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Illinois
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Item type:Item, Mason Brayman, Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois 176 (1845)(1845)Criminal Jurisprudence, § 139: Prohibited the carrying of "any pistol, gun, knife, dirk, bludgeon or other offensive weapon, with intent to assault any person. Punishable by fine up to $100 or imprisonment up to 3 months.Item type:Item, Nathaniel Pope, Laws of the Territory of Illinois 154 (1815)(1815)Prohibited to trade or gift any horse mare, gun tommahawk, knife, blanket, shrouding, calico, saddle, bridle, or any goods wares or merchandize with the Kaskasia Indians. All such sales and gifts shall be considered fraudulent. Violators fined twenty dollars.Item type:Item, Laws and Ordinances Governing the City of Chicago 88-89 (1873)(1873)Part I, Ch. 31, § 6,: Forbade all persons from carrying firearms or throwing stones or other missiles within any public park.Item type:Item, Nathaniel Pope, Laws of the Territory of Illinois 25 (1815)(1810)An Act to suppress duelling, Adopted from the Virginia Code: Prohibited fighting or agreeing to fight in a duel with any engine instrument or weapon where the probably consequences might be death of either party, and in doing so shall kill his antagonist or any other person, or inflict such a wound that the person injured shall die thereof within three months. Any violators, their aiders, abettors, and councillors thereof duly convicted shall be guilty of murder and suffer death by hanging.Item type:Item, Laws Passed in the Territory of the United States North-West of the River Ohio 37-38 (1792)(1791)An Act . . . To prevent the selling or pawning of arms, ammunition, cloathing, and accoutrements, Chapter XII, Sec. 2: Prohibited the purchase of public arms, ammunition, clothing, or accoutrements pertaining to non-commissioned officers or private soldiers in service. Violators shall be fined the value and costs of the articles on the first violation. Proceeding violators shall pay fines and costs of articles and shall suffer imprisonment not exceeding one month.Item type:Item, Laws Passed in the Territory of the United States North-West of the River Ohio 30-31 (1792)(1788)A Law for regulating and establishing the Militia in the Territory of the United States north-west of the river Ohio, Chapter VIII: Required all males aged sixteen and upwards to be equipped and accoutred with a musket, bayonet, rifle, cartridge box and pouch, powder horn and bullet pouch, with forty rounds of cartridges, or one pound of powder and four pounds of lead, priming wire, and brush with six flints.Item type:Item, 1855 Ill. Laws 465(1855)An Act to Incorporate the Springdale Cemetery Association, § 15: Prohibited shooting or discharging any gun or other firearms within the cemetary limits. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.Item type:Item, 2d General Assembly, Illinois Territory, An Act Prohibiting Trade with the Indians (1813)(1813)An act prohibiting the trading with Indians, Sec. 2: Prohibited trading or bartering a gun or other article commonly use for hunting with tribes. Also prohibited any instrument of husbandry or cooking utensil, or clothing or horse. Violators forfeit the item and pay any sum not less than ten nor exceeding fifty dollars.Item type:Item, The City Charter and Revised Ordinances of the City of Joliet, Illinois 296-99 (1884)(1884)Ch. 49, §§ 1-3: All persons upon whom shall be found any gambling apparatus or device, or any slung shot, pistol or knuckler of lead, brass or other metal, or any instrument, composition or thing used for the commission of burglary, arson, or for the picking of locks or pockets, or for the playing of any fraudulent tricks, plays or games, or for the manufacture of counterfeit money, or for the commission of any offense against the laws of this state, or the ordinances of said city, and who cannot give a good and satisfactory account of their possession of the same.Item type:Item, Samuel P. Church, The Revised Ordinances of the City of Quincy, Illinois 47 (1841)(1841)§ 5: Prohibited the discharge of any cannon, musket, rifle, fowling piece, or other fire arms, air-gun, cracker, rocket, torpedo, squib, or other fire works within city limits. Violators fined not less than one, nor more than three dollars for each offense.Item type:Item, South Park: Acts of the General Assembly Relating to the Same and the Collection of Assessments 77 (1875)(1875)§ 6: Prohibited carry of firearms, throwing stones, or other missiles within the parkItem type:Item, The City Charter with the Several Laws Amendatory Thereto and the Revised Ordinances of the City of Peoria, Illinois 254 (James M. Cunningham ed., 1857)(1869)Prohibited the discharge of any cannon, musket, rifle, fowling-piece, pistol, or other fire-arms or air-guns. Violators fined not less than one but no more than one hundred dollars. Violators also forfeit the weapon.Item type:Item, The Nashville Journal, March 26, 1880, at 4, Volume 18, Number 12(1880)Ordinance No. 29: Concerning the Carrying of Concealed Weapons: Prohibited concealed carry of any pistol, slung-shot, cross knuckles of lead, brass, or other