1834)Every non-commissioned officer and private, appearing without being armed and equipped as the law directs, at any parade or rendezvous, shall be sentenced to pay the following fines, namely: For want of a sufficient sword and belt, if belonging to the artillery or light artillery, and for want of a sufficient musket with a steel rod, or rifle, if belonging to a company of light infantry, grenadiers, riflemen or infantry, one dollarItem Open Access 1835 Mo. Rev. Stat. 312, An Act to Restrain Intercourse with Indians, § 2.(General Publisher, 1835)IF any person shall induce any Indian to come within this state fro the purpose of trade, or otherwise than is hereinafter permitted, or shall purchase or receive of any Indian the way of trade or otherwise, a horse or gun, he shall be fined in a sum not exceeding fifty dollars.Item Open Access 1840 Mo. Laws 193-94, An Act To Incorporate The Rural Cemetery Association, § 7.(General Publisher, 1840)Any person who shall willfully . . . shoot or discharge any gun or other fire arms within the said limits, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof before any justice of the peace, or any other court of competent jurisdiction within the county of St. Louis, be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars, nor more than fifty dollars, according to the nature and aggravation of the offence[.]Item Open Access THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SAINT LOUIS, REVISED AND DIGESTED BY THE FIFTH CITY COUNCIL 304 (1843)(General Publisher, 1843)Prohibited the discharge of any cannon, ordinance, carbine, fusil, rifle, musket, gun, pistol, or other arms within city limits. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.Item Open Access Adam B. Chambers, The Revised Ordinances of the City of Saint Louis, Revised and Digested by the Fifth City Council during the First Session, Begun and Held in the City of St. Louis, on the Second Monday of May, A. D. 1843. with the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Missouri, and the City Charter Page 304, Image 305 (1843) [Ordinances of Kansas City,] Misdemeanors, § 10.(General Publisher, 1843)Every person who shall discharge any cannon or other ordinance, or fire off any carbine, fusil, rifle, musket, gun, pistol, or other arms, or set off any squib or cracker, or fly any kite in the air, within the city, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. This section shall not apply to the firing of salutes by any military corps, or to the firing of salutes upon any occasion of general public interest.Item Open Access 1845 Mo. Laws 306, An Act To Restrain Intercourse With Indians, § 4.(General Publisher, 1844)No person shall sell, exchange or give, to any Indian, any horse, mule, gun, blanket, or any other article or commodity whatever, unless such Indian shall be traveling through the state, and leave a written permit from the proper agent, or under the direction of such agent in proper person.Item Open Access 1835 Mo. Rev. Stat. 414, An act concerning free negroes and mulattoes, §§ 2-3(General Publisher, 1854)Prohibited any “free negro or mulatto” from possessing or carrying any firelock, or weapon of any kind, or any ammunition without license from a Justice of the Peace.Item Open Access Chas. H Tillson, The Ordinances of the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, Digested and Revised by the Common Council of Said City, in the Years 1860 & 1861: With the Constitution of the United States and the State of Missouri, and the Various Charters of the City of St. Louis Page 513, Image 513 (1861) Misdemeanors, § 8(General Publisher, 1861)Hereafter it shall not be lawful for any person to wear under his clothes, or concealed about his person, any pistol, or colt, or slung-shot, or cross-knuckles, or knuckles of lead, brass, or other metal, or bowie knife, dirk knife, or dirk, or dagger, or any knife resembling a bowie knife, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon, within the city of St. LouisItem Open Access Everett Wilson Pattison, The Revised Ordinance of the City of St. Louis, Together with the Constitution of the United States, and of the State of Missouri; the Charter of the City; and a Digest of the Acts of the General Assembly, Relating to the City Page 491-492, Image 499-500 (1871) Ordinances of the City of St. Louis, Misdemeanors, § 9.(General Publisher, 1871)Hereafter it shall not be lawful for any person to wear under his clothes, or concealed about his person, any pistol, or revolver, colt, billy, slung shot, cross knuckles, or knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, bowie knife, razor, dirk knife, dirk, dagger, or any knife resembling a bowie knife, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon, within the City of St. Louis, without written permission from the MayorItem Open Access 1873 Mo. Laws 328, An Act to Incorporate The Town Of Moberly, art. III, § 1, pt. 15.(General Publisher, 1873)any person who shall threaten, quarrel, challenge or fight within said city, or any person who shall be found intoxicated, who shall carry concealed deadly weapons in said city, or any person who shall be found guilty of a misdemeanor, and to define what acts shall constitute a misdemeanor.Item Open Access 1873 Mo. Laws 215, An Act To Amend The Charter Of The Town Of Canton . . . , § 10.(General Publisher, 1873)The Board of Trustees shall have power and authority to . . . regulate the storage of gunpowder, tar pitch, rosin and other combustible materials[.]Item Open Access 1874 Mo. Laws 43, An Act to prevent the carrying of concealed weapons § 1(General Publisher, 1874)Prohibited concealed carry of any fire-arms, Bowie-knife, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, or other deadly weapon in any church, place of religious worship, school-room, assembly for educational, literary, or social purpose, election precincts on election day, or court-room while court is in session.Item Open Access MO. CONST. OF 1875, art. II, § 17(General Publisher, 1875)The right of no citizen to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person, and property, or in aid of the civil power, when thereto legally summoned, shall be called into question. But nothing herein is intended to justify the practice of wearing concealed weapons.Item Open Access 1875 Mo. Laws 50-51, An Act to prevent the carrying of weapons in public assemblies of the people, and to repeal "An Act to prevent the carrying of concealed weapons," approved March 26, 1874, § 1(General Publisher, 1875)Prohibited concealed carry of any fire-arms, Bowie-knife, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, or other deadly weapon in any church, place of religious worship, school-room, assembly for educational, literary, or social purpose, election precincts on election day, or court-room while court is in session, or into any other public assemblage of persons met for purposes other than miltiia drill or under militia law.Item Open Access 1877 Mo. Laws 306, An Act To Provide for the Organization and Government of the Militia of the State of Missouri, Repealing All Other Acts and Parts of Acts Inconsistent with This Act, art. IV, § 3.(General Publisher, 1877)A soldier who, unnecessarily or without orders from a superior officer, comes to any parade with his firearms loaded with ball, slug or shot, or shall so load the same while on duty, or unnecessarily or without orders from a superior officer, discharge the same, when going to or returning from or upon parade, shall forfeit not less than one nor more than five dollars.