1821 Me. Laws 685-86
Abstract
§3, Act to Provide for the Proof of Fire Arms: Required the governor to appoint inspectors of firearms who would prove barrels of new or unused firearms. Punishable by fine of $10.
Summary
Required the governor to appoint inspectors of firearms who would prove barrels of new or unused firearms. Punishable by fine of $10.
Law Text
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That if any person shall sell or offer for sale within this State, any new, or unused musket, rifle, or pistol barrel, without having the same first proved, marked, and certified according to the provisions of this Act, he shall forfeit for each barrel so sold, the sum of ten dollars, to be recovered by an action of debt before any Court proper to try the same; to the use of any person who shall sue for and recover the same, or by indictment to the use of the State.
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