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Item Open Access 1639 N.J. Laws 18-19, Ordinance of the Director and Council of New Netherland, Prohibiting the Sale of Firearms . . . to Indians[.](General Publisher, 1639)Prohibited the sale of firearms, and ammunition to “Indians” punishable by death. Informants of violations eligible for monetary reward.Item Open Access 1750-1756 N.J. Laws 444, ch. 112, § 4(General Publisher, 1750)Prohibited “any Negro or Mulatto Slave” from being off their master’s property with a gun on the Lord’s Day after nine in the evening.Item Open Access 1763-1775 N.J. Laws 344, ch. 539, §§ 1, 3(General Publisher, 1771)Be it Enacted by the Governor, Council and General Assembly of this colony of New Jersey, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That if any person or persons shall presume, at any time after the publication hereof, to carry any gun on any lands not his own, and for which the owner pays taxes, or is in his lawful possession, unless he hath license or permission in writing from the owner or owners, or legal possessor, every such person so offending, and convicted thereof, either upon the view of any justice of the peace within this colony, or by the oath or affirmation of one or more witnesses, before any justice of the peace of either of the counties, cities, or towns corporate of this colony, in which the offender or offenders may be taken or reside, he or she, or they, shall for every offence, forfeit and pay to the owner of the soil, or his tenant in possession, the sum of forty shillings, with costs of sit; which forfeiture shall and may be sued for and recovered by the owner of the soil, or tenant in possession before any justice of the peace in this colony, for the use of such owner or tenant in possession. Also provided that if the offender is not a resident of the colony, they shall pay a sum of five dollars and forfeit their arms.Item Open Access 1763-1775 N.J. Laws 346, ch. 539, § 10(General Publisher, 1771)Prohibited the setting of any trap gun intended to discharge by any string, rope, or other contrivance. Punishable by forfeiture of the firearm and fine of 6 pounds.Item Open Access 1777 N.J. Acts 90, ch. 40, § 20(General Publisher, 1777)That the President and Council aforesaid be, and they hereby are empowered and directed to deprive and take from such Persons as they shall judge disaffected and dangerous to the present Government, all the Arms, Accoutrements and Ammunition which they own or possess; and the said President and Council are hereby authorized to pay for such Arms, Accoutrements and Ammunition, or any of them, such Sum as shall be ascertained by two or more Appraisers under Oath, which said Arms, Accoutrements and Ammunition shall be delivered, for the Use of the State, to the Commanding Officer of the Battalion in whose District such disaffected Person resides.”Item Open Access 1778 N.J. Laws 45, 2d. General Assembly, An Act for the Regulating, Training and Arraying of the Militia, ch. 21, § 11.(General Publisher, 1778)That every Person enrolled shall constantly keep himself furnished with a good Musket, well fitted with a Bayonet, Steel Ramrod and Worm, a Cartridge-box, twenty three Rounds of Cartridges sized to his Musket, a Priming-wire, Brush and twelve Flints, a Knapsack and CanteenItem Open Access 1811 N.J. Laws 225-26, An Act to Regulate Gun Powder Manufactories and Magazines within this State § 1(General Publisher, 1811)Required manufactories of gunpowder and storage magazines to be located away from populated areas.Item Open Access 1821 N.J. Laws 259, An Act for the punishment of crimes, § 56(General Publisher, 1820)That if any person shall, by word, message, letter, or any other way, challenge another to a fight a duel, with a rapier, or small sword, backsword, pistol, or other dangerous weapon, or shall accept a challenge, although no duel be fought, or knowingly by the bearer of such challenge, or shall any ways abet, prompt, encourage, persuade, seduce, or cause any person to fight a duel, or to challenge another to fight such a duel, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanorItem Open Access 1821 N.J. Laws 474, An Act to Describe, Apprehend and Punish Disorderly Persons, § 2(General Publisher, 1799)Prohibited the carrying of any pistol, hanger, cutlass, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon, with intent to assault any person.”Item Open Access 1837 N.J. Laws 373, An Act to Incorporate the City of Trenton, § 24.(General Publisher, 1837)That it shall and may be lawful for the common council of the said city, in common council convened, to pass such ordinances as to them shall seem meet . . . for regulating the keeping and transporting of gunpowder or other combustible or dangerous materials.Item Open Access 1859, NJ, An Ordinance to Prevent Firing of Guns, &c., in the City of Hoboken §§1-3, City Ordinances of Hoboken, NJ (1859).