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 It encompasses a wide range of materials, including scholarly studies, historical documents, and curated collections that highlight the cultural, social, and legal developments within the region.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 1875 Ga. Laws 189, An Act to Prevent the Shooting or Firing of Guns or Pistols in the Village of Vineville, in the County of Bibb, ch. 181, § 1(General Publisher, 1875)Prohibited the discharge, firing, shooting of any gun or pistol within three hundred yards of any public road through the village of Vineville.Item Open Access Nuisances, § 5. MACON, A COMPILATION OF THE ORDINANCES (S. Rose & Co. 1862)(General Publisher, 1862)“SEC. 5. It shall not be lawful for any person to fire a gun, pistol, or any other fire arms, within three hundred yards of any house, except in cases of military parade; nor shall any person burn rockets, crackers, or any kind of fire works within the limits of the city. Any person so offending shall be fined in a sum not exceeding twenty dollars.”Item Open Access A Compilation of the Acts of the Legislature Incorporating the City of Macon, Georgia, and of the Ordinances, Passed by the City Council of Macon, to the 14th February, 1858, Now of Force Page 48, § 5(General Publisher, 1858)It shall not be lawful for any person to fire a gun, pistol, or any other fire arms, within three hundred yards of any house, except in cases of military parade; nor shall any person burn rockets, crackers, or any kind of fireworks within the limits of the city. Any person so offending shall be fined in a sum not exceeding twenty dollars.Item Open Access Charter and Ordinances of the City of Macon (1853) Page 38, § 5(General Publisher, 1853)Prohibited the discharge of a gun, pistol, or any other fire-arms within three hundred yards of any house. Also prohibited burning rockets, crackers, or any kind of fireworks within the limits of the city. Violators fined not exceeding twenty dollars.Item Open Access 1910 Ga. Laws 137, Shooting at Houses, Prohibited, § 1(General Publisher, 1910)Prohibited shooting at, toward, or into any occupied dwelling house with any gun, pistol, rifle, or any other deadly firearm.Item Open Access 1905 Ga. Laws 86, Rocking or Shooting at or in Cars, § 1(General Publisher, 1905)Prohibited throwing rocks or other missles at, towards, or into any passenger train on a railroad. Also Prohibited shooting any gun, pistol, or firearms of any kind towards or into any such car or while in any such car/ Violators imprisoned one to five yearsItem Open Access 1898 Ga. Laws 107-08, An Act to Make it Unlawful for any Person to Wilfully and Wantonly Fire Off or Discharge any Loaded Gun or Pistol on Sunday, Except in Defense of Person or Property, § 1(General Publisher, 1898)Prohibited wilfully or wantonly firing off or discharging any loaded gun or pistol on Sunday.Item Open Access 1897 Ga. Laws 96-97, An Act to make it Unlawful for any Person to Fire any Pistol, Gun or other Firearm on any Excursion Train or at any Picnic, Except in his or her Defense, and to Prescribe a Penalty for Violating Same, and for other Purposes, § 1(General Publisher, 1897)Prohibited discharging any pistol, gun, or other firearm while on any excursion train or at any picnic.Item Open Access The Code of the State of Georgia. Adopted December 15th, 1895. Vol. 3 Page 147 (1896) § 511(General Publisher, 1892)Prohibited throwing rocks or other missiles at, towards, or into a passenger train on a railroad. Also prohiited shooting any gun, pistol, or firearms of any kind at, towards, or into any such car. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.Item Open Access 1882 Ga. Laws 131, An Act to Prevent the Discharge of Fire-arms on the Public Highways of this State and within Fifty Yards of the Same; to make such an act a Misdemeanor, and Prescribe a Punishment Therefor, § 1(General Publisher, 1882)Prohibited wantonly discharging a gun or pistol between the "dark and daylight" on any of the public highways or within fifty yards of such public highways.