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Item Open Access An Ordinance Prohibiting the Unlawful Carrying of Arms, DAILY DEMOCRATIC STATESMAN, May 29, 1880, at 4 (Austin, TX) §3(General Publisher, 1880)Any person violating §§ 1-2 above may be arrested without a warrant, and any policeman who shall fail to or refuses to arrest such person on his wn knowledge or upon information, shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars.Item Open Access An Ordinance Prohibiting the Unlawful Carrying of Arms, DAILY DEMOCRATIC STATESMAN, May 29, 1880, at 4 (Austin, TX) §§ 1-2(General Publisher, 1880)Prohibited the carry on or about his person, saddle, or saddle bags in the city hall any pistol, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, sword-cane, spear, brass knuckles, Bowie-knife, or other kind of knife manufactured or sold for purposes of offense or defense.Item Open Access 1889 Tex. Gen. Laws 36, Malicious Mischief, ch. 40, art. 683b(General Publisher, 1889)That any person who shall willfully or maliciously throw a stone or other missile or fire a gun or pistol at or into any coach or passenger car of a moving railway train, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum of not less than twenty-five dollars and not more than one thousand dollars.Item Open Access 1889 Tex. Gen. Laws 33, tit. 9, ch. 4, art. 338(General Publisher, 1889)Prohibited any person from carrying any pistol, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, sword-cane, spear, or knuckles mde of any metal or hard substance, Bowie knife, or any other knife manufactured or sold for purposes of offense or defense. Violators fined not less than twenty-five nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisonment not less than ten nor more than thirty days, or both.Item Open Access An Act to Amend Militia Law, Chapter 16 [H. B. No. 515] in General Laws of the State of Texas Passed at the Regular Session of the Twenty-First Legislature (1889). Article 3294(General Publisher, 1889)And it shall not be lawful for any body of men whatsoever, other than the regularly organized volunteer guard, to associate themselves together as a military company or organization, or to parade in public with arms in any part of the state, without the license of the governor therefor.Item Open Access 1887 Tex. Gen. Laws 7, ch. 9(General Publisher, 1887)Prohibited any person from carrying on his person, saddle, or in his saddlebags, any pistol, dirk, dagger, slung shot, sword cane, spear, or knuckles made of any metal or any hard substance, Bowie knife, or any other kind of knfie manufactured or sold for purposes of offense of defense.Item Open Access Ordinances of the Council of the City of Dallas and Annual Reports of City Officers from October 1st, 1886 to June 25th, 1888, at 80, An Ordinance Prohibiting and Punishing the Unlawful Carrying of Arms, § 1 (1888)(General Publisher, 1887)Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Dallas, that if any person in the City of Dallas shall carry on or about his person, saddle, or in his saddle-bags, any pistol, dirk, dagger, slungshot, sword- cane, spear, or knuckles made of any metal or hard substance, bowie knife, or any other kind of knife manufactured or sold for purposes of offense or defense, he shall be punished by fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than two hundred dollars and shall be confined in the city prison not less than twenty nor more than sixty days.Item Open Access Revised Ordinances of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, 1873-1884, at 207, Ordinance no. 157, § 1 (1885)(General Publisher, 1885)Any person carrying concealed on or about his person any pistol, dirk, dagger, slung shot, sword cane, spear, brass knuckles, Bowie knife, or any other kind of knife manufactured or sold for the purpose of offense or defense, unless having or carrying the same on or about his person for the lawful defense of the State as a militiaman, in actual service, or as a peace officer or policeman, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars.Item Open Access George Clark, The Criminal Laws of Texas. Comprising the Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure, as Published by Authority, with Annotations of All Decisions in Criminal Cases from Dallam to Eighth Court of Appeals Reports Inclusive, at 205-208, tit. 15, ch. 16, art. 610 (1881)(General Publisher, 1881)Any person who shall, within this State, fight a duel with deadly weapons, or send or accept a challenge to fight a duel with deadly weapons, either within the State or out of it, or who shall act as a second, or knowingly aid or assist in any manner those thus offending, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by confinement in the penitentiary not less than two nor more than five years.Item Open Access Revised Ordinances of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, 1873-1884, at 64-65, An Ordinance prohibiting the shooting off, firing or discharging of Fire-arms; the firing, exploding or setting off of Squibs, Firecrackers, Torpedoes, Roman Candles, Sky-rockets or other things containing powder or other explosive matter, or the throwing of any fire balls, or making of any bon-fires in the corporate limits of the City of Fort Worth. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth: § 1 (1885)(General Publisher, 1880)It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to shoot off, fire, or discharge any gun, pistol, revolver or any firearm of any description, or to fire, explode or set off any squib, firecracker, torpedo, roman candle, sky-rocket, or other thing containing powder or other explosive matter, or to throw any fire-ball or make any bon-fire in the corporate limits of this city