metal, Bowie-knife, dirk, dagger, or any knife resembling a Bowie-knife, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon, instrument, or thing within the limits of the city. Violators fined not less than twenty nor more than two hundred dollars and cost of suit for each offense.Item type:Item, The City Charter with the Several Laws Amendatory Thereto and the Revised Ordinances of the City of Peoria, Illinois 168 (James M. Cunningham ed., 1857)(1857)Prohibited the discharge of any cannon, musket, rifle, fowling-piece, pistol, or other fire-arms or air-guns. Violators fined not less than one but no more than one hundred dollars. Violators also forfeit the weapon.Item type:Item, 1869 Ill. Laws 17(1869)§ 10: Granted the town the power and authority to regulate the storage of gunpowder and other combustible materials.Item type:Item, Consider H. Willett, Laws and Ordinances Governing the Village of Hyde Park 28-9 (1876)(1876)Misdemeanors, § 39: Prohibited the carrying a concealed pistol, revolver, slungshot, knuckles, Bowie knife, dirk knife, dirk, dagger, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon without written permission from the Captain of Police. Exempted peace officers.Item type:Item, Consider H. Willett, Laws and Ordinances Governing the Village of Hyde Park 61, § 6, 8 (1876)(1876)§ 6: Prohibited shooting any bird or animal, hunting with a gun or dog in any street, alley, thoroughfare, park, or public grounds.Item type:Item, Silas W. Porter, The Municipal Code of Monmouth 168-69 (1883)(1883)Art. 6, §§ 654-662: It shall be unlawful for any person, within the corporate limits of the city, to carry or wear under his clothes, or concealed about his person, any pistol, colt or slung shot, cross knuckles, or knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, or bowie knife, dirk knife, or dirk, razor or dagger, or other dangerous or deadly weapon.Item type:Item, The Revised Ordinances of the Town of Lake 177-78 (1882).(1882)Ch. 32, §§ 1-9 : It shall be unlawful for any person within the limits of the town to carry or wear under his clothes, or concealed about his person, any pistol, colt or slung shot, cross knuckles, or knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, or bowie knife, dirk knife, or dirk, razor or dagger, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon.Item type:Item, W. Selden Gale et al., Revised Ordinances of the City of Galesburg 69 (1896)(1869)§ 1: Prohibited the sale or keeping for sale of gunpowder without a license. Licenses shall be limited to storing twenty-five pounds of gun powder at any one time unless it is stored in a secure magazine or fire-proof powder house located at least one hundred feet from any occupied building. Violators subject to a fine of twenty dollars.Item type:Item, 1855 Ill. Laws, 25(1855)An Act To Incorporate the Town of Daville, § 16: Granted the town of Daville the power and authority to regulate the storage of tar, pitch, rosin, gun powder, and other combustible materials.Item type:Item, Egbert Jamieson & Francis Adams, The Municipal Code of Chicago 391-92 (1881)(1881)Article XLIII. Parks and Public Grounds, § 1690: Prohibited the carry of firearms or throwing of stones or other missiles within any public park. Prohibited cutting, breaking, or in any way injuring or defacing the trees, shrubs, plants, turf, or any buildings, fences, bridges, or other construction or property within any parks.Item type:Item, Revised Ordinances of the City of Danville, Illinois 179 (E. R. E. Kimbrough & W. J. Calhoun eds., 1892)(1883)§ 23: Prohibited the carrying of a concealed pistol, revolver, derringer, Bowie knife, dirk, slungshot, metallic knuckles, or a razor, as a weapon, or any other deadly weapon. Also prohibited displaying the weapon in a threatening or boisterous manner. Punishable by fine of $1-100 and forfeiting the weapon, if ordered by the magistrate.Item type:Item, Laws and Ordinances Governing the City of Chicago 88-89 (Murray F. Tuley ed., 1873)(1866)Chapter 31-Parks and Public Grounds, § 6-Firearms and Missiles Prohibited-Protection of Shrubbery. Revised Ordinance of 1866: Prohibited carry of firearms, throwing stones or other missiles with any of the public parks of Chicago. Forbade cutting, breaking, or in any way injuring or defacing trees, shrubs, plants, turf, or any buildings, fances, bridges, or other construction or property.Item type:Item, Laws and Ordinances Governing the City of Chicago 239 (Joseph E. Gary ed., 1866)(1851)Ch. 11, § 1: Prohibiting the keeping, sale, or giving away of gun powder or gun cotton "in any quantity" absent written permission of the authorities. Punishable by a fine of $25 per offense.Item type:Item, Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Chicago 113-14 (1874).