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The New York Community serves as a repository for academic and research materials related to the history, culture, and legal developments within New York. This community gathers collections representing various jurisdictions, historical periods, and sectors, providing valuable resources for researchers, students, and professionals.
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Item Open Access Charter of the Village of Lansingburgh, and the By-Laws and Ordinances; Revised July 1865, pg. 50, An Ordinance to prevent accidents by fire in the village of Lansinburgh, and for other purposes, § 5 (1865)(General Publisher, 1865)nor shall any person or persons fire any cannon, gun, pistol or other fire arms, or set fire to, or burn any squib, cracker, rocket or powder (except for the purpose of blasting rocks for improvements, or trying guns in the manufacturing of them,) within the limits of said village without the consent of the president or board of trustees of said villageItem Open Access 1877 Charter and Ordinances of the City of Syracuse, at 192, ch. 27, § 7(General Publisher, 1877)Any individual who shall carry about his or her person any dirk, bowie knife, sword or spear cane, pistol, revolver, slung-shot, jemme, brass knuckles, or other deadly or unlawful weapon, with the intent to do bodily harm to any other person or persons, shall be liable to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars, and also to imprisonment not to exceed three months.Item Open Access 1869 Charter of the City of Schenectady, at 97, An Ordinance Prohibiting the Obstructing of Side-Walks, and for Other Purposes, § 3(General Publisher, 1863)It shall not be lawful for any person to discharge any gun, pistol or other fire-arms, except in a shooting gallery, within the lamp district of this city; and every person offending in this respect shall be punished by fine not exceeding ten dollars and the costs of the suit, and to stand committed until such fine and costs be paid, not exceeding ten days.Item Open Access Fourth Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park 106 (1861)(General Publisher, 1861)Prohibited any person from carrying firearms, throwing stones or other missiles within Central Park.Item Open Access William G. Bishop, Charter of the City of Brooklyn, Passed June 28, 1873. As Subsequently Amended. With the Charter of April 17, 1854, and the Amendments Thereto, and Other Laws Relating to Said City. Also, the Ordinances of the Common Council of the City of Brooklyn, as Codified and Revised and Adopted Dec.10, 1877, at 192, Ordinances of the City of Brooklyn § 15 (1877)(General Publisher, 1877)It shall not be lawful for any person to have kegs of gunpowder, or cause to be kept in any store, storehouse, manufactory or other building within the city of Brooklyn, any quantity of gunpowder exceeding twenty-five pounds in weight, under the penalty of the forfeiture of the gun-powder and an additional penalty of fifty dollars; and all gunpowder which may be kept in any building within said city shall be kept in tin canisters, and said canisters shall, at all times, be kept securely closed, except when necessary for its delivery on sale.Item Open Access William G. Bishop, Charter of the City of Brooklyn, Passed June 28, 1873. As Subsequently Amended. With the Charter of April 17, 1854, and the Amendments Thereto, and Other Laws Relating to Said City. Also, the Ordinances of the Common Council of the City of Brooklyn, as Codified and Revised and Adopted Dec.10, 1877, at 192, Ordinances of the City of Brooklyn § 16 (1877)(General Publisher, 1877)No person shall carry, or cause to be carried, any gunpowder through any street, lane or alley in the city, unless the same be secured in tight casks, kegs or cases, well headed and hooped; and said casks, kegs or cases shall be put into and entirely covered with a bag or case sufficiently to prevent any said gunpowder from being spilled or scattered, under the penalty of forfeiture of the gunpowder and a fine of fifty dollars for every violation of the provisions of this act.Item Open Access 1869 N.Y. Rev. Stat. 613, ch. 20, pt. 1, tit. 8, § 3 (Vol. 1, 1869)(General Publisher, 1869)No person shall fire or discharge any gun, pistol, rocket, squib, cracker, or other fire-work, within a quarter mile of any building, on the twenty-fifth day of December, on the last day of December, on the first day of January, or on the twenty-second day of February, in any year; nor on the fourth day of July, or such other day as shall at the time be celebrated as the anniversary of American independence, without the order of some officer of the militia, while in the course of military exerciseItem Open Access Statutes at Large of the State of New York: Containing the General Statutes Passed in the Years 1871, 1872, 1873 and 1874 with a Reference to All the Decisions upon Them. Also, the Constitution of the State of New York as Amended in 1875, at 188, ch. 721, § 3 (Vol. 9, 1875)(General Publisher, 1874)No person shall at any time kill any wild duck, goose are or brant, 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 length and fired from the shoulder, or shall use any net, device or instrument, or gun other than such gun as aforesaid with intent to capture or kill any such wild duck, goose or brant under a penalty of one hundred dollars.Item Open Access “The Man Trap,” The Buffalo Commercial, Nov. 1, 1870(General Publisher, 1870)Referenced prohibition on the use of “infernal machines.”Item Open Access 1866 N.Y. Laws 1523, ch. 716, § 1(General Publisher, 1866)Prohibited using, attempting to use, concealing, or possessing a slungshot, billy, sandclub or metal knuckles, and any dirk or dagger, or sword cane or air-gun. Punishable by imprisonment for up to one year and/or a fine up to five hundred dollars.