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Item 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 Charles Nettleton, Laws of the State of New-Jersey, at 370-71, An Act respecting slaves, § 9 (1821)(General Publisher, 1798)Prohibited “any negro or other slave” from hunting or carrying a gun on the first day of the week, or Sunday subject to imprisonment.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 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 "Act for the Inspection of Gunpowder", 1776-1777, N.J. Laws 6, ch. 6 § 1(General Publisher, 1776)Required the inspection of gunpowder prior to sale, and appointed state inspectors to "mark" lots that passed inspection.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 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 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 An Act for better settling and regulating the Militia of this Colony of New-Jersey, for the repelling Invasions, and Suppressing Insurrections and Rebellions. Passed May 8, 1746. Section 3. Officers and Soldiers to behave well while under Arms; and, Section 23.(General Publisher, 1746)Prohibited the sale of any strong liquor to members of the militia. Violators fined three pounds.Item Open Access Laws of the Royal Colony of New Jersey 1703-1745, at 293, An Act to Prevent the Killing of Deer out of Season, and Against Carrying of Guns and Hunting by Persons not Qualified (vol. 2, passed May 5, 1722)(General Publisher, 1722)That if any Person or Persons shall presume, at any Time after the Publication hereof, to carry any Gun, or Hunt on the Improved or Inclosed Lands in any Plantation, and on other than his own, unless he have Lisence or Permission from the owner of such Lands or Plantation, and shall be thereof Convicted, either upon the View of any Justice of the Peace within this Province, or by the Oath or Affirmation of any one or more Witnesses, before any Justice of the Peace, he shall, for every such Offence, forfeit the Sum of Fifteen Shillings, with Costs attending such Conviction.