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Item Open Access An Ordinance Supplementary to a Law entitled “A Law for the appointment of a Street Commissioner and prescribing his duties,” and for other purposes, §41 Discharging guns, &c. (1850).(General Publisher, 1836)No person shall, within the Lamp and Watch District, fire or discharge any gun, pistol, cannon, or fowling piece, or other fire arms, (unless in defence of his person or property,) nor let off any squibs, crackers, or other fireworks, in the city of Newark, unless by permission of the city authorities, under the penalty of five dollars for every offence."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 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 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 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.