The Act of Incorporation, and the Ordinances and Regulations of the Town of Marietta, Washington County, Ohio 17-18 (1837)
| dc.coverage.spatial | Ohio - Marietta | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T13:47:33Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T16:54:36Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T03:54:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1823 | |
| dc.description.abstract | An Ordinance Preventing the Wanton Use of Firearms, & c., §§ 1-2: Prohibited the discharge or explosion of any gun powder within the town limits. Violators fined not less than one but no more than five dollars on the first offense. Following offenses fined at not less then five but no more than ten dollars with all costs. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | SEC. 1. Be it ordained by the Town of Marietta, in Town Meeting legally assembled, and by the authority thereof it is ordained and enacted, That if any person, after this ordinance takes effect, shall discharge or explode, or aid or assist in discharging or exploding any gun powder, from guns, fire arms, or by any other means, within the limits of the town plot of Marietta, whereby the quiet of any of the inhabitants may be disturbed, or their lives and safety endangered, (unless such firing shall be authorized by permission in writing from the town council then in office, or by command of some military officer in discharge of his duty as such,) the person so offending may be complained of before any justice of the peace for the town, and upon conviction, shall be fined by such justice not than less one dollar, nor more than five dollars for the first offence, and for the second and all subsequent offences against this ordinance, such person shall be fined not less than five, nor more than ten dollars, and pay all costs, to be collected as other penalties by law are. SEC. 2. Be it further ordained and enacted, That all fines incurred and collected agreeably to the provisions of the first section of this ordinance, shall be paid as follows:—one half thereof to the complainant, and the other half thereof to the township treasury. SEC. 3. Be it further ordained and enacted, That this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after the first day of June next, and be published forthwith in the American Friend. SEC. 4. Be it further ordained and enacted, That all by-laws and ordinances, heretofore passed on this subject, be, and the same are, hereby repealed. | |
| dc.description.summary | Prohibited the discharge or explosion of any gun powder within the town limits. Violators fined not less than one but no more than five dollars on the first offense. Following offenses fined at not less then five but no more than ten dollars with all costs. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4971 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedby | https://perma.cc/ZPT4-FF59 | |
| dc.subject | DISCHARGE | |
| dc.title | The Act of Incorporation, and the Ordinances and Regulations of the Town of Marietta, Washington County, Ohio 17-18 (1837) |