Georgia
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The Georgia Collection serves as a comprehensive repository for academic and historical research related to the state of Georgia. It encompasses a wide range of materials, including scholarly studies, historical documents, and curated collections that highlight the cultural, social, and legal developments within the region.
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Item Open Access William A Hotchkiss, A Codification of the Statute Law of Georgia, Including the English Statutes of Force: In Four Parts. To Which is Prefixed a Collection of State Papers, of English, American, and State Origin; Together with an Appendix, and Index Page 763 (1845)(General Publisher, 1790)Prohibited deer-hunting by fire-light and a gun not within one's own enclosure. Violators shall be fined not exceeding five pounds.Item Open Access 1777 Ga. Const., arts. 33-34(General Publisher, 1777)Granted the governor title of captains general and commander-in-chief over all militia, military, and naval forces belonging to the state of Georgia. Also specified that commissions continue during good behavior.Item Open Access 19 THE COLONIAL RECORDS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, Part 1, at 137–40 (Allen D. Candler ed., 1904) (enacted 1770)(General Publisher, 1770)Reqiuired every white male inhabitant attending church or other places of divine worship to carry a gun or pair of pistols. Arms are required to be in good order and fit for service, along with at least six charges of gun-powder and ball. Violators fined ten shillings for each violation.Item Open Access An Act for the Better Security of the Inhabitants, by Obliging the Male White Persons to Carry Fire Arms to Places of Public Worship, §§ 1-4 GA. CODE (R. Aitken 1800) (Passed 1770).(General Publisher, 1770)WHEREAS it is necessary for the security and defence of this province from internal dangers and insurrections, that all persons resorting to places of public worship shall be obliged to carry fire armsItem Open Access 19 Colonial Records of the State of Georgia 137-139(General Publisher, 1770)Required every white male inhabitant attending church or other places of divine worship to carry a gun or pair of pistols. Arms are required to be in good order and fit for service, along with at least six charges of gun-powder and ball. Violators fined ten shillings for each violation.Item Open Access A Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia. From Its First Establishment as a British Province Down to the Year 1798 . . ., at 153-54 (1800)(General Publisher, 1768)Prohibited “any slave” from possessing firearms, ammunition, or weapons without a ticket from their master or a white person over the age of sixteen present and any time after sunset on Saturday but before sunrise Monday morning.Item Open Access The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia Vol. XVIII, Statutes Enacted by the Royal Legislature of Georgia from its First Session in 1754 to 1768, An Act for the Better Ordering and Governing Negroes 668. (Allen D. Candler eds., 1910)(General Publisher, 1765)Required that “any Slave” have a ticket to use a firearm that must be renewed every month.Item Open Access An Act For the better ordering of the Militia of this Province §19 Savannah, GA (25 March, 1765)(General Publisher, 1765)Required anyone obliged to bear arms under militia service to refuse to fire his gun not exceeding six times each muster day, or shall refuse to do his duty, obey the lawful commands of his officer, or being drunk at the time of muster. Violators fined up to ten shillings Sterling.Item Open Access An Act for the better ordering and governing Negroes and other Slaves in this Province, and to prevent the inveigling or carrying away Slaves from their Masters or Employers, Section 28(General Publisher, 1765)Required that “any Slave” have a ticket to use a firearm that must be renewed every month.