Wyoming
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This collection serves as a dedicated repository for academic research, historical documentation, and case studies related to Wyoming. It focuses on the historical evolution, cultural developments, and legal frameworks within the state of Wyoming. This collection offers valuable resources for scholars, researchers, and individuals interested in the rich heritage and historical significance of Wyoming.
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Item Open Access 1875 Wyo. Terr. Sess. Laws ch. 52, §1(General Publisher, 1875)Prohibited the carry of any firearm or other deadly weapon with any city, town, or village.Item Open Access Wyo. Comp. Laws (1876) ch. 35, § 127, as codified in Wyo. Rev. Stat., Crimes (1887), Having possession of offensive weapons, § 1027(General Publisher, 1876)Prohibited the carrying of a pistol, knife, dirk, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon with the intent to assault a person. Punishable by fine up to $500 or imprisonment up to 6 months.Item Open Access 1876 Wyo. Comp. Laws 352, An Act to Prevent the Carrying of Fire Arms and Other Deadly Weapons, ch. 52, § 1-3.(General Publisher, 1876)That hereafter it shall be unlawful for any resident of any city, town or village, or for any one not a resident of any city, town or village, in said territory, but a sojourner therein, to bear upon his person, concealed or openly, any fire arm or other deadly weapon, within the limits of any city, town or village.Item Open Access 1879 Wyo. Terr. Sess. Laws 97, ch. 43, § 1.(General Publisher, 1879)It shall be unlawful for any person in this territory to fire any rifle, revolver, or other fire arm of any description whatever, from any window, door, or other part of any railroad car or train, engine or tender, or along the line of railroad during the passing of any train or engine, or when any person is passing in the vicinity of the person having such fire arm, and any person so offending, shall, on conviction, be fined in a sum not exceeding twenty ($20.00) dollars, and for a second offense, confined in the county jail for a term not exceeding sixty (60) days.Item Open Access 1882 Wyo. Sess. Laws 174, ch. 81(General Publisher, 1882)Prohibited the exhibition of any kind of firearm, bowie knife, dirk, dagger, slung shot, or other deadly weapon in a rude, angry, or threatening manner not necessary for self defense of his person, his family, or property. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than ten but no more than five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.Item Open Access 1884 Wyo. Terr. Sess. Laws 134, ch. 85, § 28, pt. 1.(General Publisher, 1884)[T]o regulate the storage of gun-powder, kerosene and other dangerous material[.]Item Open Access 1884 Wyo. Terr. Sess. Laws, ch. 67, § 1, as codified in Wyo. Rev. Stat., Crimes (1887): Exhibiting deadly weapon in angry manner. § 983(General Publisher, 1884)Prohibited exhibiting in a threatening manner a fire-arm, Bowie knife, dirk, dagger, slungshot or other deadly weapon. Punishable by fine of $10-100 or imprisonment up to 6 months.Item Open Access 1887, List of Members, By-laws, and Reports of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, Important Resolutions, no. 11.(General Publisher, 1887)That the custom of carrying firearms, except in the immediate vicinity of Indian reservations, should be discountenanced, and it is hereby made the duty of the members of this Association, foremen of round-ups, and foremen of ranges, to use every effort in their power to prevent the carrying of firearms by cattle men at all times and places except when absolutely necessary. Resolved, That the members of this Association hereby pledge themselves as far as in their power to carry out the spirit of this resolution.”Item Open Access An Act Defining Crimes, Regulating Criminal Procedure and for Other Purposes, ch. 73, § 97, in 1890 Wyo. Sess. Laws 127, 140.(General Publisher, 1890)It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, barter or give to any other person under the age of twenty-one years any pistol, dirk or bowie-knife, slung-shot, knucks or other deadly weapon that can be worn or carried concealed upon or about the person, or to sell, barter or give to any person under the age of sixteen years any cartridges manufactured and designed for use in a pistol; and any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be fined in any sum not more than fifty dollars."Item Open Access A. McMicken, City Attorney, The Revised Ordinances of the City of Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming, at 131-32, Article VII, Carrying Firearms and Lethal Weapons, § 1 (1893)(General Publisher, 1893)Prohibited a person from possessing or carrying a pistol, revolver, knife, slungshot, bludgeon or other lethal weapon. Punishable by fine up to $100 or imprisonment up to 30 days.Item Open Access A. McMicken, The Revised Ordinances of the City of Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming, at 115-116, Article II, Protection of Persons and Property, § 1 (1893)(General Publisher, 1893)If any person shall within this city