Delaware

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“Chapter XLIII An Act for the trial of Negroes, Section 6,” Laws of the State of Delaware 104
(General Publisher, 1700)
Prohibited "any negro or mulatto slave" from carrying arms without a license from his master.
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An Act for Establishing a Militia in this Government (Delaware, 1756)
(General Publisher, 1756)
Prohibited meeting of the militia within a half mile of a inn or tavern, and prohibited the sale of strong liquor within a half mile of the state militia.
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1776 Del. Const., art. 9
(General Publisher, 1776)
Granted the state president to act as the captain-general and commander-in-chief of the militia and other military forces of the state.
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1776 Del. Const, art. 28
(General Publisher, 1776)
Prohibited coming armed or mustering militia on days of election proceedings, within one mile and within 24 hours of elections.
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An Act for Establishing a Militia Within this State, § 6, 1782 Jan. Adjourned Sess. of Del. Acts 1, 3
(General Publisher, 1782)
Required every person aged eighteen to fifty to provide a musket or firelock with a bayonet, a cartouch box with twenty-three cartridges, priming wire, a brush, and six flints all in good order. Also required providing the same from parents who are tax rated at eighteen pounds, or apprentices. Violators fined at twenty-shillings for ever two months neglect or default.
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Laws of the State of Delaware from the Fourteenth Day of October One Thousand Seven Hundred to the Eighteenth Day of August One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Seven: In Two Volumes (New-Castle, DE: Printed by Samuel and John Adams, 1797), 1136-1137. Chapter 36—An Act for Establishing the Militia in this State, § 4. Passed June 18, 1793
(General Publisher, 1793)
Required all citizens enrolled in the militia to arm themselves, within six months, with a good musket or firelock, a bayonet, belt, two spare flints, a knapsack, a pouch, and a box to contain not less than twenty-four cartridges and gunpowder suited to the bore of his gun, or twenty cartridges and a quarter-pound of gunpowder.
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1797 Del. Laws 104, An Act for the Trial of Negroes, ch. 43, § 6
(General Publisher, 1797)
Prohibited “any Negro or Mulatto slave” from possessing any gun, ammunition, or weapon without their master’s license.
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1 Del. Laws 104 (1797), ch. 43, § 6
(General Publisher, 1797)
Prohibited “any Negro or Mulatto slave” from carrying guns, swords, pistols, fowling pieces, clubs, or other arms and weapons without the master’s special license.
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Act of Feb. 4, 1812, 195 Del. Laws 522 (1812).
(General Publisher, 1812)
An Act to prevent the discharging of fire-arms within the towns and villages, and other public places within this State, and for other purposes.
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1812 Del. Laws 329, An Act to Prevent the Discharging of Fire-Arms Within the Towns and Villages, and Other Public Places Within this State, and for Other Purposes. §1
(General Publisher, 1812)
Prohibited the discharge of any gun, ordinance, musket, fowling piece, fuse, or pistol in any town or village. When town limits cannot be ascrtained, not within one quarter mile of the centre of such town or village, the greens, streets, alleys or lanes of any town or village.
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Laws of the State of Delaware 1816, An Act to Prevent the Discharging of Fire-Arms within the Towns and villages, and other public places within this State, and for Other Purposes. page 522 c. 192.
(General Publisher, 1816)
if any person or persons shall presume to fire or discharge any gun, ordinance, musket, fowling-piece, fusee or pistol, within any of the towns or villages of this State, or within the limits thereof; or where the limits cannot be ascertained, within one quarter of a mile of the center of such town or village, shall fire or discharge any gun, ordinance, musket, fowling piece, fusee or pistol, within or on any of the greens, streets, alleys, or lanes of any of the towns and villages within this State, whereon any buildings are or shall be erected, or within one hundred yards of any mill-dam, over or across where any of the main public or State roads may go or pass; every person or persons so offending, shall be fined or punished as hereinafter directed.
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1827 Del. Laws 153, An Act Concerning Crimes and Offenses Committed by Slaves, And For, The Security of Slaves Properly Demeaning Themselves, ch. 6, § 8
(General Publisher, 1827)
Prohibited “any negro or mulatto slave” from carrying any gun, pistol, sword, dirk, or unusual or dangerous weapons or arms without special permission.
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1832 Del. Laws 208, A Supplement to an Act to Prevent the Use of Firearms by Free Negroes and Free Mulattoes, and for Other Purposes, ch. 176, § 1
(General Publisher, 1832)
Prohibited “free negroes and free mulattoes” from having, owning, keeping, or possessing any gun, pistol, sword, or warlike instrument without permission of five or more citizens of the neighborhood.
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1837 Del. Laws 166, An Act To Prevent the Discharge Of Fire-arms In the Village of Camden, Kent County, And For Other Purposes Therein Mentioned, ch. 123, § 1
(General Publisher, 1837)
Prohibited discharge of any gun, "ordnance," musket, fowling-piece, fuse, or pistol within the village of Camden. Also prohibited the use of bonfires, firecrackers, squibs, or throwing any fireballs or rockets within one quarter of a mile of the village center. §2 and §3 had separate punishments between whites and minorities. Whites who violate the law are punished with a fine not less than one nor exceeding five dollars. Minorities who could not pay the same fine immediately upon conviction, the offender shall be jailed for one month, unless the fine is paid sooner.
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1841 Del. Laws 198, A Supplement to the Act Entitled “An Act for Establishing the Boundaries of the Town of Dover, and for Other Purposes Therein Mentioned, § 2
(General Publisher, 1841)
Placed a duty on commissioners, justices, and constables to suppress, extinguish, and prevent bonfires in the public square of Dover. Also required the suppression and preventing of discharge of guns, firecrackers, squibs within the town limits.
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1841 Del. Laws 430, An Act Concerning Fees, ch. 368, § 1
(General Publisher, 1841)
Set payment for Justices of the Peace to receive 25 cents for each license issued to “negroes” to keep a firearm.
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A Further Supplement to an Act Entitled “An Act to Prevent the Use of Fire-arms by Free Negroes and Free Mulattoes and for Other Purposes, § 1, 9 Del. Laws 552 (1843)
(General Publisher, 1843)
Repealed laws allowing the Justice of the Peace to license or permit a “free negro or free mulatto” to have, use, or possess a gun or fowling piece.
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1845 Del. Laws 10, A Supplement To The Act Entitled “An Act To Survey, Lay Out And Regulate the Streets Of Smyrna and for Other Purposes,” ch. 12, § 2
(General Publisher, 1845)
Imposed a duty on commissioners, justices of the peace, and constables to extinguish and prevent bonfires in the streets, lanes, and alleys. The duty also included the suppression and preventing discharge of guns, pistols, crackers, squibs, or fire-balls in the town limits.
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DEL. REV. STAT tit. 10, ch. 73, § 27 (1852).
(General Publisher, 1852)
to provide for the weighing of hay, and for the measuring, or weighing, of coal, lime, grain, or any other matter sold in the said city; to regulate the storage of gunpowder, or any other dangerously combustible matter.
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1852 Del. Laws 664, An Act To Incorporate the Town of Camden and for Other Purposes, ch. 652, § 3
(General Publisher, 1852)
Authorized the elected commissioners to regulate the discharge of guns or pistols.