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Item Open Access 1 DIGEST OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, FROM THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO, TO THE ELEVENTH DAY OF MARCH, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-ONE INCLUSIVE 873 (James F. McClellan, comp.) (1881) (Fla. ch. 174, § 24, item 14).(General Publisher, 1881)Replaced the two hundred dollar annual tax for vendors and ten dollar tax for open carry with a fifty dollar occupational license for vendors of pistols, Bowie-knives, or dirk-knives.Item Open Access 1828 Fla. Acts 24, An Act To Prevent Fire Hunting(General Publisher, 1828)Prohibited hunting by fire light in the night time with a gun or other firearms and not on one's own private property. Violators fined not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding one month at discretion of the court.Item Open Access 1828 Fla. Laws 24, An Act to Prevent Fire Hunting(General Publisher, 1828)[I]f any person shall hunt by fire light in the night time, with a gun or other firearms beyond his own enclosure, such person shall on conviction, be fined in a sum not exceeding twenty five dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding one month, at the discretion of the court.Item Open Access 1838 Fla. Laws 36, ch. 24(General Publisher, 1838)Required prospective vendors of dirks, pocket pistols, sword canes, or Bowie knives to pay an annual two-hundred dollar tax. Individuals who wish to carry the previously listed weapons are required to pay a ten dollar tax.Item Open Access 1838 Fla. Laws 70, An Act To Incorporate the City of Key West, § 8(General Publisher, 1838)Granted the common council of Key West the authority to regulate the safe storage of gun powder.Item Open Access 1852 Fla. Laws 137, An Act To Prevent Fire Hunting in the County of St. Johns, ch. 558, § 1(General Publisher, 1852)Prohibited hunting by fire light in the night time with a gun or other firearms and not on one's own private property within the county of St. Johns. Violators fined not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding one month at discretion of the court.Item Open Access 1865 Fla. Laws 25, ch. 1466, § 12(General Publisher, 1865)Prohibited "any negro, mulatto, or other person of color" to keep or bear Bowie-knives, dirks, swords, fire-arms, or ammuniton of any kind without a license from the Judge of Probate in their county of residence. Violators subject to confiscation of weapons, including a sentence of one hour in the pillory, or be whipped, not exceeding thirty-nine "stripes."Item Open Access 1865 Fla. Laws 27, An Act Prescribing Additional Penalities For the Commission of Offenses Against the State, and for Other Purposes, Chap. 1466, § 19(General Publisher, 1865)Prohibited hunting with a gun on lands without the owners permission. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.Item Open Access 1868 Fla. Laws 2538, Persons Engaged in Criminal Offence, Having Weapons, ch. 7, § 10(General Publisher, 1868)Prohibited the carrying of a slungshot, metallic knuckles, billies, firearms or other dangerous weapon if arrested for committing a criminal offence or disturbance of the peace. Punishable by imprisonment up to 3 months or a fine up to $100.Item Open Access 1868 Fla. Laws 95, ch. 7, § 10(General Publisher, 1868)Prohibited the carrying of a slungshot, metallic knuckles, billies, firearms or other dangerous weapon if arrested for committing a criminal offence or disturbance of the peace. Punishable by imprisonment up to 3 months or a fine up to $100.Item Open Access 1881 Fla. Laws 87, An Act to Prevent the Selling, Hiring, Bartering, Lending or Giving to Minors Under Sixteen Years of Age, or to any Person of Unsound Mind, Certain Fire-arms or other Dangerous Weapons, ch.. 3285, § 1-2(General Publisher, 1881)Prohibition for persons to sell or give a pistol or firearm to a minor under 16 years of age or persons of unsound mind.Item Open Access 1881 Fla. Laws 87, An Act to Prevent the Selling, Hiring, Bartering, Lending or Giving to Minors Under Sixteen Years of Age, or to any Person of Unsound Mind, Certain Fire-arms or other Dangerous Weapons, chap. 3285, § 1-2(General Publisher, 1881)Prohibited selling, hiring, bartering, lending, or giving any pistol, dirk, or other arm or weapon to any minor under sixteen years of age. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, fined not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not more than three months.Item Open Access 1885 Fla. Laws 62, An Act to Provide a Punishment for Carrying Concealed Weapons and for the Trial of such Offense . . ., chap. 3620, § 1-3(General Publisher, 1885)Prohibited the concealed carry of arms of any kind, or any dirk, pistol, or other arm or weapon. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, fined not exdeeding one hundred dollars or imprisoned not exceeding six months. Required the sheriff or other officer to confiscate and retain any arms found upon the person when taken under arrest.Item Open Access 1887 Fla. Laws 164-165, An Act to Establish the Municipality of Jacksonville Provide for its Government and Prescribe it’s jurisdiction and powers, chap. 3775, § 4(General Publisher, 1887)Granted the city of Jacksonville the authority to regulate and license the sale of firearms and suppress the carrying of concealed weapons.Item Open Access 1893 Fla. Laws 13 § 14(General Publisher, 1893)Prohibited the keeping or selling of pistols, Springfield rifles, repeating rifles, Bowie-knives, or dirk knives by merchants, store-keepers, or dealers without paying a license tax of ten dollars. Violators punished by fined of fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail of not more than six months. Also prohibited the sale of these weapons to minors.Item Open Access 1893 Fla. Laws 51 §1(General Publisher, 1893)Prohibited the concealed carry any dirk, pistol, or other weapon. Violators punished by imprisonment not exceeding three months, or by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or both.Item Open Access 1893 Fla. Laws 52 §2(General Publisher, 1893)Enhanced the sentence of anyone arrest for a criminal offense or breach of the public peace while carrying any slung shot, metallic knuckles, billies, fire-arms, or other dangerous weapon. Punishable by imprisonment of three months, or by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or both.Item Open Access 1893 Fla. Laws 52 §3(General Publisher, 1893)Prohibited the manufacture, sale, or advertisement of any slung shot or metallic knuckles. Violators punished with imprisonment not exceeding three months, or fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or both.Item Open Access 1893 Fla. Laws 71, ch. 4147(General Publisher, 1893)Required a license to carry a Winchester or other repeating rifle. Licenses to cost a one hundred dollar bond. Violators shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or sixty days in jail.Item Open Access 1895 Fla. Laws 14(General Publisher, 1895)No merchant, store-keeper or dealer shall keep for sale or sell pistols, Springfield rifles, repeating rifles, bowie knives or dirk knives, without first paying a license tax of ten dollars; Provided, Said pistols, Springfield rifles, repeating rifles, bowie knives or dirk knives, shall not be sold to minors.