Georgia
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The Georgia Community serves as a comprehensive repository for academic and historical research related to the state of Georgia. It encompasses a wide range of materials, including scholarly studies, historical documents, and curated collections that highlight the cultural, social, and legal developments within the region.
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Item Open Access The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia Vol. XVIII, Statutes Enacted by the Royal Legislature of Georgia from its First Session in 1754 to 1768 117-18 (Allen D. Candler eds., 1910)(General Publisher, 1755)Requirement that “any Slave” have a ticket to use a firearm that must be renewed every month, subject to seizure.Item Open Access An Act for the better ordering and governing Negroes and other Slaves in this Province, and to prevent the inveigling or carrying away Slaves from their Masters or Employers, Section 28(General Publisher, 1765)Required that “any Slave” have a ticket to use a firearm that must be renewed every month.Item Open Access An Act For the better ordering of the Militia of this Province §19 Savannah, GA (25 March, 1765)(General Publisher, 1765)Required anyone obliged to bear arms under militia service to refuse to fire his gun not exceeding six times each muster day, or shall refuse to do his duty, obey the lawful commands of his officer, or being drunk at the time of muster. Violators fined up to ten shillings Sterling.Item Open Access The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia Vol. XVIII, Statutes Enacted by the Royal Legislature of Georgia from its First Session in 1754 to 1768, An Act for the Better Ordering and Governing Negroes 668. (Allen D. Candler eds., 1910)(General Publisher, 1765)Required that “any Slave” have a ticket to use a firearm that must be renewed every month.Item Open Access A Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia. From Its First Establishment as a British Province Down to the Year 1798 . . ., at 153-54 (1800)(General Publisher, 1768)Prohibited “any slave” from possessing firearms, ammunition, or weapons without a ticket from their master or a white person over the age of sixteen present and any time after sunset on Saturday but before sunrise Monday morning.Item Open Access 19 Colonial Records of the State of Georgia 137-139(General Publisher, 1770)Required every white male inhabitant attending church or other places of divine worship to carry a gun or pair of pistols. Arms are required to be in good order and fit for service, along with at least six charges of gun-powder and ball. Violators fined ten shillings for each violation.Item Open Access 19 THE COLONIAL RECORDS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, Part 1, at 137–40 (Allen D. Candler ed., 1904) (enacted 1770)(General Publisher, 1770)Reqiuired every white male inhabitant attending church or other places of divine worship to carry a gun or pair of pistols. Arms are required to be in good order and fit for service, along with at least six charges of gun-powder and ball. Violators fined ten shillings for each violation.Item Open Access An Act for the Better Security of the Inhabitants, by Obliging the Male White Persons to Carry Fire Arms to Places of Public Worship, §§ 1-4 GA. CODE (R. Aitken 1800) (Passed 1770).(General Publisher, 1770)WHEREAS it is necessary for the security and defence of this province from internal dangers and insurrections, that all persons resorting to places of public worship shall be obliged to carry fire armsItem Open Access 1777 Ga. Const., arts. 33-34(General Publisher, 1777)Granted the governor title of captains general and commander-in-chief over all militia, military, and naval forces belonging to the state of Georgia. Also specified that commissions continue during good behavior.Item Open Access William A Hotchkiss, A Codification of the Statute Law of Georgia, Including the English Statutes of Force: In Four Parts. To Which is Prefixed a Collection of State Papers, of English, American, and State Origin; Together with an Appendix, and Index Page 763 (1845)(General Publisher, 1790)Prohibited deer-hunting by fire-light and a gun not within one's own enclosure. Violators shall be fined not exceeding five pounds.Item Open Access Lucius Q.C. Lamar, A Compilation of the Laws of the State of Georgia, Passed by the Legislature since the Year 1810 to the Year 1819, Inclusive. Comprising all