1899 Annotated Statutes of the Indian Territory, at 243-44, ch. 19, pt. 53, § 1250-52
Abstract
§Any person who shall sell, barter or exchange, or otherwise dispose of, or in any manner furnish to any person, any dirk or bowie knife, or a sword or a spear in a cane, brass or metal knucks, or any pistol of any kind whatever, except such as are used in the army or navy of the United States, and known as the navy pistol, or any kind of cartridge for any pistol, or any person who shall keep any such arms or cartridges for sale, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Summary
Prohibits carrying dirks, bowie knives, swords, cane spears, metal knuckles, razors, and most pistols, with exemptions for certain law-enforcement duties and carrying weapons while traveling or on one’s own premises. Army or Navy pistols may only be carried openly and in the hand outside those exceptions, while selling, furnishing, or keeping the prohibited weapons or their pistol cartridges for sale is also a misdemeanor.
Law Text
§ 1250. Any person who shall wear or carry in any manner whatever as a weapon any dirk or bowie knife, or a sword, or a spear in a cane, brass or metal knucks, razor, or any pistol of any kind whatever, except such pistols as are used in the army or navy of the United States, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Provided, that officers whose duties require them to make arrests, or to keep and guard prisoners, together with the persons summoned by such officers to aid them in the discharge of such duties, while actually engaged in such duties, are exempted from the provisions of this act. Provided, further that nothing in this act be so construed as to prohibit any person from carrying any weapon when upon a journey or upon his own premises.
§ 1251. Any person, excepting such officers or persons on a journey and on their premises as are mentioned in section 1250, who shall wear or carry any such pistol as is used in the army or navy of the United States, in any manner except uncovered and in his hand, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
§ 1252. Any person who shall sell, barter or exchange, or otherwise dispose of, or in any manner furnish to any person, any dirk or bowie knife, or a sword or a spear in a cane, brass or metal knucks, or any pistol of any kind whatever, except such as are used in the army or navy of the United States, and known as the navy pistol, or any kind of cartridge for any pistol, or any person who shall keep any such arms or cartridges for sale, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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TRANSFER, CARRY