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Item Open Access Slaves, in Laws of the Arkansas Territory 521 (J. Steele & J. M’Campbell, Eds., 1835)(General Publisher, 1835)Prohibited any “slave or mulatto” from keeping or carrying a gun, powder, shot, club, or other weapon.Item Open Access J. Steele (Editor), Laws of the Arkansas Territory 521 (1835), § 3 [Slaves](General Publisher, 1804)Prohibited any "slave or mulatto" from keeping or carrying a gun, powder, shot, club or other weapon of offensive or defensive nature. Violators shall be sentenced to lashes not exceeding thirty-nine.Item Open Access John H. Herry, Digest of the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Little Rock, with the Constitution of the State of Arkansas; General Incorporation Laws; and All Acts of the General Assembly Relating to the City; in Force March 10, 1882 Page 149(General Publisher, 1881)Required a payment and license for the operation of a shooting gallery or pistol gallery. Payment set at twenty-five dollars per year.Item Open Access John H. Cherry, Digest of the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Little Rock, with the Constitution of the State of Arkansas; General Incorporation Laws; and All Acts of the General Assembly Relating to the City; in Force March 10, 1882 Page 168(General Publisher, 1881)Prohibited the concealed carry of any pistol, colt, slung-shot, cross-knuckles, knuckles of lead, brass, or other metal, or Bowie-knife, dirk-knife, dirk, dagger, any knife resembling a Bowie-knife, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, fined not less than ten nor more than twenty-five dollars, and double that sum for each subsequent offense.Item Open Access John H. Cherry (Editor), Digest of the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Little Rock 168 (1882), §399(General Publisher, 1871)Prohibited carrying of a pistol, revolver, Bowie knife, dirk, rifle, shot gun, slungshot, colt, or metal knuckles while engaged in a breach of the peace. Punishable by a fine of $25-500.Item Open Access George Eugene Dodge, A Digest of the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Little Rock, with the Constitution of State of Arkansas, General Incorporation Laws, and All Acts of the General Assembly Relating to the City Page 231(General Publisher, 1871)Prohibited firing or discharging any cannon, gun, fowling piece, pistol, fire-arms, squibs, crackers, or other combustible material. Violators fined not less than two nor more than ten dollars.Item Open Access George Eugene Dodge, A Digest of the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Little Rock, with the Constitution of State of Arkansas, General Incorporation Laws, and All Acts of the General Assembly Relating to the City 230-31 (1871)(General Publisher, 1871)Prohibited carrying of a pistol, revolver, Bowie knife, dirk, rifle, shot gun, slungshot, colt, or metal knuckles while engaged in a breach of the peace. Punishable by a fine of $25-500.Item Open Access Ord. July 15, 1869; Ch. Dig., Sec. 426(General Publisher, 1869)Prohibited the discharge of any cannon, gun, fowling piece, pistol, or fire-arms of any description. Violators fined not less than two but no more than ten dollars.Item Open Access An Ordinance Concerning Slaves, and Free Negroes and Mulattos, § 1, ARKANSAS GAZETTE, Jan. 12, 1836, at 1 (Little Rock, Arkansas).(General Publisher, 1836)That no slave or free negro or mulatto whatsoever shall keep or carry, within the limits of said City, any gun, pistol or other fire arm of any kind whatsoever, or any knife, dirk, club or any weapon of offence or defence whatsoever, or any powder, balls or shot; and that any and every such weapon, and any and all such ammunition found in the possession or custody of any negro or mulatto, may be seized by any person,Item Open Access An Ordinance to Prevent the Firing of Guns, and Running of Horses, &c., §§ 1-2, THE ARKANSAS ADVOCATE, Mar. 7, 1832, at 4 (Little Rock, Arkansas).(General Publisher, 1832)Be it ordained by the Mayor and Town Council of the town of Little Rock, That if any free person shall wantonly fire or shoot off any gun, pistol, or other fire arms, within the bounds of the corporation of the town of Little Rock; or if any person shall run, gallop or canter, any horse, mare, gelding, mule, jack or jenny, through any of the public squares, streets or alleys, of said town, he or she, if free, shall on conviction before the Mayer of the town, forfeit and pay for each offence a sum not exceeding ten dollars, and shall moreover stand committed until the same be paid together with the attendant costs; and if a slave be guilty of any of the above offences, he or she shall, for each offence, receive on his or her bare back, ten stripes or lashes, to be well laid on by the town constable.