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 It encompasses a wide range of materials, including scholarly studies, historical documents, and curated collections that highlight the cultural, social, and legal developments within the region.

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Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia Passed in Milledgeville at an Annual Session in November and December 1837, at 90-91 (1838), §§ 1-4
(General Publisher, 1837)
Prohibited any merchant, or “any other person or persons whatsoever,” to sell, offer to sell, keep, or have on their person or elsewhere any Bowie knife or “any other kind of knives, manufactured and sold for the purpose of wearing, or carrying the same as arms of offence or defence,” pistols, swords, sword canes, or spears. Exempted “such pistols as are known as horseman’s pistols” from these restrictions. Punishable by a fine of up to $100-500 for the first offense and $500-1,000 for subsequent offenses.
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1833 Ga. Laws 226, 228, § 7
(General Publisher, 1833)
Prohibition for “any free person of colour” to own, use, or carry any firearms.
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Oliver H. Prince, A Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia: Containing all Statutes and the Substance of all Resolutions of a General and Public Nature, and now in Force, which have been Passed in this State, Previous to the Session of the General Assembly of Dec. 1837 Page 619 (1837)
(General Publisher, 1831)
Required gun powder over five pounds to be transported with marks indicating the containers hold gunpowder. Violators shall have gunpowder seized and forfeited.
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Lucius Q.C. Lamar, A Compilation of the Laws of the State of Georgia, Passed by the Legislature since the Year 1810 to the Year 1819, Inclusive. Comprising all the Laws Passed within those Periods, Arranged under Appropriate Heads, with Notes of Reference to those Laws, or Parts of Laws, which are Amended or Repealed to which are Added such Concurred and Approved Resolutions, as are Either of General, Local, or Private Moment. Concluding with a Copious Index to the Laws, a Separate one to the Resolutions, at 599 (1821), div. 10, § 19
(General Publisher, 1816)
Prohibited the carrying of any pistol, hanger, cutlass, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon with the intent to assault a person. Punishable by imprisonment with hard labor for a period of time to be determined by a jury.
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Lucius Q.C. Lamar, A Compilation of the Laws of the State of Georgia, Passed by the Legislature since the Year 1810 to the Year 1819, Inclusive. Comprising all the Laws Passed within those Periods, Arranged under Appropriate Heads, with Notes of Reference to those Laws, or Parts of Laws, which are Amended or Repealed to which are Added such Concurred and Approved Resolutions, as are Eithier of General, Local, or Private Moment. Concluding with a Copious Index to the Laws, a Separate one to the Resolutions Page 593 (1821) div. 9, § 4
(General Publisher, 1816)
Prohibited challenging another, or accepting any such challenge, to duel with a sword, pistol, or other deadly weapon. Violators fined a sum of five hundred dollars and imprisoned at hard labour not less than three months nor more than one year.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 arms
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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.