2 The Colonial Laws of New York from the Year 1664 to the Revolution 687 (1894)

And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that it shall not be Lawfull for any Slave or Slaves to have or use any gun Pistoll sword Club or any other Kind of Weapon whatsoever, but in the presence or by the Direction of his or their Master or Mistress, and in their own Ground on Penalty of being whipt for the same at the discretion of the Justice of the Peace before whom such Complaint Shall Come or upon the View of the said Justice not Exceeding Twenty Lashes on the bare back for every such offence