Ordinance No. 9: Carrying Deadly Weapons, Jan. 28, 1873, reprinted in Arizona Weekly Citizen, Feb. 8, 1873, at 2
Abstract
Prohibited the wear or carry of any dirk, dirk-knife, gun, pistol, sword-cane, slung-shot, or other dangerous or deadly weapon. Violators fined not exceeding ten dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding ten days, or both.
Summary
Prohibited the wear or carry of any dirk, dirk-knife, gun, pistol, sword-cane, slung-shot, or other dangerous or deadly weapon. Violators fined not exceeding ten dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding ten days, or both.
Law Text
IT IS ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR and Council of the Village of Tucson: CARRYING DEADLY WEAPONS. Section 1.—Every person not being a peace officer, who shall wear or carry any dirk, dirk-knife, gun, pistol, sword in a cane, slung-shot or other dangerous or deadly weapon, contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, within the inhabited portions of the corporate limits of the Village of Tucson, shall upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not exceeding ten dollars, or be imprisoned for a period not exceeding ten days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the Recorder. Sec. 2.—It shall be the duty of the Village Marshal or any peace officer to notify all persons who he may observe with any dangerous or deadly weapon, in violation of section one of this ordinance, to at once remove the same, stating to the person so notified that it is a violation of the ordinances of the Village of Tucson to carry any arms, dangerous or deadly weapon, and if any person, after having been notified as in this section by a peace officer, shall refuse, fail or neglect for a period of two hours to remove the same, it shall be the duty of the Marshal or peace officer to take from said person any gun, pistol, sword in a cane, slung-shot or other dangerous or deadly weapon from the party upon whose person it may be found, and arrest said party so offending, and take him before the Recorder, who shall fine the party so offending in any sum not exceeding ten dollars, or be imprisoned for a period not exceeding ten days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court; provided, that nothing in this section contained shall be construed to prevent the Marshal or any peace officer from disarming any person at once upon giving the notice prescribed in this section, if he has good reason to believe that a breach of the peace is contemplated or may ensue. Passed in the Common Council of the Village of Tucson, Jan. 2d, 1878.
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