The Grants, Concessions, and Original Constitutions of the Province of New-Jersey 103 (1752)
| dc.coverage.spatial | New Jersey | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T00:41:40Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T20:33:26Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T03:21:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1675 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Be il enacfed by this Asiiemh\y, that no person or persons oi what state or degree soever within this Province, shall under any preetence sell, give or any other ways supply any Indian or Indians, with any guns or ammunituion whatsoever instrumental for war, or what quantity or worth soever, be it never so small... | |
| dc.description.lawtext | XXIII. Be it enacted by this Assembly, that no person or persons of what state or degree soever within this Province, shall under any pretence sell, give or any other ways supply any Indian or Indians, with any guns or ammunition whatsoever instrumental for war, or what quantity or worth soever, be it never so small, upon the penalty of forfeiting for the first offence, the sum of ten pounds, if above the value of one shilling, then after the rate of ten pounds for every shilling worth so sold; for the second offence to forfeit double the penalty as abovesaid, being thereof convicted, to be levyed upon his estate by the county marshal, by order from the Governor and two of the Council at the least, which fines are to be divided as followeth, one half to the informer and prosecutor, and the other half to the publick. XXIV. Be it further enacted, that no blacksmith, or locksmith, or any other person whatsoever within this Province, do make, mend or any way repair any Indians gun or guns, upon the penalty of paying, being thereof convicted, for the first offence the sum of twenty shillings, for the second offence forty shillings, and for the third offence, to double the whole and so to continue, which fines to be one half to the informer, and the other half to the public use. | |
| dc.description.summary | This legislation prohibits anyone in the province from selling or supplying guns and ammunition to Native Americans, as well as prohibiting blacksmiths and locksmiths from repairing their firearms. Violators face escalating monetary fines that are split between the informant and the public fund. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4611 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyHathi | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89073009516&seq=119&q1=indian | |
| dc.subject | ENSLAVED PERSONS & OTHER MINORITIES | |
| dc.title | The Grants, Concessions, and Original Constitutions of the Province of New-Jersey 103 (1752) |