Alabama
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The Alabama Community serves as a repository for historical, academic, and cultural materials related to the state of Alabama. This community includes research studies, historical documents, and scholarly works that explore Alabama's development, culture, and contributions to regional and national history.
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Item Open Access 1898-99 Ala. Laws 1046, ch. 549(General Publisher, 1899)Granted the town the authority to regulate, tax, and license dealers in Pistols, pistol cartridges, Bowie knives, and dirk knives. Licenses shall not exceed fifty dollars.Item Open Access 1892 Ala. Laws 292, ch. 140(General Publisher, 1892)Approved the town of Demopolis to require licensing but also placed a maximum license fee of one hundred dollars on dealers of pistols, pistol cartridges, bowie knives, dirk knives.Gun shops, or gun repair shops capped at five dollars.Item Open Access 1890 Ala. Laws 1317, ch. 573(General Publisher, 1890)Approved the town of Decatur to require licensing but also placed a maximum license fee of one hundred dollars on dealers of pistols, pistol cartridges, bowie knives, dirk knives.Gun shops, or gun repair shops capped at ten dollars.Item Open Access 1894 Ala. Laws 616, ch. 345(General Publisher, 1894)Approved the town of Columbia to require licensing but also placed a maximum license fee of one hundred dollars on dealers of pistols, pistol cartridges, bowie knives, dirk knives.Gun shops, or gun repair shops capped at five dollars.Item Open Access 1894-95 Ala. Laws 1081, ch. 521, p. 1081(General Publisher, 1895)Authorized the mayor and aldermen of Tuskaloosa to collect an annual tax and license, regulate, restrain, or prohibit dealers in pistols, pistol cartridges, Bowie knives, dirk knives, gun shops, or gun repair shops.Item Open Access 1899 Ala. Acts 154, An Act For The Better Protection Of Passengers On Railway Trains In This State, § 1(General Publisher, 1899)Prohibited the discharge of any gun, pistol, or other firearm on a passenger train. Also prohibited reckless handling of any firearm or other weapon in the presence of other people on trains. Violators fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding twelve months, or both at discretion of the court.Item Open Access 1898 Ala. Acts 190, An Act To Amend The Revenue Laws Of The State Of Alabama, pt. 66-67(General Publisher, 1898)Placed a one tax on dealers of pistols, Bowie knives, or dirk knives of one hundred dollars. Also taxed dealers of pistol and rifle cartridges at ten dollars.Item Open Access William Logan Martin, The Code of Alabama, Adopted by Act of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama, Approved February 16, 1897, Entitled “An Act to Adopt a Code of Laws for the State of Alabama,” With such Statutes Passed at the Session of 1896-97, as are Required to be Incorporated Therein by Act Approved February 17, 1897; and with Citations to the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State Construing or Mentioning the Statutes(General Publisher, 1897)Prohibited presenting any gun, pistol, or other firearm at another person. Violators fined not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars.Item Open Access William L. Martin (Editor), The Code of Alabama, Adopted by Act of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama, Approved February 16, 1897 1137 (Vol. 1 1897), § 27(General Publisher, 1897)Tax of $300 on the sale of pistols, pistol cartridges, Bowie knives, and dirk knives.Item Open Access 1892 Ala. L. 183, ch. 95(General Publisher, 1892)Imposed $300 occupational tax on dealers of pistols, pistol cartridges, Bowie knives, and dirk knives, and clarified that cartridges that can be used in a pistol shall be deemed pistol cartridges.