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Item Open Access 1849 Cal. Stat. 245, An Act to Incorporate the City of San Francisco, § 127(General Publisher, 1849)Prohibited the carrying, with intent to assault any person, any pistol, gun, knife, dirk, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon with the intent to assault another person.. Punished by fine of up to $100 and imprisonment for up to 3 months.Item Open Access S. Garfielde (Editor),Compiled Laws of the State of California: Containing All the Acts of the Legislature of a Public and General Nature, Now in Force, Passed at the Sessions of 1850–51–52–53, 663–64 (1853), ch. 125, div. 11, § 127(General Publisher, 1850)Prohibited the carry of a pistol, gun, knife, dirk, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon with intent to assault. Violators punished by fine not to exceed one hundred dollars or imprisonment no more than three months.Item Open Access S. Garfielde (Editor), Compiled Laws of the State of California: Containing All the Acts of the Legislature of a Public and General Nature, Now in Force, Passed at the Sessions of 1850–51–52–53, 643–44 (1853), ch. 125,div. 4, §§ 40–41(General Publisher, 1850)Prohibited dueling. Should the opponent be killed, violators and their seconds shall be punished in state prison for a term not less than one year but no more than five years.Item Open Access 1851 Cal. Stat. 360–61, An Act to Reincorporate the City of San Francisco, § 13(General Publisher, 1851)Granted the city of San Francisco authority to regulate houses for the storage of gun-powder and other combustibles.Item Open Access Ordinances and Joint Resolutions of the City of San Francisco: Together with a List of the Officers of the City and County, and Rules and Orders of the Common Council 220, Ordinance No. 498, section 13 (December 29, 1853), at 220 (Monson & Valentine 1854)(General Publisher, 1853)Required a license to operate a shooting gallery within city limits.Item Open Access S. Garfielde, Compiled Laws of the State of California: Containing All the Acts of the Legislature of a Public and General Nature, Now in Force, Passed at the Sessions of 1850-51-52-53, § 127(General Publisher, 1853)Prohibited carrying of pistol, gun, knife, dirk, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon with intent to assault. Punishable by fine of up to $100 or imprisonment for up to 3 months.Item Open Access Ordinances and Joint Resolutions of the City of San Francisco; Together with a List of the Officers of the City and County, and Rules and Orders of the Common Council Page 220, Image 256 (1854) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.(General Publisher, 1854)Every person, house, or firm engaged in keeping a pistol or rifle shooting gallery, shall pay for a license to carry on the same, the sum of ten dollars per quarter, in addition to the amount of the powder license.Item Open Access Ordinance No. 237, San Jose Common Council & Mayor (1854).(General Publisher, 1854)That from and after the approval of this Ordinance the Marshall shall every month make out a list of the houses, in which Gunpowder is kept, with the quantity, and shall report the same to the Mayor, and the Mayor shall deliver a copy of such list to the Foreman of the Fire Company.Item Open Access Ordinance No. 264, San Jose Common Council & Mayor (1854).(General Publisher, 1854)No person shall discharge any fire arms of any description whatever in that portion of the city included within Main St & the Guadalupe river, and between Julian & William streetsItem Open Access William H. R. Wood (Editor), Digest of the Laws of California: Containing All Laws of a General Character Which were in Force on the First Day of January, 1858, 334 (1861), art. 1904(General Publisher, 1855)Prohibited brandishing in a rude, threatening, or angry manner a dirk, dirk-knife, Bowie-knife, sword, sword-cane, pistol, gun, or other deadly weapon in the presence of two or more people. Violators fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hudnred dollars or imprisoned not less then one month nor more than six months.Item Open Access 1855 Cal. Stat. 152–53, ch. 127, §§ 1–3(General Publisher, 1855)Provided that a person who killed another in a duel with “a rifle, shot-gun, pistol, bowie-knife, dirk, small-sword, back-sword or other dangerous weapon” would pay the decedent’s debts and be liable to the decedent’s family for liquidated damages.Item Open Access William H. R. Wood, Digest of the Laws of California: Containing All Laws of a General Character Which