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Michigan

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    Ordinance no. 32, An Ordinance Relative to the Prevention of Fires § 12, in Revised Charter of the City of Ypsilanti (1898) (Approved 1882).
    (1882)
    §No person shall fire or set off any squib, crackers, gunpowder or fire works, or fire off any gun or pistol in any street, lane, alley, or other public space, or in any yard, public or private, within the limits of the city, unless by written permission from the Mayor;
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    1901 Mich. Pub. Acts 687
    (1901)
    Local Acts, no. 469, tit. 3, § 8, pt. 7: To regulate, restrain or prohibit the buying, selling, carrying, and using of firearms, weapons, gunpowder, firecrackers or fireworks manufactured or prepared therefrom, or from other combustible material, and the exhibition of fireworks, and the discharge of firearms, and the lights in barns, stables and other buildings, and to restrain and prohibit the making of bonfires in streets, yards, alleys and other public places.
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    1901 Mich. Pub. Acts 158
    (1901)
    Local Acts, tit. 7, no. 344, § 24, pt. 49: To prohibit and punish the use of toys pistols, air guns, sling shots and other dangerous toys, implements or weapons within said city.
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    The Revised Charter and Ordinances of the City of Detroit 199 (1855)
    (1855)
    § 10: Prohibited the discharge of any cannon. Violators fined twenty-five dollars.
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    1867 Mich. Pub. Acts 68
    (1867)
    Second Regular Session, No. 266, § 31, pt. 12: To regulate the buying, selling, and using of gunpowder, fire-crackers and fire-works, and other combustible materials, to regulate and prohibit the exhibition of fire-works, and the discharge of fire-crackers and fire-arms, and to restrain the making or lighting of fires in the streets and other open spaces in said village.
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    1895 Mich. Pub. Acts 596
    (1895)
    Local Acts, § 44: Prohibited firing or discharging any gun or pistol, or carry of firearms, throwing of stones or other missiles within Bell Isle Park or boulevard
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    The Revised Charter and Ordinances of the City of Detroit 150 (1848)
    (1848)
    §§ 9-10: No person shall fire or set off any squib, cracker, gunpowder or fire works, or fire any gun or pistol in any part of this city, unless by written permission of the Mayor or two Aldermen, which permission shall limit the time of such firing, and shall be subject to be revoked at any time by the Common Council; and any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this section, shall forfeit the penalty of five dollars for each and every offence. § 10. Every person firing a cannon within this city, unless by permission of the Mayor or two Aldermen, shall forfeit the penalty of twenty-five dollars: Provided, that nothing in this or the preceding section shall be construed to prohibit any military company from firing any gun or cannon when authorized by their commanding officer or officers.
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    1887 Mich. Pub. Acts 251
    (1887)
    Local Acts, No. 405, ch 18, § 11 pt. 7: To direct the location of all buildings for storing gunpowder or other combustible or explosive substances; to make regulations concerning the buying, carrying, selling, keeping and using gunpowder, fire-crackers or fire-works, or other combustible, inflammable [sic], explosive or dangerous articles; the exhibition of fire-works and the discharge of cannon and fire-arms;