Consider H. Willett, Laws and Ordinances Governing the Village of Hyde Park 28-9 (1876)
| dc.coverage.spatial | Illinois - Hyde Park | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T00:04:45Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T01:35:15Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T01:30:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1876 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Misdemeanors, § 39: Prohibited the carrying a concealed pistol, revolver, slungshot, knuckles, Bowie knife, dirk knife, dirk, dagger, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon without written permission from the Captain of Police. Exempted peace officers. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | 105. Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person within the limits of the village to carry or wear under his clothes, or conceal about his person, any pistol, colt or slung shot, cross knuckles or knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, or bowie knife, dirk knife or dirk, razor or dagger, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon. 106. § 2. Any such weapon or weapons duly adjudged by any police magistrate or justice of the peace of said village to have been worn or carried by any person, in violation of the first section of this chapter, shall be forfeited or confiscated to the Village of Hyde Park, and shall be so adjudged. 107. § 3. Any policeman of the Village of Hyde Park may, within the limits of said village, without a warrant, arrest any person or persons whom such policeman may find in the act of carrying or wearing under his or their clothes or concealed about his or their persons, any weapon mentioned in section one of this chapter, and detain him, her or them in the village jail or armory until a summons or warrant can be procured on complaint made (under oath or affirmation) for the trial of such person or persons, and for the seizure and confiscation of such concealed weapons. 108. § 4. Upon complaint made, under oath or affirmation, to any magistrate or justice of the peace in said village, that any person has been guilty of violating any of the provisions of section one of this chapter, a summons or warrant shall issue for the summoning or arrest of the offender or offenders, returnable forthwith; upon the return of such summons or warrant, such magistrate or justice shall proceed to the hearing and determination of the matter, and if it shall be adjudged that such person or persons has or have incurred any of the penalties fixed by this chapter, such magistrate or justice of the peace shall so adjudge, and order that the weapon or weapons, concerning the carrying or wearing of which such penalty shall have been incurred, shall be confiscated to the Village of Hyde Park. 109. § 5. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of section one of this chapter shall pay a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the magistrate or court before whom such conviction shall be had. 110. § 6. The prohibitions of this chapter shall not apply to the officers or members of the police force of said village when on duty, nor to any officer of any court whose duty may be to serve warrants or to make arrest; nor to persons whose business or occupation may seem to require the carrying of weapons for their protection, and who shall have obtained from the President of the Board of Trustees a license so to do, as hereinafter provided. 111. § 7. The President of the Board of Trustees may grant to so many and such persons as he may think proper, licenses to carry concealed weapons, and may revoke any and all of such licenses at his pleasure. 112. § 8. Applications for such licenses shall be made to the President of the Board of Trustees, and the person applying therefor shall pay to the Village Comptroller the sum of two dollars before such license shall be issued. 113. § 9. Every such license shall state the name, age occupation and residence of the person to whom it is granted, and shall expire at the end of the current fiscal year. | |
| dc.description.summary | This Hyde Park ordinance prohibited carrying concealed weapons such as pistols, brass knuckles, razors, bowie knives, and daggers. Police could arrest violators without a warrant, confiscate weapons, and offenders faced fines up to two hundred dollars, imprisonment up to six months, or both. Exemptions applied to police, court officers, and civilians licensed by the president of the board of trustees, who could issue or revoke concealed-carry licenses that required a two-dollar fee and expired at the end of the fiscal year. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/3718 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/Municipal_Code_of_the_Village_of_Hyde_Pa/OgUFC9EoQRcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA62&printsec=frontcover | |
| dc.subject | CARRY - CONCEALED | |
| dc.title | Consider H. Willett, Laws and Ordinances Governing the Village of Hyde Park 28-9 (1876) |