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Item Open Access 1881 N.Y. Laws 103, tit. 12, § 412(General Publisher, 1881)Prohibited the concealed carrying of any kind of fire-arms, any sharp or dangerous weapon usually employed in attack or defense of the person. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.Item Open Access 1891 N.Y. Laws 129, 177, ch. 105, tit. 7, ch. 2, § 209.(General Publisher, 1891)No person other than members of the police force, regularly elected constables, the sheriff of Erie county, and his duly appointed deputies, shall, in the city, carry concealed upon or about his person, any pistol or revolver, or other dangerous weapon or weapons, without first obtaining a permit, as hereinbefore provided;Item Open Access 1905 N. Y. Laws 129-30, ch. 92, § 2(General Publisher, 1905)Prohibited anyone over the age of sixteen to carry or carry concealed any pistol, revolver, or other firearm without a licensed issued by a police magistrate. Also prohibited the use against another, carry, or possession of slung-shot, billy, sandclub, metal knuckles, dagger, or dangerous knife is guilty of a felony.Item Open Access 1911 N. Y. Laws ch. 195, §1, p. 443.(General Publisher, 1911)The "Sullivan Law." Expanded criminal possession of all handguns, concealed or otherwise, without a government-issued license. Later amended in 1913 such that Magistrates could issue only if applicants proved "good moral character" and "proper cause." 1913 N. Y. Laws ch. 608, §1, p. 1629.Item Open Access An Ordinance Regulating the Carrying of Loaded Firearms and Other Dangerous Weapons in the City of Troy, § 1, in Municipal Ordinances of the City of Troy (1905).(General Publisher, 1905)Any person, other than a peace officer, who shall in any public street, highway or place within the City of Troy, have or carry concealed upon his person any loaded pistol, revolver, or other firearm, or any slungshot, billy, sand-club, or a dagger, dirk, stilletto, or dangerous knife, without theretofore having been authorized as hereinafter provided to carry the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars or by imprisonment in a penitentiary or county jail for not more than one hundred and fifty days, or by both.Item Open Access An Ordinance Regulating the Carrying of Loaded Firearms in the City of Albany, Part 4, Ch. 72, § 1 in The Municipal Code of the City of Albany (1905).(General Publisher, 1905)Any person, other than a peace officer, who shall in any public street, highway, or place within the city of Albany, have or carry concealed upon his person any loaded pistol, revolver, or other firearm, without theretofore having been authorized as hereinafter provided to carry the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in a penitentiary or county jail for not more than one hundred and fifty days, or by both.Item Open Access Ordinances of the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York, in Force January 1, 1881; Adopted by the Common Council and Published by Their Authority , at 214-215, ch. 8, art. 27, § 264 (1881)(General Publisher, 1881)and persons to whom permits shall have been issued, as hereinafter provided, who shall have in his possession within the city of New York a pistol of any description concealed on his person, or not carried openly, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished, on conviction by a fine not exceeding ten dollars, or, in default of payment of such fine by imprisonment not exceeding ten days.Item Open Access Penal Ordinance No. 35: Concealed Weapon[s], §§ 1-4, in Revised Charter Ordinances and Franchises* of the City of Lockport (1909).(General Publisher, 1909)No person over the age of 16 years shall have or carry concealed upon his person, in said city, any pistol, revolver, or other firearm without a written license therefor, theretofore issued to him by the chief of police of such city as hereinafter provided. Also provided licensing and registration requirements for concealed carry permitsItem Open Access Pistols Carrying Of Ordinance to Regulate the Carrying of Pistols, Oct. 25, 1880, reprinted in BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE (N.Y.), Oct. 26, 1880, at 1(General Publisher, 1880)Prohibited concealed carry of any pistol without a license. Licenses only issued to individuals twenty-one and over in age.