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Item Open Access Ordinance No. 1: Protecting Public Morality, Order and Safety, undated, reprinted in Ordinances of the Town of Bedford (1869) (Indiana) § 16(General Publisher, 1869)Prohibited discharging any gun, pistol, other firearms, on or across any street, sidewalk, or alley within the corporate limits of the town. Violators fined not exceeding three dollars.Item Open Access Ordinance No. 1: Protecting Public Morality, Order and Safety, undated, reprinted in Ordinances of the Town of Bedford (1869) (Indiana) § 1(General Publisher, 1869)Prohibited the concealed carry of any dirk, pistol, Bowie-knife, dagger, sword in cane, or any other dangeorus or deadly weapon concealed. Also prohibited carrying weapons with intent of injuring another. Violators fined not more than ten dollars.Item Open Access Amended Charter and Revised Ordinances of the City of Indianapolis, with the Rules of Order of the Common Council, and the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana Relating to Incorporated Cities. Together with a Catalogue of the Officers of the City Government, and the Charters of the Indianapolis Gas Light and Coke Company, and the Citizens’ Street Railway Company page 160, § 9(General Publisher, 1869)Prohibited discharging a gun or pistol within the city. Violators fined fifty dollars.Item Open Access 1879 Ind. Acts 210, An Act To Amend the Thirtieth Section of an Act Entitled “An Act Granting The Citizens Of The Town Of Evansville, In The County Of Vanderburgh," pt. 9(General Publisher, 1879)Granted the city council the authority to regulate the keeping and conveying of gunpowder and all other combustible and dangerous materials, including the use of candles and lights in barnes and stables.Item Open Access The Charter, General Ordinances, etc., of the City of Evansville Page 230 § 23(General Publisher, 1871)Prohibited keeping any gun or blasting powder in quantities greater than twenty-five pounds at one time. Also prohibited keeping such quantities in any other vessel than a tin canister, with a cover or stopper and the words "Gun Powder" labeled on it. Also prohibited selling gun powder after twilight.Item Open Access 1875 Ind. Acts 62, ch. 17, § 1(General Publisher, 1875)Prohibited the drawing or threatening to use a pistol, dirk, knife, slungshot, or any other deadly or dangerous weapon. Punishable by fine of $1-500, and potentially imprisonment up to 6 months.Item Open Access 1875 Ind. Acts 59, ch. 40 § 1-2(General Publisher, 1875)Prohibited the sale, barter, or transfer of any pistol, dirk, Bowie-knife, slung-shot, knuckles, or other deadly weapon to any adult under the age of twenty-one. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not less than five but no more than fifty dollars.