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Montana

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    Mont. Const. of 1889 art. III, § 13
    (1889)
    The right of any person to keep or bear arms in defense of his own home, person, and property, or in aid of the civil power when thereto legally summoned, shall not be called in question, but nothing herein contained shall be held to permit the carrying of concealed weapons
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    1888 Terr. of Mont. Comp. Stat. 513.
    (1888)
    Ch. 4, § 66: It shall be unlawful for any person within the limits of any city, town or village in this territory, to bear concealed upon his person any dirk, dagger, pistol, revolver, or other deadly weapon.
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    Ordinance no. 2: An Ordinance Relating to Concealed Weapons, in THE ENTERPRISE, Oct. 20, 1909 at 1, § 1
    (1909)
    No person in this town shall wear under his clothes or concealed on or about his person, any pistol or revolver, except by special permission from the Mayor; nor shall any person wear under his clothes or concealed on or about his person, any slungshot, cross-knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, or any bowie knife, razor, billy, dirk , dirk-knife or dagger, or any knife resembling a bowie-knife, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon.
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    1864 Terr. of Mont. Acts 355
    (1865)
    § 1 [Deadly weapons]: Prohibited the concealed carry of any pistol, Bowie-knife, dagger, or other deadly weapon. Violators fined not less than twenty-five but no more than one hundred dollars.
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    Ordinance No. 30: Concealed Weapons, in RED LODGE PICKET, Sep. 12, 1893, at 3
    (1893)
    It shall be unlawful after the passage of this ordinance for any person, within the limits of this town, to carry concealed on his person or under his clothes any pistol or revolver, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon, except by permission from the Mayor in writing, which permit shall state the period of time for which it is granted
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    1864 Terr. of Mont. Laws 355
    (1864)
    An Act to Prevent the Carrying of Concealed Deadly Weapons in the Cities and Towns of This Territory, § 1: Prohibited the carrying of a concealed "any pistol, bowie -knife, dagger, or other deadly weapon" within any town or village in the territory. Punishable by fine of $25-100.
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    Helena, Mont., Ordinances no. 4, § 1 (1883)
    (1883)
    Concealed Weapons: No person shall in this city wear under his clothes, or concealed on or about his person, any pistol or revolver, except by special permission from the mayor; nor shall any person wear under his clothes, or concealed on or about his person, any slung shot, cross knuckles, knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, or any bowie knife, razor, billy, dirk, dirk-knife or dagger, or any knife resembling a bowie knife, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon.
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    Ordinance no. 22, § 1: An Ordinance Relating to Concealed Weapons and Providing Penalty for Carrying Same, in THE HARLOWTON NEWS, Jun. 18, 1909, at 3
    (1909)
    No person in the town of Harlowton shall wear under his or her clothes or concealed on or about their person, any pistol or revolver, except by special permission from the Mayor; nor shall any person wear under his or her clothes or concealed on or about their person, any slingshot, cross knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, or any bowie-knife, razor, billy, dirk, dirk-knife or daggor, or any knife resembling a bowie-knife, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon
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    Anaconda, Mont., Ordinances ch. 22, §§ 526-534 (1905)
    (1905)
    Concealed Weapons: It shall be unlawful for any person within the limits of the City of Anaconda to carry or wear under his clothes or concealed about his person, any pistol, revolver, slung-shot, cross-knuckles, knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, bowie knife, dirk knife or dirk, razor or dagger, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon. Also provided licensure requirements and other information regarding concealed carry
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    The Complete Codes and Statutes of the State of Montana 1084, § 758 (1895)
    (1895)
    Pt. 1, tit. 11, § 758: Every person who within the limits of any city or town carries or bears concealed about his person a dirk, dagger, pistol, revolver, or other deadly weapon is punishable by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. This Section does not apply to peace officers in discharge of their official duty.