Michigan

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This collection serves as a dedicated repository for academic research, historical documentation, and case studies related to Michigan. It focuses on the historical evolution, cultural developments, and legal frameworks within the state of Michigan. This collection offers valuable resources for scholars, researchers, and individuals interested in the rich heritage and historical significance of Michigan.

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1820 Terr. of Mich. Laws 207, An Act For The Punishment Of Crimes, § 49.
(General Publisher, 1820)
Prohibited Dueling
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1820 Terr. of Mich. Laws 207, An Act For The Punishment Of Crimes, §§ 29-31.
(General Publisher, 1820)
Sect. 30. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall unlawfully and maliciously assault another, with any offensive weapon or instrument, or by menaces, or in and by other forcible and violent manner and means, demand of another any money, or personal goods and chattels, with intent to rob him or her, or shall by day, willfully[1] and maliciously break and enter any dwelling house, shop, ware house, store house, mill, barn, stable, out house or other building whatever, with intent to kill, rob, steal, or commit a rape, mayhem or battery, then and in every such case, the person so offending, and each of the counsellors, procurers, aiders and abettors of the person so offending, shall, on being thereof convicted, be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or solitary imprisonment, at hard labor, not exceeding ten years, or both, at the discretion of the court.
--Sect. 31. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall willfully[2] and maliciously enter, either by day or by night, without breaking the same, any church, meeting house, or place of worship, or any dwelling house, shop, ware house, store house, mill, barn, stable, out house or other building whatsoever, with intent to kill, rob, steal, or to commit a rape, mayhem or battery, then and in every such case, the person so offending, and each of the counsellors, procurers, aiders, and abettors of such offender, shall, on conviction, be punished by fine not exceeding three hundred dollars, or by solitary imprisonment, at hard labor, not exceeding five years, or both, at the discretion of the court.”
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1841 Mich. Pub. Acts 29-30, No. 18, §14.
(General Publisher, 1841)
And the said common council shall have power . . . relative to the keeping and sale of gunpowder in said village[.]
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1846 Mich. Rev. Stat. 692, §16.
(General Publisher, 1846)
If any person shall go armed with a dirk, dagger, sword, pistol or other offensive and dangerous weapon, without reasonable cause to fear an assault or other injury, or violence to his person, or to his family or property, he may, on complaint of any person having reasonable cause to fear an injury or breach of the peace, be required to find sureties for keeping the peace, for a term not exceeding six months, with the right of appealing as before provided.
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Mich. Rev. Stat., ch. 162, §16 (1846)
(General Publisher, 1846)
Required any person going armed with any dirk, dagger, sword, pistol, or other offensive and dangerous weapon to post a surety once a complaint was filed, having cause to fear an injury or breach of the peace. Surety not to exceed six months with appeals provided.
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1846 Mich. Rev. Stat. 200 § 3
(General Publisher, 1846)
§ 3. The inhabitants of every township or incorporated village may, at any regular meeting, order that no gunpowder shall be kept in any place within the limits of such township or village, unless the same shall be kept in tight casks or canisters; and that no gunpowder above the quantity of fifty pounds, shall be kept or deposited in any shop, store or other building, or in any ship or vessel, which shall be within the distance of twenty-five rods from any other building, or from any wharf; that no gunpowder above the quantity of twenty-five pounds, shall be kept or deposited in any shop, store or other building, within ten rods of any other building; and that no gunpowder above the quantity of one pound, shall be kept or deposited in any shop, store or other building, within ten rods of any other building, unless the same shall be well secured in copper, tin or brass canisters, holding not exceeding five pounds each, and closely covered with copper, brass or tin covers. § 4. Upon complaint being made on oath to any justice of the peace, by any township or village officer, that he has probable cause to suspect that gunpowder is deposited or kept within the limits of the township or village, contrary to any such order, such justice may issue his warrant, directed to any constable of such township, or the marshal of such village, ordering him to enter any shop, store or other building, or vessel specified in said warrant, and there to make diligent search for the gunpowder suspected to have been deposited or kept as aforesaid, and to make return of his doings to such justice forthwith. § 5. If any person shall commit either of the offences mentioned in the two preceding sections, he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty dollars; but the two preceding sections shall not extend to any manufactory of gunpowder, nor in any case prevent the transportation thereof through any township, or from one part of any township to another part thereof.
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The Revised Charter and Ordinances of the City of Detroit, pg. 150, §§ 9-10 (1848).
(General Publisher, 1848)
No person shall fire or set off any squib, cracker, gunpowder or fire works, or fire any gun or pistol in any part of this city, unless by written permission of the Mayor or two Aldermen, which permission shall limit the time of such firing, and shall be subject to be revoked at any time by the Common Council; and any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this section, shall forfeit the penalty of five dollars for each and every offence. § 10. Every person firing a cannon within this city, unless by permission of the Mayor or two Aldermen, shall forfeit the penalty of twenty-five dollars: Provided, that nothing in this or the preceding section shall be construed to prohibit any military company from firing any gun or cannon when authorized by their commanding officer or officers.