the Laws Passed within those Periods, Arranged under Appropriate Heads, with Notes of Reference to those Laws, or Parts of Laws, which are Amended or Repealed to which are Added such Concurred and Approved Resolutions, as are Either of General, Local, or Private Moment. Concluding with a Copious Index to the Laws, a Separate one to the Resolutions, at 599 (1821), div. 10, § 19(General Publisher, 1816)Prohibited the carrying of any pistol, hanger, cutlass, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon with the intent to assault a person. Punishable by imprisonment with hard labor for a period of time to be determined by a jury.Item Open Access Lucius Q.C. Lamar, A Compilation of the Laws of the State of Georgia, Passed by the Legislature since the Year 1810 to the Year 1819, Inclusive. Comprising all the Laws Passed within those Periods, Arranged under Appropriate Heads, with Notes of Reference to those Laws, or Parts of Laws, which are Amended or Repealed to which are Added such Concurred and Approved Resolutions, as are Eithier of General, Local, or Private Moment. Concluding with a Copious Index to the Laws, a Separate one to the Resolutions Page 593 (1821) div. 9, § 4(General Publisher, 1816)Prohibited challenging another, or accepting any such challenge, to duel with a sword, pistol, or other deadly weapon. Violators fined a sum of five hundred dollars and imprisoned at hard labour not less than three months nor more than one year.Item Open Access Oliver H. Prince, A Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia: Containing all Statutes and the Substance of all Resolutions of a General and Public Nature, and now in Force, which have been Passed in this State, Previous to the Session of the General Assembly of Dec. 1837 Page 619 (1837)(General Publisher, 1831)Required gun powder over five pounds to be transported with marks indicating the containers hold gunpowder. Violators shall have gunpowder seized and forfeited.Item Open Access 1833 Ga. Laws 226, 228, § 7(General Publisher, 1833)Prohibition for “any free person of colour” to own, use, or carry any firearms.Item Open Access Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia Passed in Milledgeville at an Annual Session in November and December 1837, at 90-91 (1838), §§ 1-4(General Publisher, 1837)Prohibited any merchant, or “any other person or persons whatsoever,” to sell, offer to sell, keep, or have on their person or elsewhere any Bowie knife or “any other kind of knives, manufactured and sold for the purpose of wearing, or carrying the same as arms of offence or defence,” pistols, swords, sword canes, or spears. Exempted “such pistols as are known as horseman’s pistols” from these restrictions. Punishable by a fine of up to $100-500 for the first offense and $500-1,000 for subsequent offenses.Item Open Access The Minutes of the Senate Academicus of the State of Georgia, 1799-1842, at 86 (1810)(General Publisher, 1842)Banning students from keeping any gun, pistol, Dagger, Dirk sword cane or any other offensive weapon on campus. Also banned students from possessing them out of the college in any case whatsoever.Item Open Access 1847 Ga. Laws 138, An Act To Incorporate The Evergreen Cemetery Company Of Bonaventure, § 5(General Publisher, 1847)Prohibited shooting or discharging any gun or other firearms within the cemetary limits. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.Item Open Access P. G. Rhome, By-Laws of the Corporation of Crawfordville, Georgia. Ordained January 20th, 1849 Page 8 (1849)(General Publisher, 1849)Prohibited shooting or discharging any pistol, gun, rifle, or other fire-arms within the corporate limits. Violators fined not less than twenty-five cents nor more than one dollar on the first offense. Upon the second offense, violators fined ot less than one dollar, nor more than two dollars, at the commissioners discretion.Item Open Access 1851-1852 Ga. Laws 269, no. 165(General Publisher, 1852)Prohibited the concealed carry of any pistol, dirk, sword in a cane, spear, Bowie knife, or any other kind of knives manufactured and sold for the purpose of offense or defense.Item Open Access Charter and Ordinances of the City of Macon (1853) Page 38, § 5(General Publisher, 1853)Prohibited the discharge of a gun, pistol, or any other fire-arms within three hundred yards of any house. Also prohibited burning rockets, crackers, or any kind of fireworks within the limits of the city. Violators fined not exceeding twenty dollars.