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Item Open Access 1837 Ala. Acts 7, §§ 1, 2(General Publisher, 1837)Imposed tax of $100 on any person selling, giving, or disposing of any Bowie knife or Arkansas toothpick. Failure to pay the tax was subject to penalty of perjury.Item Open Access 1837 Ala. Acts 7, §§ 1, 2(General Publisher, 1837)Imposed tax of $100 on any person selling, giving, or disposing of any Bowie knife or Arkansas toothpick. Failure to pay the tax was subject to penalty of perjury.Item Open Access 1839 Ala. Acts 67, § 1(General Publisher, 1839)Prohibited the concealed carrying of “any species of firearms, or any bowie knife, Arkansas toothpick, or any other knife of the like kind, dirk, or any other deadly weapon.” Punished by a fine of $50-100 and imprisonment not to exceed 3 months.Item Open Access 1841 Ala. Acts 148 - 49, Of Miscellaneous Offences, ch. 7, § 4(General Publisher, 1841)Prohibited the concealed carrying of “a bowie knife, or knife or instrument of the like kind or description, by whatever name called, dirk or any other deadly weapon, pistol or any species of firearms, or air gun,” unless the person is threatened with an attack or is traveling or “setting out on a journey.” Punished by a fine of $50-100.Item Open Access 1841 Ala. Laws 148–49,(General Publisher, 1841)Prohibited the concealed carrying of “a bowie knife, or knife or instrument of the like kind or description, by whatever name called, dirk or any other deadly weapon, pistol or any species of firearms, or air gun,” unless the person is threatened with an attack or is traveling or “setting out on a journey.” Punished by a fine of $50-100.Item Open Access 1848 Ala. Acts 121–22, An Act To Prevent the Storage of Gun-powder in Larger Quantities Than One Hundred Pounds Within the City of Mobile, § 1(General Publisher, 1848)Prohibited any person or persons from receiving, keeping, or storing in any building within three miles of the Mobile River or Bay, gun-powder, gun-cotton, or other explosive material in larger quantities than one hundred pounds.Item Open Access 1851-52 Ala. 3, ch. 1(General Publisher, 1851)Tax of $2 on “every bowie knife or revolving pistol.”Item Open Access 1856 Ala. Acts 17, To Amend the Criminal Law, § 1(General Publisher, 1856)That anyone who shall sell or give or lend, to any male minor, a bowie knife, or knife or instrument of the like kind or description, by whatever name called, or air gun or pistol, shall, on conviction be fined not less than three hundred, nor more than one thousand dollars.Item Open Access 1861 Ala. Laws 214-15, ch. 22 (Nov. 27, 1861)(General Publisher, 1861)Appropriated $6000 to purchase Bowie knives and Bowie knife pikes for the 48th regiment of the Alabama militia at an inflated price of $3 per Bowie knife due to Bowie knife restrictions. The average value of a Bowie knife was fifty cents in other states. .Item Open Access 1865-66 Ala. Laws 7, ch. 1 (Feb. 22, 1866)(General Publisher, 1866)Imposed an annual tax of two dollars on each person who is not a regular dealer but in possession of pistols and revolvers. Imposed an annual tax of three dollars on each person who is not a regular dealer but in possession of bowie knives or knives of like description.Item Open Access 1866–1867 Ala. Laws 260 & 263, ch. 2, § 2(10)(General Publisher, 1867)Tax of $2 on pistols or revolvers in the possession of private persons, excluding dealers, and a tax of $3 on “all bowie knives, or knives of the like description.” Non -payment was punishable by seizure and, unless payment was made within 10 days with a penalty of an additional 50%, subject to sale by public auction.Item Open Access 1867 Ala. Rev. Code 169(General Publisher, 1867)Tax of $2 on pistols or revolvers in the possession of private persons, excluding dealers, and a tax of $3 on “all bowie knives, or knives of the like description.” Non -payment was punishable by seizure and, unless payment was made within 10 days with a penalty of an additional 50%, subject to sale by public auction.Item Open Access 1874–1875 Ala. Laws 41, § 102, pt. 27(General Publisher, 1874)Imposed $25 occupational tax on dealers of pistols, Bowie knives, and dirk knives.Item Open Access 1875–1876 Ala. Acts 46, Rev. Code, ch. 1, § 1(5)(General Publisher, 1875)Imposed $50 occupational tax on dealers of pistols, Bowie knives, and dirk knives.Item Open Access 1875–1876 Ala. Acts 82, Rev. Code, ch. 9, § 7(15)(General Publisher, 1875)Imposed tax rate of 0.75% of the value of any pistols, guns, dirks, and Bowie knives.Item Open Access 1875-1876 Ala. L. 46, ch. 2(General Publisher, 1875)Imposed tax rate of 0.75% of the value of any pistols, guns, dirks, and Bowie knives.Item Open Access 1875-1876 Ala. L. 82, ch. 1(General Publisher, 1875)Imposed $50 occupational tax on dealers of pistols, Bowie knives, and dirk knives.Item Open Access 1876 Alabama Code 883, ch. 3, § 4110(General Publisher, 1873)Prohibited the concealed carrying of any brass knuckles, slungshots, or “other weapon of like kind or description.” Punishable by a fine of $20-200 and imprisonment or term of hard labor not to exceed 6 months.Item Open Access 1876-77 Ala. Code 882, § 4109(General Publisher, 1876)Prohibited the carrying of a Bowie knife, pistol, or air gun, or any other weapon of “like kind or description,” unless threatened with or having good cause to fear an attack or while traveling or setting out on a journey. Punishable by a fine of $50-300 and imprisonment or hard labor for no more than 6 months.Item Open Access 1878–1879 Ala. Laws 437, ch. 314, § 14(General Publisher, 1878)Authorized Uniontown to license dealers of pistols, Bowie knives, and dirk knives.