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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Item Open Access 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[.]Item Open Access 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.Item Open Access 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.Item Open Access 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.Item Open Access 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.Item Open Access 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.