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THE REVISED CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DETROIT 199 (1855) § 10
(General Publisher, 1855)
Prohibited the discharge of any cannon. Violators fined twenty-five dollars.
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1867 Mich. Pub. Acts 2d Reg. Sess. 68, No. 266, § 31, pt. 12.
(General Publisher, 1867)
To regulate the buying, selling, and using of gunpowder, fire-crackers and fire-works, and other combustible materials, to regulate and prohibit the exhibition of fire-works, and the discharge of fire-crackers and fire-arms, and to restrain the making or lighting of fires in the streets and other open spaces in said village.
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1869 Mich. Pub. Acts 2d Reg. Sess. 157-58, No. 247, § 15.
(General Publisher, 1869)
[T]he common council shall have full power and authority to make by laws and ordinances . . . relative to keeping and sale of gunpowder, nitroglycerine, and all other dangerous and explosive articles, or burning fluids.
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1872 Mich. Comp. Laws. ch. 64, § 4.
(General Publisher, 1872)
No person or persons shall at any time kill or attempt to kill any wild duck, or other wild fowl, with or by means of a swivel or punt gun, or rob or destroy the nests of any wild ducks or wild geese, or in any manner kill or molest the same whilst they are sitting at night on their nesting places.
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1875 Mich. Pub. Acts, No. 97, § 1
(General Publisher, 1875)
Prohibited the setting of any spring or trap gun.
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1879 Mich. Pub. Acts 43-44, Local Acts, An Act To Amend . . . An Act To Incorporate The Village Of Constantine, § 12
(General Publisher, 1879)
The common council shall have full power and authority to . . . regulate the keeping and sale of gunpowder in said village[.]
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Ordinance no. 32, An Ordinance Relative to the Prevention of Fires, § 12, YPSILANTI, REVISED CHARTER OF THE CITY (Ypsilantian Publishing House 1898) (Approved 1882).
(General Publisher, 1882)
No person shall fire or set off any squib, crackers, gunpowder or fire works, or fire off any gun or pistol in any street, lane, alley, or other public space, or in any yard, public or private, within the limits of the city, unless by written permission from the Mayor;
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Ordinance no. 29, An Ordinance to Preserve the Public Peace, § 1, YPSILANTI, REVISED CHARTER OF THE CITY (Ypsilantian Publishing House 1898) (Approved 1882).
(General Publisher, 1882)
Prohibited the concealed carry of firearms, dirks and other deadly weapons
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1883 Mich. Pub. Acts, No. 10, § 4.
(General Publisher, 1883)
No person or persons shall at any time kill or attempt to kill, any wild duck or other wild fowl with or by means of a swivel or punt gun, or by means or use of any battery, sunken boat, or other device similar to a battery, or rob or destroy the nests of any wild duck or wild goose or brant, or in any manner kill or molest the same, at night or at any time, on their nesting places.
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1883 Mich. Pub. Acts, No. 138, § 1.
(General Publisher, 1883)
That no person shall sell, give, or furnish to any child under the age of thirteen years, any cartridge of any form or material, or any pistol, gun, or other mechanical contrivance, specially arranged or designated for the explosion of the same.
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George P. Brown, The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Marquette. The Laws Relating to the Board of Water and Fire Commissioners, the Board of Light and Power Commissioners, School District Number One, and the Peter White Public Library, Also Miscellaneous Provisions, pg. 213, § 875 (1898)
(General Publisher, 1887)
it shall be unlawful for any person, except officers of the peace and night-watches legitimately employed as such, to go armed with a dirk, dagger, sword, pistol, air-gun, stiletto, metallic knuckes, pocket-billie, sand-bag, skull-cracker, slung-shot, razor, or other offensive and dangerous weapon or instrument concealed upon his person.
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1887 Mich. Pub. Acts 251, Local Acts, No. 405, ch 18, § 11 pt. 7.
(General Publisher, 1887)
To direct the location of all buildings for storing gunpowder or other combustible or explosive substances; to make regulations concerning the buying, carrying, selling, keeping and using gunpowder, fire-crackers or fire-works, or other combustible, inflammable [sic], explosive or dangerous articles; the exhibition of fire-works and the discharge of cannon and fire-arms;
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1887 Mich. Pub. Acts, No. 129, § 1
(General Publisher, 1887)
Prohibited the carrying of a concealed dirk, dagger, sword, pistol, air gun, stiletto, metallic knuckles, pocket-billy, sandbag, skull cracker, slungshot, razor or other offensive and dangerous weapon or instrument.