Rhode Island
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This collection is dedicated to the historical, cultural, and legal documentation of Rhode Island. It includes research, case studies, and historical materials that highlight the state's significant contributions to regional development, societal evolution, and legal frameworks over time.
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Item Open Access An Act for the More Effectual Suppression of Drinking Houses and Tippling Shops, §10, Acts & Resolves of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island (1853).(General Publisher, 1853)It shall be the duty of any mayor, alderman, city marshal, city or town sergeant, constable or police officer, of any city or town, if he shall have information that any ale, wine, rum, or other strong or malt liquors, or any mixed liquors as aforesaid, are kept for sale or sold in any tent, shanty, hut or place of any kind for selling refreshments in any public place, on or near the ground of any cattle show, agricultural exhibition, military muster or public occasion of any kind, to search such suspected placeItem Open Access The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Providence, with the Acts of the General Assembly Relating to the City, at 60, Ordinances of the City of Providence, Fire-arms. An Ordinance in Relation to the Firing of Guns, Pistols and other Fire-arms, § 1 (1835)(General Publisher, 1835)No person shall fire any gun, pistol, rifle or other fire-arm, in any street or lane, or on any public wharf, or on any public lands within said city, after sunrise and before sunsetItem Open Access The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Providence, with the Acts of the General Assembly Relating to the City, at 60, An Act to Prevent the Firing of Guns within Certain Limits, § 1 (1835)(General Publisher, 1835)That if any person shall fire or discharge any musket, rifle, fowling piece, blunderbuss or other small arms, not being at the time under military duty, within the following limits viz: the whole city of Providence, excepting the public waters and public rivers therein; also such parts of the town of Cranston and Johnston as are contained with the following limits to wit: beginning in Pawtuxet road at the Providence line, thence running Southerly on said Pawtuxet road, until it comes to a cross road heading to Cranston . . . , except upon land owned or occupied by him, or except on other days than the first day of the week, by permission of the owner or occupant of the land, on, and into which he may shoot, he shall pay as a fine the sum of five dollars for the first offence, and ten dollars for every subsequent offence; to be recovered by action of debt before any justice of the peace within the county in which said offence may be committed, by any person who may sue for the same with cost of suitItem Open Access The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Providence, Together with the Acts of the General Assembly Relating to the City, at 89, An Act Regulating the Storage, Safe Keeping and Transportation of Gunpowder in the Town of Providence, § 2 (1854)(General Publisher, 1821)That is shall not be lawful for any person or persons to sell any gunpowder which may at the time be within the town of Providence in any quantity, by wholesale or retail, without first having obtained from the town council of said town a license to sell gunpowder; and every such license shall be written or printed, and signed by the president of said council or their clerk, on a paper upon which shall be written or printed a copy of this actItem Open Access 1810 R.I. Pub. Laws 52, An Act Relative To The Keeping Gun-Powder In The Town Of Providence, §2(General Publisher, 1798)That no person or persons shall hereafter keep or deposit gunpowder, in a greater quantity than twenty-eight pounds, in any shop, building or other place, in the town of Providence, except such place or places as the Town Council of said town shall allow and designate for that purpose.Item Open Access The Charter of the City of Newport, R. I., and the Special State Laws Relating Thereto, Together with the Ordinances for the Government of the City, at 39, An Act providing in case of fire breaking out in the town of Newport an for the purposes therein mentioned, § 12 (1858)(General Publisher, 1858)Prohibited ships with more than 5 barrels of gunpowder on board from entering the harborItem Open Access 1857 R.I. Rev. Stat. 204–05, ch. 80, § 2(General Publisher, 1857)Prohibited shooting ranges & galleries in the “compact part” of the city of Newport. Violators fined two hundred dollars for the first offense, and five hundred dollars for every subsequent offense.Item Open Access The Charter of the City of Newport, R. I., and the Special State Laws Relating Thereto, Together with the Ordinances for the Government of the City, at 39, An Act providing in case of fire breaking out in the town of Newport an for the purposes therein mentioned, § 11 (1858)(General Publisher, 1822)That no person whosoever shall fire a gun or other fire-works within one hundred yards of the said powder-house, upon the penalty of two dollars for every such offence, to be recovered by the town treasurer for the use of said town.Item Open Access 1819-21 R.I. Pub. Laws 289, An Act To Prevent Certain Disorders In The Town Of Bristol, § 3(General Publisher, 1819)And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall, at any time hereafter, fire any gun or pistol in any of the streets, roads, lanes, buildings, or from any of the walls or fences thereto contiguous, and within the compact part of said town, without justifiable cause, such person or persons shall upon complaint and conviction thereof as aforesaid, pay a fine not less than two dollars nor more than four dollars for the first offense, and the sum of four dollars for each and every subsequent offence, to be paid and appropriated as aforesaid.Item Open Access 1927 R.I. Pub. Laws 260, ch. 1052, § 12.(General Publisher, 1927)No person shall change, alter, remove, or obliterate the name of the maker, model, manufacturer’s number, or other mark of identification on any firearm. Possession of any firearm upon which any such mark shall have been changed, altered, removed, or obliterated, shall be prima facie evidence that the possessor has changed, altered, removed or obliterated the same.