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1915 Wyo. Sess. Laws ch. 91 sec. 13

Abstract
This law requires most non-citizens (aliens) in Wyoming to obtain a $25 annual gun and fish license before possessing firearms or fishing equipment, with exemptions for certain residents, taxpayers, settlers, employees, and holders of a $50 hunting license. Violations are punishable by fines of $25–$100, with imprisonment at the rate of one day per unpaid dollar until fines and costs are paid, and unauthorized firearms or fishing equipment may be seized and confiscated by law enforcement.
Law Text
There is hereby created a special gun and fish license for aliens. No person, not a bona fide citizen of the United States, shall own or have in his possession, in the State of Wyoming, any gun, pistol or other firearm, or any fishing tackle, without first having obtained the specified license therefor, which such special gun and fish license shall cost the owner the sum of Twenty-five Dollars and shall expire on December 31st of each year after date of issuance thereof; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to one who has obtained a Fifty Dollar hunting license issued under the provisions of Section 17 of this act. Provided further, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any alien who is a bona fide resident of the State of Wyoming, and a bona fide freeholder in the State of Wyoming, or one who pays taxes in any county of this state in excess of the sum of One Hundred Dollars, or to any settler on the public lands of the United States or the State of Wyoming and who shall have initiated proceedings to acquire title thereto under the several acts of Congress or the laws of the State of Wyoming, nor shall it apply to persons engaged in tending or herding sheep or other animals in herd or on the open range when in active employment. Any alien of the United States who shall have in his possession or under his control any gun or pistol or other firearm, or any fishing tackle, without having taken out and being at the time in possession of a license as herein provided shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars and not more than One Hundred Dollars, and in the event that such fine and costs are not paid shall be imprisoned in the county jail until such fine and costs are paid at the rate of One Dollar per day. It shall be the duty of the State Game Warden, his assistants and deputies, and all other peace officers in the State of Wyoming, to search for and take into their possession any gun, pistol or other firearm, or fishing tackle, found in the possession of any alien not entitled to hold or possess the same, and to sell the same, destroy or otherwise dispose of the same upon order of any Justice of the Peace or District Court of the State of Wyoming, or a Judge or District Court Commissioner thereof. Provided that any moneys derived from fines or moneys collected under this section shall, when the arrests are made by the State Game Warden, his assistants or his deputies, be paid over to the State Game Fund, and all fines and other moneys collected under the provisions of this section, when the arrest is made by Peace Officers shall be paid into the school fund of the county where said offense is committed.

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POSSESSION - DANGEROUS PERSONS, REGISTRATION

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Date

1915

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Wyoming

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