Edward Livingston, Laws and Ordinances, Ordained and Established by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City of New York 83-84 (1803)
Abstract
Ch 23, § 1: That no person shall hereafter be permitted to fire or discharge any gun, pistol, fowling piece, or fire-arm, at any place on the island of New York, within the distance of four miles from the City Hall, under the penalty of five dollars upon each offender, to be recovered with costs.
Summary
Discharging any firearm or fowling piece within four miles of City Hall on New York Island is prohibited under a five-dollar fine per offense. Parents, masters, or owners are held financially responsible for fines incurred by minors, servants, or slaves. Military company exercises and State Prison Guards are explicitly exempt from this restriction.
Law Text
Sect. 1. Whereas the firing of guns and the practice of fowling in the public streets and in the roads or highways in the vicinity of this city, are frequently productive of accidents, and dangerous consequences are always to be apprehended therefrom:
Be it therefore ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City of New-York, in Common Council convened, That no person shall hereafter be permitted to fire or discharge any gun, pistol, fowling piece, or fire-arm, at any place on the island of New-York, within the distance of four miles from the City-Hall, under the penalty of five dollars upon each offender, to be recovered with costs. And if the person so offending shall be a minor, apprentice, servant or slave, the said fine shall be recoverable from his father, mother, master or mistress, together with costs.
Provided always, That nothing contained in this ordinance shall be constructed to extend to the reviews or exercises of any military company, or of the State Prison Guards.
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