(General Publisher, 1859)That no person or persons shall fire or discharge any cannon, gun, pistol, or fire-arms of any description, or fire, explode, or set off any squib cracker or other thing, containing powder or other combustibles or explosive material within the corporate limits of Hoboken, without the permission of the mayor. Also prohibited shooting rangesItem Open Access 1871 Revision of the Statutes of New Jersey 232-33, An act for the punishment of crimes, II. Against the public peace, § 31(General Publisher, 1877)If any person shall by word, message, letter, or any other way, challenge another to fight a duel, with a rapier, or small-sword, back-sword, pistol, or other dangerous weapon, or shall accept a challenge, although not duel be fought, or knowingly be the bearer of such challenge, or shall any way abet, prompt, encourage, persuade, seduce, or cause any person to fight a duel, or to challenge another to fight a duel, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanorItem Open Access 1871 Revision of the Statutes of New Jersey 263, An act relating to the transportation of explosive and dangerous material, § 1(General Publisher, 1874)That if any person shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to any canal, railroad, steamboat, or other transportation company, or to any persons, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of transportation, any nitroglycerine, dualin, dynamite, gunpowder, mining or blasting powder, gun-cotton, phosphorous, friction matches, or other explosive or dangerous material of any nature whatsoever, under any false or deceptive invoice or description, or without previously informing such person, firm or corporation, in writing, of the true nature of such article, and without having the box, keg, barrel, can or package containing the same plainly marked with the name of the explosive or dangerous material therein contained, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced to imprisonment for thirty days, and to pay a fine of one hundred dollars, and shall be responsible for all damages to persons or property directly or indirectly resulting from the explosion of any such article. § 2. That it shall and may be lawful for any officer or agent of any person, firm, or corporation, engaged in the business of transportation to require any package tendered for transportation, believed to contain explosive material, to be opened by the person delivering the same, and to refuse to receive any such package unless such requirements be complied with; and if such package be opened and found to contain such explosive or dangerous material, the said package and its contents shall be forthwith removed to any lawful place for the storing of gun-powder, and after conviction of the offender, or after three months from such removal, the said package, with its contents, shall be sold at public sale, after the expiration of ten days from notice of the time and place of such sale, published in one newspaper in the county where such seizure shall have been made; and the proceeds of such sale, after deducting therefrom the expenses of removal, storage, advertisement, and sale, shall be paid into the treasury of the said county; provided, however, that nothing in this act contained shall be construed to require common carriers to transport any such explosive or dangerous articles against their consent, nor to transport them otherwise than at such times, and under such regulations for safety to persons and property, as they may from time to time prescribe in relation theretoItem Open Access 1871 Revision of the Statutes of New Jersey 304, An act concerning disorderly persons, § 2(General Publisher, 1877)Prohibited The carrying of “any pistol, hanger, cutlass, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon, with intent to assault any person.” Punishable as a “disorderly person.”Item Open Access 1871 Revision of the Statutes of New Jersey 91, An act for the protection of bridges over the river Delaware, § 3(General Publisher, 1877)That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons passing riding or driving over any toll bridge, as aforesaid, to carry any lighted cigar or pipe, or to carry fire in any form, or to light any match, or cigar, or pipe, or to fire off any gun, or other fire arms, or to explode any fireworks of any description, on said bridge, or within its enclosuresItem Open Access 1872 N.J. Laws 17, ch. 85, § 3.(General Publisher, 1872)It shall not be lawful for any person or persons passing, riding or driving over any toll bridge, as aforesaid, to carry any lighted cigar or pipe, or to carry fire in any form, or to light any match, or cigar, or pipe, or to fire off any gun, or other fire arms, or to explode any fireworks of any description, on said bridge, or within its enclosures[.]Item Open Access 1874 N.J. Laws 137-38, ch. 525, § 4.(General Publisher, 1874)That no person shall at any time kill any wild duck, brant, or goose with any device or instrument known as a swivel or punt gun, or with any gun other than such guns as are habitually raised at arms [sic] length and fired from the shoulder; or shall use any net, device, instrument, or gun other than such gun as aforesaid with intent to capture or kill any such wild duck or goose, under a penalty of fifty dollars.Item Open Access 1875 Charter and Ordinances of the City of Trenton 185, An Ordinance concerning Nuisances, §1 (passed Feb. 21, 1842).(General Publisher, 1842)no merchant, storekeeper, or other person whatever, shall keep, at any one time, more than fifty pounds of gunpowder on the premises used or occupied by him, within the thickly built and inhabited parts of the city, under the penalty of fifty dollars."Item Open Access 1885 N.J. Laws 52, ch. 44, § 2.(General Publisher, 1885)That it shall not be lawful to sell, hire or loan to any person under the age of fifteen years any gun, pistol, toy pistol, or other fire-arms; or for any person under the age of fifteen years to purchase, barter or exchange any gun, pistol, toy pistol or other fire-arms; nor for any person under the age of fifteen years to carry, fire or use any gun, pistol, toy pistol or other fire-arms, except in the presence of his father or guardian, or for the purpose of military drill in accordance with the rules of a school.Item Open Access 1886 N.J. Laws 205, An Act To Regulate The Manufacture And Storage of Gun Powder, Dynamite and Other Explosive, §1(General Publisher, 1886)Prohibited the storage of gunpowder, dynamite, and other explosive material within one thousand feet from any public road.