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1908 Vt. Acts & Resolves 132-33
(1908)
No. 147, § 1: No person shall at any time hunt, shoot, pursue, take or kill any of the wild animals, wild fowl or birds of this state, nor use a gun for hunting the same, without having first procured a license therefor as hereinafter provided, and then only during the respective periods of the year when it shall be lawful, and subject to all the provisions of chapter 220 of the Public Statutes
1915 Vt. Acts & Resolves 344
(1915)
No. 205, §§ 1-2: A person who uses a slungshot, black jack, brass knuckles or similar weapons against another person, or attempts so to do, or is found in possession of a slungshot, black§ jack, brass knuckles, or similar weapon, with intent so to use it, shall be imprisoned in the state prison not more than five years. A person who within the state manufactures or causes to be manufactured, or sells or gives away or parts with, or offers so to do, or keeps for sale or gift, a slungshot, black§ jack, brass knuckles, or similar weapons, shall be imprisoned not more than two years or fined not more than five hundred dollars nor less than two hundred dollars."
1923 Vt. Acts and Resolves 127
(1923)
No. 130, § 1: Prohibited using, carrying, or possessing a machine gun or automatic rifle while hunting.
1912 Vt. Acts & Resolves 261
(1912)
No. 201, Pt. 2, § 16(b): Prohibited the setting of any spring gun for the purpose of taking animals. Punishable by a fine of $50-500 and liability for twice the amount of damage resulting from the trap.
1919 Vt. Acts and Resolves 136
(1919)
No. 128, § 1: It shall be unlawful to transport, carry or convey from one place in this state to another place in this state, any dynamite, gunpowder, or other explosive on any vessel or vehicle of any description operated by a common carrier, which vessel or vehicle is carrying passengers for hire[.]
Laws of the University of Vermont State Agricultural College, ch. 6, §§ 4, 9 (1885)
(1885)
Sec. 4: Rooms shall be held by students subject to the condition that all rules, for securing quiet, order, and cleanliness in the rooms, halls, and premises, are strictly observed. Any violation of these rules, either by themselves or visitors, shall subject the occupants to forfeiture of their right to the room. Self-boarding in any of the rooms; the keeping of a dog or cat; cutting or splitting wood in the rooms or halls; shouting, or throwing anything, from the windows; pasting pictures on or otherwise injuring the walls; loud and boisterous noises in the rooms or halls; playing on musical instruments during recitation hours or after ten o'clock at night; gatherings of students in the rooms after the same hour; the keeping of fire-arms or gunpowder except under direction of the Military Instructor; bringing into the rooms any fermented or distilled liquors; are prohibited. Sec. 9. No student shall use gun powder or fire-arms in the buildings, or on the adjacent grounds of the University, except under direction of the Military Instructor. No smoking shall be allowed in any of the halls or public rooms of the University; nor shall any intoxicating drinks be brought upon the University premises."
1912 Vt. Acts and Resolves 310
(1912)
No. 237, §1: A person who manufactures, sells, or uses, or possesses with intent to sell or use, an appliance known as or used for a gun silencer shall be fined twenty-five dollars for each offense. This act shall not prevent the use or possession of gun silencers for military purposes when so used or possessed under proper military authority and restriction.
1900 Vt. Acts and Resolves 210
(1900)
No. 178, § 10, pt. 15: To regulate and restrain the use and sale of rockets, squibs, fire-crackers, toy pistols, or other fire-works within the village, also guns, cannon and explosives.
1912 Vt. Acts and Resolves 306
(1912)
No. 229, §§ 1-2: A person, other than a parent or guardian, who sells or furnishes to a minor under the age of sixteen years a firearm or other dangerous weapon, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars nor less than ten dollars. This section shall not apply to an instructor or teacher who furnishes military weapons to pupils for instruction and drill. § 2. A child under the age of sixteen years who, without the consent of his parent or guardian, has in his possession or control a pistol or revolver constructed or designed for the use of gunpowder or other explosive substance with leaden ball or shot shall be fined not more than twenty dollars.
Act of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Village of Northfield 20 (1894)
(1894)
Severely restricted the ability to discharge firearms in Northfield.
Charter and Ordinances of the City of Barre 116–17 (1904) (enacted 1895)
(1895)
Ch. 38, § 7: No person shall carry within the city any steel or brass knuckles, pistol, slung shot, stilletto, or weapon of similar character, nor carry any weapon concealed on his person without permission of the mayor or chief of police in writing."
1890 Vt. Acts & Resolves 83
(1890)
No. 82, § 19, pt. 15: Granted the village the power to restrain the use of firecrackers, rockets, squibs, and toy pistols in the village.
