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 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 weaponsItem Open Access General Ordinances of the Village of St. Joseph, ST. JOSEPH SATURDAY HERALD, Oct. 5, 1889, at 7. (St. Joseph, MI). §§ 8-9(General Publisher, 1889)No person shall shoot any bird or animal, or hunt with gun or dog in any street, alley, park or public ground.No person, except peace officers, shall carry or wear under their clothes, or concealed about their person any pistol, revolver or slung-shot, knuckles, bowie-knife, dirk, dagger or any other dangerous or deadly weapon, except by written permission of the President.Item Open Access 1897 Mich. Acts 1030, sec. 15(General Publisher, 1897)Prohibited the concealed carry of any pistol, revovler, bowie knife, dirk, slung shot, billie, sand bag, false knuckles, or other dangerous weapon. Also prohibited lying in wait with intent to injure. Violators fined not exceeding one hundred dollars with costs, failure to pay costs punished with imprisonment not exceeding ninety days.Item Open Access 1925 Mich. Pub. Acts 473, An Act to Regulate the Possession and Sale of Pistols, Revolvers and Guns; to Provide a Method of Licensing Those Carrying Such Weapons Concealed; and to Provide Penalties for Violations of Such Regulations, § 5.(General Publisher, 1925)No person shall carry a pistol, revolver or gun concealed on or about his person or in any vehicle owned or operated by him, except in his dwelling house, place of business or on his premises, without a license therefor, as hereinafter provided.Item Open Access 1891 Mich. Pub. Acts 408– 09, No. 257, § 15(General Publisher, 1891)Prohibited the carrying of a concealed pistol, revolver, Bowie knife, dirk, slungshot, billie, sandbag, false knuckles, or other dangerous weapon. Also prohibited lurking or being concealed with the intent to injure a person or property, or threatening to beat or kill a person or property. Punishable by fine up to $100 and the costs of prosecution, and in default of payment, imprisonment.
Note: California failed to mention that this law only applied in the County of Saginaw, not the whole state of MichiganItem Open Access 3 THE GENERAL STATUTES OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN 3800 (Andrew Howell ed., 1890)(General Publisher, 1890)Prohibited going armed with a concealed dirk, dagger, sword, pistol, air-gun, stiletto, metallic knuckles, pocket-billie, sand-bag, skull-cracker, slung-shot, razor, or other offensive and dangerous weapon. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, punished by fine not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding three months.Item Open Access 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.Item Open Access 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.