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    1872 Md. Laws 520
    (1872)
    An Act To Incorporate A Company To Construct A Bridge Across The Severn River, At Annapolis, In Anne Arundel County, § 17: That for the safety of passengers and vehicles passing on said bridge, there shall be a penalty of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for any person or persons to shoot any gun, pistol, or fire-works of any kind, whatever on the said bridge . .§
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    Firing Weapons, § 5, Article 32-Profane Swearing and Disorderly Conduct, in The Code of the City of Annapolis (1897).
    (1897)
    § § "Sec. 5. Any person who shall discharge or fire off, any gun or other fire arms, or fire off or throw any fire crackers, chasers or other fireworks in said city, except when performing military duty, shall be fined not less than one nor more than twenty dollars, in the discretion of the Mayor, Counselor or Alderman, or Justice of the Peace before whom the same shall be tried."
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    1872 Md. Laws 57
    (1872)
    An Act to Add an Additional Section to Article Two of the Code of Public Local Laws, Entitled "Anne Arundel County," Sub -title "Annapolis," to Prevent the Carrying of Concealed Weapons in Said City,ch. 42 § 246: Prohibited the carrying of a concealed pistol, dirk-knife, Bowie knife, slingshot, billy, razor, brass, iron or other metal knuckles, or any other deadly weapon in Annapolis. Punishable by a fine of $3-10.
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    Gunpowder and Explosives, §§ 1-3, Article 18, in The Code of the City of Annapolis (1897).
    (1897)
    §No person or persons, shall keep in any store, vault, cellar, building or buildings, within the limits of said city, without special permission from the City Council, a greater quantity of gunpowder at any one time than fifty pounds, (which shall be secured in tin canisters or wooden kegs,) nor a greater quantity of dynamite or any other explosive not named, than five pounds, (which shall be well secured in tin canisters,) nor any nitro-glycerine whatever, under a penalty of not less than five nor more than twenty dollars for each offense; and every day such violation of this ordinance may continue or be persisted in shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.