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Illinois

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Illinois. It supports research on the state’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from the territorial period through statehood to the present.

  • Legal sources: statutes and session laws, administrative code, attorney general opinions, appellate decisions, and select municipal ordinances.
  • Historical materials: newspapers, photographs, maps, catalogs, manufacturing and transportation records (e.g., Chicago and downstate corridors), and oral histories tied to Illinois people and places.
  • Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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    1869 Ill. Laws 17
    (1869)
    § 10: Granted the town the power and authority to regulate the storage of gunpowder and other combustible materials.
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    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.
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    1908 Ill. Laws 40-41
    (1908)
    Regulate Storage of Combustibles—Fireworks, §1334, pt. 65: Amended the powers granted to cities with a population of one hundred thousand or more to regulate and prevent the storage of gunpowder, tar, pitch, resin, coal oil, benzine, turpentine, hemp, cotton, nitro-glycerine, petroleum, or other combustible or explosive material.