fire or discharge any cannon, gun, fowling piece, pistol or firearms of any description, or fire, explode, or set off any squib, cracker, or anything containing powder or other combustible or explosive material, without permission of the Board of Trustees, or the written permission of the mayor (which permission shall limit the time of the firing and shall be subject to be revoked by the mayor or Board of Trustees at any time after the same has been granted) every such person shall, on conviction, be fined in a sum of not less than five dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars.Item Open Access 1899 Wyo. Rev. Stat. 1253, div. 5, tit. 1, ch. 3, § 5051(General Publisher, 1899)Every person, not being a traveler, who shall wear or carry any dirk, pistol, bowie knife, dagger, sword-in-cane, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon concealed, or who shall carry or wear any such weapon openly, with the intent, or avowed purpose, of injuring his fellow- man, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.Item Open Access 1899 Wyo. Rev. Stat. 600, div. 1, tit. 15, ch. 1, § 2106(General Publisher, 1899)No person or persons shall ensnare, net or trap within this state any wild duck, wild goose, or wild swan at any time. . . . There shall be established from the first day of September until the first day of May, an open season in which ducks, brant or geese may be shot, killed or taken by means of gun shot, but nothing but shoulder guns may be used at any time. And it shall be unlawful to kill any of the above mentioned water fowls by any other means, or during any other period, than above specified; Provided That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to kill any wild swan in the state of Wyoming. Any person or persons who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than ten nor more than twenty-five dollars for each offense, and may be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than sixty days.Item Open Access 1899 Wyo. Rev. Stat. 1253, div. 5, tit. 1, ch. 3, § 5052(General Publisher, 1899)It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, barter or give to any other person under the age of twenty-one years any pistol, dirk or bowie knife, slung-shot, knucks or other deadly weapon that can be worn or carried concealed upon or about the person, or to sell, barter or give to any person under the age of sixteen years any cartridges manufactured and designed for use in a pistol; and any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be fined in any sum not more than fifty dollars.Item Open Access 1899 Wyo. Rev. Stat. 1252, div. 5, tit. 1, ch. 3, § 5044(General Publisher, 1899)Whoever fights a duel, if death do not ensue, shall be fined one hundred dollars, and be imprisoned in the county jail not more than one year.Item Open Access 1899 Wyo. Rev. Stat. 1252, div. 5, tit. 1, ch. 3, § 5050(General Publisher, 1899)Whoever draws or threatens to use any pistol, dirk, knife, slung-shot, or any other deadly or dangerous weapon, already drawn, upon any other person, shall be fined in a sum not more than one hundred dollars, to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail not more than six months; Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to a person drawing or threatening to use such dangerous or deadly weapon in defense of his person or property, or in defense of those entitled to his protection by law.Item Open Access 1899 Wyo. Sess. Laws 32-33, An Act for the Better Protection of the Game and Fish of this State . . . , ch. 19, § 14.(General Publisher, 1899)Allowed residents to receive hunting license for $1, non-residents to receive hunting license for $40.Item Open Access Revised Ordinances and Charter of the City of Laramie, Wyo., with Constitutional Provisions and Legislative Enactments Governing the Same, at 89, ch. 5, § 3 (1900)(General Publisher, 1900)Hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person in the City of Laramie to keep, carry or bear upon the person any sling, catapult, spring or air gun, or nigger shooter, used for the hurling of missiles or stones, and every person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum not exceeding five dollars.Item Open Access Revised Ordinances and Charter of the City of Laramie, Wyo., with Constitutional Provisions and Legislative Enactments Governing the Same, at 90, ch. 5, § 6 (1900)(General Publisher, 1900)Any person who shall, within this city, fire or discharge any cannon, gun, fowling piece, pistol, revolver or firearm of any description, without permission from the council, or written permission from the mayor, or who shall, upon the street, sidewalks or alleys of the City of Laramie, fire, explode or set off any squib, cracker or other thing containing powder or other combustible material, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction be fined in a sum not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars, for each and every offenseItem Open Access 1907 Wyo. Sess. Laws 96, ch. 71, § 14, pt. 41.(General Publisher, 1907)To regulate and prevent the transportation and storage of gunpowder or other explosive or combustible articles. . .