Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia Passed in Milledgeville at an Annual Session in November and December 1837, at 90-91 (1838)
| dc.coverage.spatial | Georgia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-23T23:50:40Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-11T14:56:12Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T00:51:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1837 | |
| dc.description.abstract | §§ 1-4: Prohibited any merchant, or "any other person or persons whatsoever," to sell, offer to sell, keep, or have on their person or elsewhere any Bowie knife or "any other kind of knives, manufactured and sold for the purpose of wearing, or carrying the same as arms of offence or defence," pistols, swords, sword canes, or spears. Exempted "such pistols as are known as horseman's pistols" from these restrictions. Punishable by a fine of up to $100-500 for the first offense and $500-1,000 for subsequent offenses. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same , That from and after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful for any merchant, or vender of wares or merchandize in this State, or any other person or persons whatsoever, to sell, or offer to sell, or to keep, or have about their person or elsewhere, any of the hereinafter described weapons, to wit: Bowie, or any other kind of knives, manufactured and sold for the purpose of wearing, or carrying the same as arms of offence or defence, pistols, dirks, sword canes, spears, c., shall also be contemplated in this act, save such pistols as are known and used, as horseman's pistols, c. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That any person or persons within the limits of this State, violating the provisions of this act, except as hereafter excepted, shall, for each and every such offence, be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and upon trial and conviction thereof, shall be fined, in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars for the first offence, nor less than one hundred dollars at the direction of the Court; and upon a second conviction, and every after conviction of a like offence, in a sum not to exceed one thousand dollars, nor less than five hundred dollars, at the discretion of the Court. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That it shall be the duty of all civil officers, to be vigilent in carrying the provisions of this act into full effect, as well also as Grand Jurors, to make presentments of each and every offence under this act, which shall come under their knowledge. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That all fines and forfeitures arising under this act, shall be paid into the county Treasury, to be appropriated to county purposes: Provided, nevertheless , that the provisions of this act shall not extend to Sheriffs, Deputy Sheriffs, Marshals, Constables, Overseers or Patrols, in actual discharge of their respective duties, but not otherwise: Provided, also , that no person or persons, shall be found guilty of violating the before recited act, who shall openly wear, externally, Bowie Knives, Dirks, Tooth Picks, Spears, and which shall be exposed plainly to view: And provided, nevertheless , that the provisions of this act shall not extend to prevent venders, or any other | |
| dc.description.summary | Prohibited any merchant, or "any other person or persons whatsoever," to sell, offer to sell, keep, or have on their person or elsewhere any Bowie knife or "any other kind of knives, manufactured and sold for the purpose of wearing, or carrying the same as arms of offence or defence," pistols, swords, sword canes, or spears. Exempted "such pistols as are known as horseman's pistols" from these restrictions. Punishable by a fine of up to $100-500 for the first offense and $500-1,000 for subsequent offenses. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/3625 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedby | https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlgl_16741934#text | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedby | https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.ssl/ssga0294&i=90 | |
| dc.subject | TRANSFER, MANUFACTURE & POSSESSION | |
| dc.title | Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia Passed in Milledgeville at an Annual Session in November and December 1837, at 90-91 (1838) |