1882 Ga. Laws 131
| dc.coverage.spatial | Georgia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-23T23:50:42Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-11T14:56:16Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T00:51:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1882 | |
| dc.description.abstract | An Act to Prevent the Discharge of Fire-arms on the Public Highways of this State and within Fifty Yards of the Same; to make such an act a Misdemeanor, and Prescribe a Punishment Therefor, § 1: Prohibited wantonly discharging a gun or pistol between the "dark and daylight" on any of the public highways or within fifty yards of such public highways. | |
| dc.description.exceptions | Militia Muster-grounds | |
| dc.description.lawtext | SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person between dark and daylight willfully and wantonly to fire off or discharge any loaded gun or pistol on any of the public highways in this State, and within fifty yards of any such public highway, except in defense of person or property or on his own premises. SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person who violates the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as is prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of Georgia as other misdemeanors are punished. | |
| dc.description.summary | Prohibited wantonly discharging a gun or pistol between the "dark and daylight" on any of the public highways or within fifty yards of such public highways. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/3576 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/Acts_of_the_General_Assembly_of_the_Stat/xk_MJ25aprsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA131&printsec=frontcover | |
| dc.subject | DISCHARGE | |
| dc.title | 1882 Ga. Laws 131 |