Connecticut
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The Connecticut Community serves as a dedicated repository for academic and research materials focusing on the historical, cultural, and legal developments within Connecticut. This community houses collections that reflect various jurisdictions, historical periods, and sectors, offering valuable insights for researchers, students, and professionals.
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Item Open Access J. M. Meech, Charter and Revised Ordinances of the City of Norwich With the Amendments Thereto, and Statutes of the State Relating to Municipal Corporations, in Force January 1st, 1877 Page 178, Page 185(General Publisher, 1876)Prohibited the discharge of any swivel, musket, fowling-piece, pistol, or other gun of any description within said city at a distance of less than "fifty rods" from any dwelling house, public highway, or street.Violators fined three dollars.Item Open Access Charter of the City of New Haven Page 142-143 (1881) §18(General Publisher, 1881)Prohibited the sale of any fixed ammunition, gun, pistol, or other mechnical contrivance arranged for the explosion of cartridge, or any fulminate to any child under the age of sixteen.Item Open Access Charter and By-Laws of the City of New Haven, June, 1865 Page 92-93.(General Publisher, 1865)That hereafter no person or persons shall, within the limits hereafter described, either directly or indirectly, sell and deliver any gunpowder, or have, store, or keep any quantity of gunpowder greater than one pound weight, without having obtained a license for that purpose from said Court of Common Council, in the manner herein prescribed.Item Open Access THE CHARTER AND BY-LAWS OF THE CITY OF MERIDEN 135 (1875)(General Publisher, 1869)Prohibited the discharge of any pistol, gun, cannon, or other fire-arm with the limits of the city. Violators forfeit the weapon and fined five dollars.Item Open Access Charter and Ordinances of the City of Bridgeport: as Amended and Adopted Page 194 (1874) §1(General Publisher, 1874)Prohibited the possession, keeping for sale, or for any other purpose within city limts, any quantiyy of gun powder or gun-cotton exceeding one pound in weight. Also prohibitd havng, keeping for sale, use, or other purpose, any quantity of nitro-glycerine, or other explosive substances or compounds exceeding six ounces without a special license.Item Open Access The Charter and By-Laws of the Borough of Wallingford Page 55 (1882) §15(General Publisher, 1882)Prohibited the discharge of any pistol, gun, cannon, or other fire-arm in any street, park, or public ground. Violators fined not exceeding twenty-five dollars.Item Open Access 1872 Conn. Acts 108, An Act in Addition to an Act for the Preservation of Game, chap. 115, § 2(General Publisher, 1872)Prohibited killing any wild duck, goose, or brant with any instrument known as a punt gun or swivel, or any other such guns as are habitually raised at arms' length and fired from the shoulder. Also prohibited attempt to capture said animals with said instruments, or any other instrument or gun other than such guns aforesaid.Item Open Access Henry Dutton, A Revision of Swift’s Digest of the Laws of Connecticut. Also, Practice, Forms and Precedents, in Connecticut Page 564, Image 565 (Vol 1, 1871)(General Publisher, 1871)A person, before he trusts a gun with an incautious person, is bound to render it perfectly innoxious.Item Open Access 1864 Conn. Acts 95, An Act In Addition To And In Alteration Of “An Act Relating To The Militia,” chap. 73, § 8.(General Publisher, 1864)It shall be the duty of the quartermaster general to provide a suitable armory for each company of active militia, upon a certificate from the adjutant general, that such company has organized according to law, and has made requisition for an armory, through the commanding officer of said company, as a drill room and place to preserve its arms and equipments; and also to provide for the expenses of cleaning and keeping in good repair the said arms and equipments, in such manner as he may prescribe.Item Open Access 1862 Conn. Acts 76, An Act In Addition To “An Act to Provide For the Organization And Equipment Of A Volunteer Militia, And To Provide For the Public Defense,” chap. 68, § 34(General Publisher, 1862)Required brigade inspectors to annual inspect armories and gun houses of the companies belonging to their brigades. Inspectors shall also inspect the rooms occupied by regimental bands.