were in Force on the First Day of January, 1858; Also, the Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States, Articles of Confederation, Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798-99, Acts of Congress Relative to Public Lands and Pre-Emptions. Together with Judicial Decisions, Both of the Supreme Court of the United States and of California, to Which are Also Appended Numerous Forms for Obtaining Pre-Emption and Bounty Lands, Etc., at 334 (1861)(General Publisher, 1861)Prohibited the display of any dirk, dirk-knife, Bowie knife, sword, sword cane, pistol, gun, or other deadly weapon in a threatening manner, or use of such weapon in a fight. Punishable by a fine of $100-500 or imprisonment for 1-6 months.Item Open Access 1863 Cal. Stat. 748(General Publisher, 1863)Prohibited the concealed carry of any dirk, pistol, sword in a cane, slung-shot, or other dangerous or deadly weapon, concealed. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, imprisoned not less than thirty nor more than ninety days, or fined not less than twenty nor more than two hundred dollars.Item Open Access Theodore Henry Hittell, The General Laws of the State of California, from 1850 to 1864, Inclusive: Being a Compilation of All Acts of a General Nature Now in Force, with Full References to Repealed Acts, Special and Local Legislation, and Statutory Constructions of the Supreme Court. To Which are Prefixed the Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Proclamations to the People of California, Constitution of the State of California, Act of Admission, and United States Naturalization Laws, with Notes of California Decisions Thereon, at 261, § 1 (1868)(General Publisher, 1864)Prohibited the concealed carrying of any dirk, pistol, sword cane, slungshot, or “other dangerous or deadly weapon.” Exempted any peace officer or officer acting under the law of the United States. Punishable by imprisonment for 30-90 days or fine of $20-200.Item Open Access Theodore H. Hittell (Editor), The General Laws of the State of California, from 1850 to 1864, Inclusive 261 (1872), § 1585 [§ 1](General Publisher, 1864)Prohibited the concealed carrying of any dirk, pistol, sword cane, slungshot, or “other dangerous or deadly weapon.” Exempted any peace officer or officer acting under the law of the United States. Punishable by imprisonment for 30-90 days or fine of $20-200.Item Open Access 1864 Cal. Stat. 115, ch. 128(General Publisher, 1864)Prohibited the concealed carrying of any dirk, pistol, sword cane, slungshot, or “other dangerous or deadly weapon.” Exempted any peace officer or officer acting under the law of the United States. Punishable by imprisonment for 30-90 days or fine of $20-200.Item Open Access “New Advertisements.” Los Angeles Tri-Weekly News, July 22, 1865, p. 2. Unnamed Ordinance, §§ 1-3, & Unnamed Revised Ordinance, Article 5, § 2. Passed July 17, 1856. Volume 13, Number 12. (Los Angeles)(General Publisher, 1865)Prohibited the concealed carry any dirk, pistol, sword-cane, slung-shot, or other dangerous or deadly weapons. Violators fined not more than one hundred dollars and imprisonment at the discretion of the mayor, not exceeding ten days. Also prohibited discharge any pistol, gun, rifle, other description of firearms, or air gun. Violators fined five dollars for the first offense, ten dollars for the second offense, and the third offense not more than fifty dollars, and imprisonment at the discretion of the mayor not exceeding ten days.Item Open Access THE GENERAL ORDERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 13 (1869)(General Publisher, 1869)Prohibited the discharge of any cannon within the city, in the part of the county between Larkin and Ninth streets, or in the streets forming the water. Violators fined not less than one hundred dollars or imrpisoned not more than thirty days.Item Open Access San Francisco Municipal Reports for the Fiscal Year 1874-5, Ending June 30, 1875, at 887 (1875) (enacted 1872)(General Publisher, 1872)Prohibited the carry or discharge of firearms within Golden Gate and Buena Vista park.Item Open Access Wm. McPherson, Charter and Revised Ordinances of the City of Los Angeles, with Three Appendixes Page 39 (1873) § 23(General Publisher, 1873)Prohibited discharge of any gun, pistol, rifle, or other description of fire-arms, or discharge of any air-gun within city fire limits. Violators fined give dollars for the first offence, ten dollars for the second offense, and not more than fifty dollars and imprisonment not exceeding ten days on the third offense.