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Jurisdiction: search.filters.coverage.New Jersey - Jersey CityStart date: 1850

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    Ordinances of the Borough of Asbury Park, New Jersey 6-7 (1878)
    (1878)
    Ordinance No. 3, 1: No person shall discharge any cannon or other piece of artillery or small arms, guns or pistols, rockets, squibs or powder crackers, within the limits of this Borough, without the permission of the President of this Board first obtained in writing
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    Jersey City, N.J., Rev. Ordinances ch. 23, §§ 1-3 (1899)
    (1871)
    Concerning the Transportation, Shipment and Landing of Gunpowder: Regulated the import of gunpowder and storage thereof. Also regulated the storage of gunpowder within the city
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    Ordinances of Jersey City 59 (1874)
    (1871)
    An Ordinance Declaring Nuisances and Providing for their Abatement, 7-8 : If any person shall, without permission of the Board of Alderman, store or keep, or permit to be stored or kept in any building or on any lot in Jersey City, any rosin oil, coal oil, kerosene oil, or other explosive or combustible liquid in a greater quantity than five barrels; or any gunpowder in a greater quantity than twelve and one-half pounds, or any quantity of gunpowder in any vessel which is not wholly of stone or metal, such person shall, on conviction, forfeit and pay a fine of fifty dollars for each offense
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    Ordinances of Jersey City 86-87 (1874)
    (1873)
    An Ordinance In Relation to the Carrying of Dangerous Weapons: That with the exceptions made in the second section of this ordinance, no person shall, within the limits of Jersey City, carry, have or keep on his or her person concealed, any slung-shot, sand-club, metal knuckles, dirk or dagger not contained as a blade of a pocket knife, loaded pistol or other dangerous weapon.
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    Jersey City, N.J., Rev. Ordinances ch. 21, §§ 1-5 (1899)
    (1873)
    no person shall, within the limits of Jersey City, carry, have, or keep on his, or her person concealed, any slung-shot, sand-club, metal-knuckles, dirk or dagger not contained as a blade of a pocket knife, loaded pistol or other dangerous weapon.
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    Ordinances of Jersey City 41 (1874)
    (1874)
    In Relation to the Sidewalks, Public Grounds and Streets in Jersey City: No person shall, within this city, fire or discharge any gun, pistol, cannon, or fowling piece or other fire-arms, unless in defense of his property or person