Lewis Mayer, The Baltimore City Code: Comprising the Statutes and Ordinances Relating to the City of Baltimore 171 (1869)
| dc.coverage.spatial | Maryland - Baltimore | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T01:43:53Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T02:13:15Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T02:11:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1869 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Art. XVI, Section 27: If the said board of police shall have reason to believe that in the neighborhood of any election polls in the said city or elsewhere, within any election precinct of the same, there is any depot or collection of fire arms or other weapons or ammunition intended to be used for the purpose of intimidating or injuring voters, or interfering with the freedom or peace of any election then pending or approaching, it shall be the duty of said board to apply to the Criminal Court, or some justice of the peace of said city, for a warrant, on proper oath, to search the premises, and the said court or justice shall issue the same without delay, and shall cause the said arms, weapons and ammunition, if found, to be seized and delivered to said board, to be detained until the day after the returns of said election shall have been made, and until the same shall be disposed of by law.§ | |
| dc.description.lawtext | 27. If the said board of police shall have reason to believe that in the neighborhood of any election polls in the said city or elsewhere, within any election precinct of the same, there is any depot or collection of fire arms or other weapons or ammunition intended to be used for the purpose of intimidating or injuring voters, or interfering with the freedom or peace of any election then pending or approaching, it shall be the duty of said board to apply to the Criminal Court, or some justice of the peace of said city, for a warrant, on proper oath, to search the premises, and the said court or justice shall issue the same without delay, and shall cause the said arms, weapons and ammunition, if found, to be seized and delivered to said board, to be detained until the day after the returns of said election shall have been made, and until the same shall be disposed of by law. | |
| dc.description.summary | This provision authorizes Baltimore’s board of police to obtain a search warrant to seize firearms, weapons, or ammunition suspected of being stockpiled near polling places for the purpose of intimidating or disrupting elections. Any such weapons found are to be confiscated and held by the police until after the election results are returned and further legal disposition is made. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4105 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Baltimore_City_Code/u9OFnAUEjCoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=baltimore&printsec=frontcover | |
| dc.subject | CARRY - CERTAIN PUBLIC PLACES | |
| dc.title | Lewis Mayer, The Baltimore City Code: Comprising the Statutes and Ordinances Relating to the City of Baltimore 171 (1869) |