1731 R.I. Pub. Laws 240-241
| dc.coverage.spatial | Rhode Island | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T14:13:41Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T17:07:15Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T13:17:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1731 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Restricted the firing of any gun, pistol, squib, rocket, or firework on any street or in any tarvern after dark. Violators fined five shillings on first offense, ten shillings on second offense, twenty shillings for offenses beyond the second. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | An ACT for preventing Mischief being done in the Town of Newport, or in any other Town in this Government, by firing of Guns and Pistols, and throwing of Squibs, Fire-Works, &c. in the Streets or Lanes of the Town of Newport, or other Towns, or in any Tavern in any Town in this Colony. FORASMUCH as Damage has often been done in the Town of Newport, and other Towns in this Government, by firing of Guns and Pistols in the Streets or Taverns in the said Towns, and by Firing and Throwing of Squibs, Rockets, and other Fire-Works, even to the Endangering the Loss of several Lives, and firing of the Towns. For the Preventing whereof for the Future, BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of this Colony, and by the Authority of the same, it is Enacted, That no Person whatsoever presume to fire any Gun or Pistol, or fire or throw any Squib, Rocket, or other Fire-work, in the Streets of any of the Towns of this Government, or in any Tavern of the same, after dark, on any Night whatsoever. AND if any Person shall do contrary hereunto, he, she, or they so offending and doing, shall upon Conviction before one or more Justice or Justices of the Peace of the County where such Offence shall be committed, pay a Fine of Five Shillings for the first Offence, and for the second Offence Ten Shillings, and for every other Offence Twenty Shillings: And no Appeal shall be from any such Judgment. AND no Bonfire shall be made on Gun Powder Treason Day in any Town in the Colony, but by Direction of the Authority of such Town, upon the Penalty of the Offenders being fined, according to the Discretion of the Justices, not exceeding Twenty Shillings, to be for the Use of the Town where such Offence is committed: Any Law, Custom, or Usage to the Contrary, notwithstanding. | |
| dc.description.summary | Restricted the firing of any gun, pistol, squib, rocket, or firework on any street or in any tavern after dark. Violators fined five shillings on first offense, ten shillings on second offense, twenty shillings for offenses beyond the second. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/5209 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedby | https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=evans;cc=evans;rgn=main;view=text;idno=N04574.0001.001 | |
| dc.subject | DISCHARGE | |
| dc.title | 1731 R.I. Pub. Laws 240-241 |