Leon G. Bagley, Charter and Ordinances of the City of Rutland 153 (1894)
(1894)
Ch. 20, § 19: No person shall, except in the performance of some duty required by law, discharge any gun, pistol, or other fire arm loaded with ball or shot, or with powder only, or squibs, or fire-crackers, serpent, or other preparation whereof gun-powder or other explosive substance is an ingredient, or which consists wholly of the same, within the principal inhabited parts of the city, or within twenty-five rods of any dwelling-house therein, nor shall make any bonfire in or upon any street, lane, common or public place within the city, except by authority of the city council.
Ch. 13, § 21; Ch. 22, §§ 14-15; Ch. 35, § 7, in St. Albans Daily Messenger Supplement, Aug. 7, 1897, at 1, 3-10
(1897)
No person, except on his own premises, or by the consent of the owner or occupant of the premises, or in the performance of some duty required by law, shall discharge any gun, pistol or other firearm loaded with ball or shot, or with powder only, or squibs or fire-crackers, serpent, or other preparation whereof gun-powder or other explosive substance is an ingredient, or which consists wholly of the same, within the principal inhabited parts of the city, or within twenty-five rods of any dwelling house therein, nor shall make any bonfire in or upon any street, lane or public place within the city, except by permission of the city council
1900 Vt. Acts and Resolves 145
(1900)
No. 162, § 42: Said board of fire wardens may inspect the manner of manufacturing and keeping gun powder, lime, ashes, matches, lights, fireworks or combustibles[.]
Charter and Ordinances of the City of Barre 48, 53 (1904) (enacted 1895)
(1895)
Ch. 14, § 18: No person, except on his own premises, or by the consent and permission of the owner or occupant of the premises, and except in the performance of some duty required by law, shall discharge any gun, pistol, or other fire arm loaded with ball or shot, or with powder only, or firecrackers, serpent, or other preparation whereof gunpowder or other explosive substance is an ingredient, or which consists wholly of the same, nor shall make any bonfire in or upon any street, lane, common or public place within the city, except by authority of the city council.
1884 Vt. Acts & Resolves 74
(1884)
An Act Relating To Traps, § 1: Prohibited the setting of any spring gun trap. Punishable by a fine of $50-500 and liability for twice the amount of any damage resulting from the trap.
1891 Vt. Acts & Resolves 95
(1891)
Ch. 8: Prohibited the carry of any firearms, dirk knife, bowie knife, dagger, or other dangerous or deadly weapon shall while "a member of and in attendance upon any school." Violators fined not exceeding twenty dollars.
Leon G. Bagley, Charter and Ordinances of the City of Rutland 193 (1894)
(1894)
Ch. 22, § 40: No person shall keep in any building or place within the city, excepting in such magazine or place of storage as may be provided by or under the direction of the city council, any greater quantity than twenty-five pounds of gunpowder, nitro-glycerine or other like compound for a longer period than twenty-four hours.
Act of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Village of Bradford 12-13 (1891)
(1891)
Provided that the trustees may grant revocable licenses to store and sell specified quantities of gunpowder, gun cotton, or other explosives under strict storage, signage, location, and inspection regulations, with unlicensed possession of excess amounts subject to a daily five-dollar fine.
1894 Vt. Stat. 918, tit. 32, ch. 225, § 5155 (enacted 1895)
(1882)
A person who has in his possession a toy pistol for the explosion of percussion caps or blank cartridges, with intent to sell or give away the same, or sells or gives away, or offers to sell or give away the same, shall be fined not more than ten nor less than five dollars; and shall be liable for all damages resulting from such selling or giving away, to be recovered in an action on the case.
Act of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Village of Northfield 19-20 (1984)
(1894)
Provided that to store powder or gun-cotton within the village, individuals must obtain and record a Trustee-approved license, display a designated warning sign, permit inspections, and adhere to strict quantity limits and metal container rules.
1876 Vt. Acts & Resolves 357
(1876)
No. 192, § 10, pt. 8: To regulate the manufacture and keeping of gunpowder, ashes and all other dangerous and combustible material.
1878 Vt. Acts & Resolves 30
(1878)
No. 14, § 3: Any tramp, who shall enter or attempt to enter any dwelling-house or premises against the will of the owner or occupant thereof, or having entered any house or premises, shall persist in remaining therein against the will of the owner or occupant thereof, or shall kindle any fire in any outbuilding, school-house, or any other public or unoccupied building, or on the land of any person, or in the public highway adjoining the lands of such person between the first days of May and the first days of December in each year, without the consent of the owner or occupant thereof, or shall be found carrying any firearm or other dangerous weapon, or who shall threaten to injure any person or the property of any person, real or personal, shall be punished by imprisonment at hard labor in the state prison, or state work-house, for a term not exceeding two years, or by a fine payable to the treasurer of the State not exceeding one hundred dollars, together with the costs of prosecution.

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