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Item Open Access 1792 Laws Passed in the Territory of the United States North-West of the River Ohio, at 20, Burglary(General Publisher, 1788)Prohibited the carrying of any “dangerous weapon” that indicates a violent intention while committing a burglary. Punishable by imprisonment for up to 40 years.Item Open Access 1823 Ohio Acts, at 55, 57-58, ch. 38, § 10 (vol. 22, 1824)(General Publisher, 1823)to impose a fine of not more than five dollars, for shooting a gun or running a horse within said town, to adopt such regulations as may by them be deemed necessary to secure the town against injuries by fire..."Item Open Access The Act of Incorporation, and the Ordinances and Regulations of the Town of Marietta, Washington County, Ohio 17–18, An Ordinance Preventing the Wanton Use of Firearms, & c., §§ 1-2 (1837)(General Publisher, 1823)Prohibited the discharge or explosion of any gun powder within the town limits. Violators fined not less than one but no more than five dollars on the first offense. Following offenses fined at not less then five but no more than ten dollars with all costs.Item Open Access 1855 Laws and Gen. Ordinances of the City of Dayton 214, An ordinance for the punishment of offenses, § 38(General Publisher, 1855)If any person, or persons, shall fire any cannon, gun, or other firearms, within the bounds of the building lots, or cemetery ground in this city, or within one hundred yards of any public road, within this corporation, except by permission of council, and except in proper situations for firing salutes, or by command of a military officer in performance of military duty, every person, so offending, on conviction thereof, shall pay a fine not exceeding ten dollars, and costs.Item Open Access 1856 Cleveland Gen. Ordinances 128, An Ordinance to establish a magazine and regulate the sale of powder, § 3 (1856)(General Publisher, 1856)No person shall keep within the city, any quantity of gunpowder exceeding twenty-five pounds, or of gun cotton exceeding five pounds, for a longer period than twenty-four hours, except in the powder magazine; and said twenty-five pounds shall be kept in tin or copper canisters, neither of which shall contain over seven pounds and shall be labelled “gunpowder,” and be kept near the front or rear entrance of every building in which it is contained."Item Open Access Standing Rules of Order of the Cleveland City Council: With a Catalogue of the Mayors and Councils of the City of Cleveland, from Its Organization, April, 1836, to April, 1871, and Officers of the City Government for 1872, at 101, An Ordinance to Prevent the Firing of Guns and Fire-works, § 1 (1872)(General Publisher, 1856)That no person shall fire any cannon, gun, rifle, pistol, or fire-arms of any kind, or fire or explode any squib, rocket, cracker, Roman candle, or other combustible fire-works within the city.Item Open Access Laws and Ordinances, of a General and Local Nature, for the Government of the City of Cleveland, at 12-13, An Ordinance to Prevent the Firing of Guns, Fire-Arms, or Fire-Works, §§1-2 (1854).(General Publisher, 1854)That it shall be unlawful for any person to fire or discharge and cannon, gun, pistol or fire-arms of any kind, within the city,Item Open Access An Ordinance for the Punishment of Offenses, § 39, DAYTON, LAWS AND GENERAL ORDINANCES 204, 214 (Law Passed 1842; Published 1855 Empire Steam Printing) (Dayton, Ohio).(General Publisher, 1842). If any person, or persons, shall fire any cannon, gun, or other firearms, within the bounds of the building lots, or cemetery ground in this city, or within one hundred yards of any public road, within this corporation, except by permission of council, and except in proper situations for firing salutes, or by command of a military officer in the performance of military duty, every person, so offending, on conviction thereof, shall pay a fine not exceeding ten dollars, and costs."Item Open Access 1842 Ohio Acts 73, An Act to Incorporate the Woodland Cemetery Association of Dayton, § 5 (vol. 40)(General Publisher, 1841)That any person who shall willfully . . . shoot or discharge any gun within the limits aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanorItem Open Access An Act Incorporating the City of Cincinnati: And a Digest of the Ordinances of Said City, at 57-58, An Ordinance to Regulate the Keeping of Gunpowder, § 1 (1835)(General Publisher, 1835)That no person or persons in the city of Cincinnati, shall keep, have, or possess, in any house, warehouse, shop, shed, or other building, nor in any street, side walk, lane, alley, passage, way, or yard, nor in any cellar, wagon, cary, or carriage, of any kind whatever; nor in any other place, within said city, Gun Powder, in any way or manner, other than as provided for by this ordinance; nor in any quantity exceeding twenty-five pounds, to be divided into six equal parts. § 2. Be it further ordained, That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to sell gun powder by retail within said city, without having first obtained a license from the city council for that purpose; and every person obtaining a grant for a license to sell gun powder, shall receive a certificate of such grant from the city clerk, and pay into the city treasury, a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, nor less than ten dollars