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Item Open Access 1899 Fla. Laws 280 § 33(General Publisher, 1899)Granted the city council the authority to regulate the storage of gun powder, tar, pitch, resin, saltpeter, gun-cotton, coal oil, and all other combustibles, explosives, and inflammable materials. Also the use of lights, candles, lamps, and steam pipes in all stables, shops, and other places.Item Open Access 1899 Fla. Laws 93, An Act for the Better Protection of Passengers on Railway Trains in the State of Florida, ch. 4701, §§ 1-2(General Publisher, 1899)Prohibited discharge of any gun, pistol, or other firearm on any passenger train. Also prohibited reckless handle of any firearm or other weapon in the present of any other person on a train carrying passengers. Violators punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both at discretion of the court.Item Open Access 1897 Fla. Laws 59, An Act to Punish the Improper Exhibition of Dangerous Weapons, chap. 4532, § 1(General Publisher, 1897)Prohibited brandishing any dirk, dirk-knife, sword, sword-cane, gun, pistol, or other deadly weapon in a rude, careless, angry, or threatening manner not in self defense. Violators shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding three months, or by fine not exceeding one hundred dollar, or both.Item Open Access 1895 Fla. Laws 14(General Publisher, 1895)No merchant, store-keeper or dealer shall keep for sale or sell pistols, Springfield rifles, repeating rifles, bowie knives or dirk knives, without first paying a license tax of ten dollars; Provided, Said pistols, Springfield rifles, repeating rifles, bowie knives or dirk knives, shall not be sold to minors.Item Open Access 1893 Fla. Laws 71, ch. 4147(General Publisher, 1893)Required a license to carry a Winchester or other repeating rifle. Licenses to cost a one hundred dollar bond. Violators shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or sixty days in jail.Item Open Access 1893 Fla. Laws 52 §3(General Publisher, 1893)Prohibited the manufacture, sale, or advertisement of any slung shot or metallic knuckles. Violators punished with imprisonment not exceeding three months, or fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or both.Item Open Access 1893 Fla. Laws 52 §2(General Publisher, 1893)Enhanced the sentence of anyone arrest for a criminal offense or breach of the public peace while carrying any slung shot, metallic knuckles, billies, fire-arms, or other dangerous weapon. Punishable by imprisonment of three months, or by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or both.Item Open Access 1893 Fla. Laws 51 §1(General Publisher, 1893)Prohibited the concealed carry any dirk, pistol, or other weapon. Violators punished by imprisonment not exceeding three months, or by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or both.Item Open Access 1893 Fla. Laws 13 § 14(General Publisher, 1893)Prohibited the keeping or selling of pistols, Springfield rifles, repeating rifles, Bowie-knives, or dirk knives by merchants, store-keepers, or dealers without paying a license tax of ten dollars. Violators punished by fined of fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail of not more than six months. Also prohibited the sale of these weapons to minors.