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The Louisiana Repository serves for historical, academic, and cultural materials related to the state of Louisiana. This repository includes research studies, historical documents, and scholarly works that explore Louisiana's development, culture, and contributions to regional and national history.

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An Act prescribing the rules and conduct to be observed with respect to Negroes and other Slaves of this territory, in A General Digest of the Acts of the Legislature of Louisiana, Passed from the Year 1804 to 1827, . . . (1828) § 20
(General Publisher, 1806)
Prohibited any person who keeps “slaves for the purpose of hunting” from delivering to any “slaves” any firearm for the purpose of hunting without permission.
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An Act prescribing the rules and conduct to be observed with respect to Negroes and other Slaves of this territory, in A General Digest of the Acts of the Legislature of Louisiana, Passed from the Year 1804 to 1827, . . . (1828) § 19
(General Publisher, 1806)
No slave shall, by day or by night, carry any visible or hidden arms, not even with a permission for so doing, and in case any person or persons shall find any slave or slaves, using or carrying such fire arms, or any offensive weapons of any other kind, contrary to the true meaning of this act, he, she or they, lawfully, may seize and carry away such fire arms, or other offensive weapons
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Ordinance no. 103, §§ 1-3, ST. TAMMANY FARMER, September 11, 1909, at 7, 7 (Slidell, Louisiana).
(General Publisher, 1909)
That it shall be unlawful for any person at any time to explode, shoot any firecracker, firearms, Roman candle, or any other fireworks that may be used for the purpose of celebrating, within the corporate limits of the Town of Slidell.
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John C. White, Digest of the Laws and Ordinances of the Parish of East Feliciana, Adopted by the Police Jury of the Parish 68 (1848)
(General Publisher, 1848)
Prohibited any “slave” from carrying a gun off the plantation without the permission.
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Proceedings of the Board of Police of the Town of Opelousas, §§ 1-6, THE OPELOUSAS JOURNAL, Jun. 26, 1874, at 3 (Opelousas, Louisiana).
(General Publisher, 1874)
to prevent the carrying concealed weapons within the corporate limits of the town of Opelousa
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1918 New Orleans Police Code at 114-16, image 112-14, Art. 15 (1918).
(General Publisher, 1918)
Ship captains are obliged, within 24 hours of their arrival at port, to deposit gunpowder they may have on board in the powder magazine on the right bank of the river. Also prohibited citizens from storing more than one hundred pounds of gunpowder at any time.
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John Q. Flynn Flynn’s Digest of the City Ordinances, Together with the Constitutional Provisions, Acts of the General Assembly, and Decisions of the Courts Relative to the Government of the City of New Orleans Page 545, Image 617 (1896) § 1342
(General Publisher, 1893)
It shall be unlawful for any one to sell, or lease, or give through himself or any other person, any pistol, dirk, bowieknife, toy pistol for which cartridges are used, or any other dangerous weapon which may be carried concealed, to any person under the age of eighteen years.
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Prohibition of Weapons in Balls, Theatres, etc., The Laws and Ordinances of the City of New Orleans, Title 1—Amusements, Chapter 1—General Ordinances, Articles 1-6 (1879).
(General Publisher, 1879)
That hereafter it shall not be lawful for any person to carry a dangerous weapon, concealed or otherwise, into a theatre, public hall, tavern, pic-nic ground, place for shows or exhibitions, house or other place of public entertainment or amusement.
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The Laws and General Ordinances of the City of New Orleans: Together with the Acts of the Legislature, Decisions of the Supreme Court, and Constitutional Provisions Relating to the City Government: Revised and Digested, Pursuant to an Order of the Common Council, Section 1, art. 636 (5), 257 (Henry Jefferson Leovy, Simmons & Co. New Ed. 1870)
(General Publisher, 1870)
Prohibited unlicensed shooting galleries from operating within city limits.
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The Laws and General Ordinances of the City of New Orleans: Together with the Acts of the Legislature, Decisions of the Supreme Court, and Constitutional Provisions Relating to the City Government: Revised and Digested, Pursuant to an Order of the Common Council, Section 635, 257 (Henry Jefferson Leovy, Simmons & Co. New Ed. 1870)
(General Publisher, 1870)
No person shall fire or discharge any gun, pistol, fowling piece or fire-arms, within the limits of the city, or set fire to, or discharge any rocket, cracker, squib or serpent, or shall throw any lighted rocket, cracker, squib or serpent, within the limits of the city, without the license of the common council; Provided, that nothing herein contained shall apply to military reviews or to the lawful use of weapons in self defense.