An Ordinance Concerning Cattle, Fences of Plantations and Other Objects of the Rural Police, within the City of New-Orleans, Art. 16 (31 July, 1828), in D. Augustin, A General Digest of the Ordinances and Resolutions of the Corporation of New Orleans 310-11 (1831)
| dc.coverage.spatial | Louisiana - New Orleans | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T00:41:40Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T19:37:54Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T01:57:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1828 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Whoever shall fire a gun or other kind of fire-arms near any other inhabited place ; whoever shall fire at pigeons, or shall kill or wound any domestic animal, while hunting or fowling on another person's land, shall, in every such case, be fined from twenty-five to fifty dollars, besides his being liable for damages to the party concerned, and even to prosecution, if cause be found." | |
| dc.description.lawtext | ART. 16. Whoever shall fire a gun or other kind of fire-arms near any house or other inhabited place; whoever shall fire at pigeons, or shall kill or wound any domestic animal, while hunting or fowling on another person's land, shall, in every such case, be fined from twenty-five to fifty dollars, besides his being liable for damages to the party concerned, and even to prosecution, if cause be found. | |
| dc.description.summary | This law imposed fines of $25–$50 on anyone who fired a gun near a house or inhabited place, or who, while hunting on another person's land, shot at pigeons or killed or injured domestic animals, in addition to any civil damages or criminal liability. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4010 | |
| dc.subject | DISCHARGE | |
| dc.title | An Ordinance Concerning Cattle, Fences of Plantations and Other Objects of the Rural Police, within the City of New-Orleans, Art. 16 (31 July, 1828), in D. Augustin, A General Digest of the Ordinances and Resolutions of the Corporation of New Orleans 310-11 (1831) |