Ordinance No. 78: An Ordinance as to Retailing Gunpowder, in L.A. Civill, Charter of the City of Louisville, Ky.: Part Third, Ordinances of the City of Louisville 55 (1862) (enacted 1853)
Abstract
Prohibited the sale of gunpowder to minors under 15 years of age, "free colored persons," or "slaves" without permission from a parent, guardian, or master.
Summary
Louisville prohibited selling gunpowder to minors under 15 years of age as well as slaves.
Law Text
No person shall retail gunpowder to minors under fifteen years of age, or free colored persons, without authority from his parent or guardian, or to slaves without authority from his master. Any person doing so in either case, shall be fined twenty dollars.
Description
Categories
ENSLAVED PERSONS & OTHER MINORITIES, TRANSFER, MANUFACTURE & STORAGE OF GUNPOWDER - MINORS