(1873)An Ordinance Prohibiting the Sale to or Furnishing Minors with Firearms: That no person within said city shall sell to or in any manner furnish any minor with any gun, pistol, revolver, or other firearms; and any person offending against this ordinance shall on conviction be fined in a sum of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense.Item type:Item, Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Chicago 140 (Vol. 5, 1874)(1873)§ 1: Prohibited the sale of any gun, pistol, revolver, or other firearms to any minor. Violators shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense.Item type:Item, Egbert Jamieson & Francis Adams, The Municipal Code of Chicago 301-04 (1881)(1881)§ 1264: Prohibited selling, keeping, or giving away any gunpowder or gun-cotton in any quantity. Violators fined twenty-five dollars for every offense.Item type:Item, Laws and Ordinances Governing the City of Chicago 78 (Murray F. Tuley ed., 1873)(1866)Chapter 28-Misdemeanors, § 15-Fire Arms and Fire-Works Not to be Discharged-Permission-Penalty. Revised Ordinance of 1866: Prohibited firing or discharging any cannon, gun, fowling piece, pistol, or firearms of any description, or fire, explode, or set off any squib, crackers, or other thing containing powder, or other combustible, or explosive material. Violators shall be fined not less than two nor more than five dollars.Item type:Item, Isaac N. Phillips, The Revised Ordinances of the City of Bloomington 58 (1876)(1876)Division 3, Offenses Against Public Safety, Convenience and Health, §1, Firing Cannon, Guns, Fire-Crackers, etc.: Prohibited firing or discharging any cannon, gun, pistol, revolver, or any firearm of any description, or explode any squib, fire-cracker, torpedo, or other thing containing powder or other explosive material. Violators fined not less than two nor more than twenty dollars.Item type:Item, Isaac N. Phillips, The Revised Ordinances of the City of Bloomington 9 (1876)(1876)Chapter 2. Cemeteries, Section 1. §10. Shooting, Trespassing, etc.—Penalty: Prohibited discharging any firearm, or hunting, or trespassing within the city cemetery or any other cemetery or burying ground within the city. Violators fined not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars.Item type:Item, Laws and Ordinances Governing the City of Chicago 11-13 (Murray F. Tuley ed., 1873)(1871)Chapter 8-Concealed Weapons, §§ 1-9. Enacted August 17, 1871: Prohibited anyone from carrying or wearing under their clothes, or concealed about their person any pistol, colt, slung shot, cross knuckles, knuckles of lead, brass, or other metal, or Bowie-knife, dirk, dagger, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon. Violators shall have weapons seized, and shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding six months, or both fine and imprisonment.Item type:Item, 1861 Ill. Laws 144(1861)Sec. 78: Prohibited the discharge of any cannon, gun, fowling piece, pistol, or fire-arms of any description.Item type:Item, 1885 Ill. Rev. Stat. 192(1885)An Act to Protect Cemeteries and to Provide for their Regulation and Management, § 1: That any person who shall willfully destroy, mutilate or injure any tomb, monument, stone, vault, tree, shrub or ornament, or any object whatever, in any cemetery, or in any avenue, lot or part thereof, or shall hunt, shoot or discharge any gun, pistol or other missile, with the limits of any cemetery, or shall cause any shot or missile to be discharged into or over any portion thereof, or shall violate any of the rules made and established by the board of directors of such cemetery§Item type:Item, 1867 Ill. Laws 650(1867)Authorized the town of Bloomington to regulate or prohibit the carrying or wearing of any pistol, colt, slung-shot, or cross knuckles, knuckles of brass, or other metal, Bowie-knife, dirk-knife, dirk, dagger or other dangerous or deadly weapon. Also provides for confiscation of such weapons.Item type:Item, Isaac N. Phillips, The Revised Ordinances of the City of Bloomington 47 (1876)(1876)Licenses, Division 11. Shooting Galleries, §1-3: Prohibited owning, keeping, or running any shooting gallery or target shooting without obtaining a license. Violators fined twenty-five dollars for each offense. Such licenses will last for one year and cost ten dollars or fifty cents per day.Item type:Item, 1885 Ill. Stat. Ann. 771, § 4(1885)Concealed Weapon - Flourishing weapon, ch. 38, § 4: Whoever shall carry a concealed weapon upon or about his person of the character in this Act specified, or razor as a weapon, or whoever, in a threatening or boisterous manner, shall display or flourish any deadly weapon, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200).Item type:Item, 1885 Ill. Laws 57(1885)An Act to Protect Cemeteries and to Provide for their Regulation and Management, § 1: Prohibited destroying, mutilating, or injuring any tomb, monument, stone, vault, tree, shrub, or ornament, or any object whatsoever in any cemetary. Also prohibited hunting, shooting, or discharging any gun, pistol, or other missile within any cemetary limits.Item type:Item, 1885 Ill. Rev. Stat. 771(1885)Criminal Code Ch. 38, para. 90: Required all dealers to keep a registration of all deadly weapons sold or given away, including any slung-shot, metallic knuckles, pistol, revolver, derringer, Bowie knife, dirk, or other deadly weapon.Item type:Item, 1882 Ill. Rev. Stat. 375(1881)§ 54(b): Prohibited selling, giving, loaning, hiring , bartering, or offering for sale any pistol, revolver, derringer, Bowie knife, dirk, or other deadly weapon to minors. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, fined not less than twenty-five but no more than two hundred dollars.