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The Indiana Repository serves for historical, academic, and cultural materials related to the state of Indiana. This repository includes research studies, historical documents, and scholarly works that explore Indiana's development, culture, and contributions to regional and national history.

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1804 Ind. Acts 108, A Law Entitled a Law Respecting Slaves, § 4
(General Publisher, 1804)
Prohibited a “slave or mulatto” from carrying or possessing a gun, powder, shot, club or other weapon and ammunition.
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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.
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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.
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An Act to Reduce the Law Incorporating the City of Madison, and the Several Acts Amendatory thereto into One Act, and to Amend the Same, 1847 Ind. Acts 93, chap 61, § 8, pt. 4
(General Publisher, 1847)
Authorized the town of Madison to regulate and license the keepers of gunpowder and other explosive compounds
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W.G. Armstrong, The Ordinances and Charter of the City of Jeffersonville Page 15-17, § 3, pt. 10
(General Publisher, 1855)
Prohibited storing more than twenty-five pounds of gun powder.
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W. G. Armstrong, The Ordinances and Charter of the City of Jeffersonville Page 15-17, § 3, Pt. 11
(General Publisher, 1855)
Prohibited discharge of any firearm, squibs, bombs, or fireworks without a license. Punished as a nuisance.
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1847 Ind. Acts 93, An Act to Incorporate the City of Jeffersonville, and the Several Acts Amendatory Thereto Into One Act, and to Amend the Same, chap 77, § 49, pt. 8
(General Publisher, 1847)
Granted the the city of Jeffersonville the authority to regulate and license the keepers of gunpowder and other explosive compounds
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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.
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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.
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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.