Laws and Ordinances, of a General and Local Nature, for the Government of the City of Cleveland, at 12-13, An Ordinance to Prevent the Firing of Guns, Fire-Arms, or Fire-Works, §§1-2 (1854).
| dc.coverage.spatial | Ohio - Cleveland | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T13:47:32Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T16:54:34Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T03:54:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1854 | |
| dc.description.abstract | That it shall be unlawful for any person to fire or discharge and cannon, gun, pistol or fire-arms of any kind, within the city,§ | |
| dc.description.lawtext | § 1. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Cleveland, That it shall be unlawful for any person to fire or discharge any cannon, gun, pistol or fire-arms of any kind, within the city, unless it be on some occasion of military parade, and then by order of some officer having the command. § 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person to fire, set off, discharge, cast or throw, any squib, rocket, cracker, or other combustible fire-works, within the city. § 3. That any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not less than three nor more than twenty dollars, for each offence. § 4. That the first section of an ordinance to amend an ordinance for the prevention of fires, passed May 7th, 1836, be, and the same is hereby repealed. | |
| dc.description.summary | The Cleveland ordinance prohibited discharging firearms and setting off fireworks within the city, except for firearms used during military parades under an officer’s command. Violations were punishable by a $3–$20 fine for each offense. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4985 | |
| dc.subject | DISCHARGE | |
| dc.title | Laws and Ordinances, of a General and Local Nature, for the Government of the City of Cleveland, at 12-13, An Ordinance to Prevent the Firing of Guns, Fire-Arms, or Fire-Works, §§1-2 (1854). |