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Item Open Access 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 OpelousaItem Open Access 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.Item Open Access 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.Item Open Access 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.Item Open Access An Ordinance to Establish a Uniform Rate of Taxes and Licenses, THE NEW ORLEANS CRESCENT, December 30, 1868, at 6 (New Orleans, Louisiana).(General Publisher, 1869)imposed a 50 dollar tax on pistol galleriesItem Open Access Albert Voorhies, Ex-Justice, Revised Laws of Louisiana, Approved March 14th, 1870, with Copious References to the Acts of the Legislature from and Including the Sessions of 1870, up to and Including the Session of 1882. Second Edition Page 161, Image 171, § 949 (1884)(General Publisher, 1884)When gunpowder is shipped on board of a steamboat it shall be stored away at as great a distance as possible from the furnace, and a written notification of the fact shall be placed in three conspicuous parts of the boat; and in the event of such notification not being so exhibited, then for any loss of property or life for which the powder may be deemed the cause, the owner and captain shall be liable to the penalty provided in the proceeding section. § 950. Any person who shall ship or put on board, or cause to be shipped or put on board of any steamboat within this State, any gunpowder, without giving notice thereof, at the time of making the shipment, to the master or clerk of said boat, shall be liable to a penalty of two hundred dollarsItem Open Access La. Const. of 1879, art. III(General Publisher, 1879)Provided the right to bear arms, but authorizes the passage of laws restricting the carrying of concealed weapons.Item Open Access 1873 La. Acts 117, An Act Conferring Certain Additional Powers and Privileges on the Metairie Cemetery Association, and to Punish Trespassers, § 1.(General Publisher, 1873)And any person who shall willfully destroy, mutilate, deface, injure or remove any tomb, monument, gravestone, or other structure placed therein, or shall willfully destroy, cut, break or remove any tree, shrub or plant within the limits of said cemetery, or shoot or discharge any gun or firearms within said limits, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction thereof, before any court or tribunal of competent jurisdictionItem Open Access 1870 La. Acts 159–60, An Act to Regulate the Conduct and to Maintain the Freedom of Party Election . . . , § 73.(General Publisher, 1870)shall be unlawful for any person to carry any gun, pistol, bowie knife or other dangerous weapon, concealed or unconcealed, on any day of election during the hours the polls are open, or on any day of registration or revision of registration, within a distance of one-half mile of any place of registration or revision of registration; any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, and imprisonment in the parish jail not less than one month .Item Open Access 1870 La. Acts 127, Persons, Trades, Professions and Occupations Subject to Taxation, § 3, pt. 6.(General Publisher, 1870)From each proprietor or keeper of every billiard saloon, bowling alley or pistol gallery, in which there is but one table, alley or target, twenty-five dollars; where there are two tables, alleys or targets, forty dollars; where there are more than two tables, alleys or targets, ten dollars additional on each table, alley or target