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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 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 Laws of the State of New-York, Relating to the City of Schenectady: And the Laws and Ordinances of the Common Council of the City of Schenectady, at 58, A Law to prevent injuries by fire, and for other purposes, § XI (1824)(General Publisher, 1824)That if any person shall fire or discharge any gun, pistol, rocket, cracker, squib or other fire works, in any street, lane or alley, or in any yard, garden or other enclosure, or in any place which persons frequent to walk within the limits aforesaid, without permission of the mayor or one of the aldermen or assistants of this city, such person shall forfeit for every such offence the sum of one dollar...Item Open Access D. T. Valentine, Ordinances of the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York: Revised A. D. 1859 Adopted by the Common Council, at 235, ch. 13, § 6 (1859)(General Publisher, 1859)No tavern-keeper, keeper of a public house, garden or place of resort, nor any other person, shall suffer or permit any person to practice with or fire off any pistol, gun, fowling-piece or other fire-arms, in or upon his or her premises, nor shall suffer or permit any pistol gallery, erected in his or her house, or upon his or her premises, to be used for the purpose of practicing with any pistol gun, fowling-piece or other fire-arms, upon the first day of the week, called Sunday, under the penalty of fifty dollars for each offense, to be sued for and recovered from the person keeping such public house, tavern, public garden, pistol gallery, place of resort or premises;Item Open Access Edward Livingston, Laws and Ordinances, Ordained and Established by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City of New-York, in Common-Council Convened, for the Good Rule and Government of the Inhabitants and Residents of Said City, at 83-84, ch 23, § 1 (1803)(General Publisher, 1803)That no person shall hereafter be permitted to fire or discharge any gun, pistol, fowling piece, or fire-arm, at any place on the island of New York, within the distance of four miles from the City Hall, under the penalty of five dollars upon each offender, to be recovered with costs.Item Open Access Laws and Ordinances of the City of New York, Appendix containing certain acts of the Legislature which immeditely relate to the City and County of New York, at (1), An Act to prevent the Firing of Guns and other Fire-Arms within this State, on certain days therein mentioned (1793)(General Publisher, 1786)if any person or persons, of what age, sex, or quality whatsoever, from and after the said first day of June next, shall fire and discharge any gun, pistol, rocket, cracker, squib or other fire-work, in any street, lane or ally, garden or other inclosure, or from any house, or in any other place where persons frequently walk, to the southward of Fresh-Water; that then every such person or persons so offending, and being thereof convicted before on or more justice or justices of the peace for the said city and county of New York, either by the confession of the party or parties so offending, or the oath of one or more witness or witnesses, (which oath the said justice or justices of the peace is and are hereby empowered and required to administer) shall, for every such offense, forfeit the sum of twenty shillings...Item Open Access 5 Colonial Laws of New York, ch. 1501, pp 244-246 (1894)(General Publisher, 1773)Restricted the firing of guns, pistols, rockets, crackers, squibs, or other fireworks on New Years Eve or the days following. Violators fined twenty shillings.Item Open Access Laws, Statutes, Ordinances and Constitutions, Ordained, Made and Established, by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty, of the City of New York, Convened in Common-Council, for the Good Rule and Government of the Inhabitants and Residents of the Said City, at 11, , Ordinances of the City of New York § VI (1763)(General Publisher, 1763)Prohibited the discharge of firearms in the City of New YorkItem Open Access A Law for the Better Preventing of Fire, no. 4, § 6, N.Y., LAWS, STATUTES, ORDINANCES AND CONST. ETC. (1763 John Holt).(General Publisher, 1763)Prohibited the discharge of firearms within the city of New YorkItem Open Access Acts Relating to the City of Brooklyn, and the Ordinances Thereof; Together with an Appendix, Containing the Old Charters, Statistical Information, &c. &c., Laws and Ordinances of the City of Brooklyn, at 25, tit. 1, § 1 (1836)(General Publisher, 1836)That it shall not be lawful for any person within the first six wards, and in so much of the seventh ward as lies westerly of Clinton avenue and the Jamaica turnpike, southerly of the place where the said turnpike is intersected by Clinton avenue, in said city, to fire or discharge any gun, pistol, fowling piece, or fire arms, or to explode or set off any squib, cracker, or other thing containing gunpowder, or any combustible material, under the penalty of five dollars for each and every offence.