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Item Open Access THE CODE OF THE CITY OF LYNCHBURG, VA 116 (Thomas D. Davis ed., 1887)(General Publisher, 1887)Prohibited discharge of any gun, pistol, other fire-arm, fireworks, or popcrackers without written consent of the mayor, or fire any cannon within one hundred yards of any dwelling-house. Violators fined not less than one dollar but no more than ten dollars.Item Open Access The Code of Virginia: With the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of Virginia 377, tit. 52, ch. 184, § 3780 (1887)(General Publisher, 1887)Prohibited the carrying of a concealed pistol, dirk, Bowie knife, razor, slungshot, or any weapon of the like kind. Punishable by fine of $20-100 and forfeiture of the weapon.Item Open Access Thomas D. Davis, The Code of the City of Lynchburg, Va., Containing the Charter of 1880, with the Amendments of 1884, 1886 and 1887, and the General Ordinances in Force July 1st, 1887, Also a Digest of Acts of Assembly and of Ordinances Affecting the Rights and Interests of the City of Lynchburg and its Citizens, Together with a Brief Sketch, Historical and Statistical, at 116, ch. 19, § 14 (1887)(General Publisher, 1887)No person shall set off any fireworks or explode any popcrackers within the city limits. No person shall discharge any gun, pistol or other fire-arm within the city limits. No person shall, without the written consent of the Mayor, fire a cannon in the city, nor shall any cannon be fired within one hundred yards of any dwelling-house without the consent of the owner or occupant of such house. For violations of this section, the penalty shall be not less than one dollar nor more than ten dollars for each offence.Item Open Access Thomas D. Davis, The Code of the City of Lynchburg, Va., Containing the Charter of 1880, with the Amendments of 1884, 1886 and 1887, and the General Ordinances in Force July 1st, 1887, Also a Digest of Acts of Assembly and of Ordinances Affecting the Rights and Interests of the City of Lynchburg and its Citizens, Together with a Brief Sketch, Historical and Statistical, at 117, ch. 19, § 19 (1887)(General Publisher, 1887)No person shall carry gunpowder, blasting powder, dynamite or other explosives on a vehicle in any part of the city unless the same shall be secured in kegs, boxes, or canisters, so that no part thereof can fall out or escape.Item Open Access 1885-86 Va. Acts 275, ch. 258, § 10(General Publisher, 1885)Any person who shall willfully destroy, injure or remove any tombstone or monument placed in the said cemetery . . . or shall shoot of or discharge any gun, pistol or other firearm within the said enclosure, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five dollars. . .Item Open Access 1883-1884 Va. Acts 180, ch. 143, § 1(General Publisher, 1884)Prohibited the concealed carry of any pistol, dirk, bowie-knife, razor, slung-shot, or any weapon of the like kind. Violators fined not less than twenty but no more than one hundred dollars. Violators also punished with confiscation of the weapon.Item Open Access 1881 Va. Acts 499, Extra Session, ch. 119, § 1, pt. 18(General Publisher, 1881)Taxed the aggregate value of all shot-guns, rifles, muskets, and other fire-arms, Bowie-knives, dirks, and other weapons of a similar kind. Appled to all males over the age of twenty one.Item Open Access 1881–82 Va. Acts 233, ch. 219, § 1(General Publisher, 1881)Prohibited the conceal carry of any pistol, dirk, Bowie-knife, or any weapon of the like kind. Violators fined not more than fifty dollars, nor less than fifteen dollars.