Compilation of the Ordinances of the City of St. Augustine 53 (1884)

Ordinance XLIX SECTION 1. . . . Eleventh. No merchant, store-keeper or other person, shall keep for sale or sell pistols, bowie-knives, or dirk-knives, without first paying a license tax of twenty-five dollars. . . . SEC. 3. Any person or persons who shall carry on, or conduct any business or profession for which a license is required by this Ordinance, without first having obtained such license shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not less than double the amount required for such license, or by imprisonment not less than five days, at the discretion of the Mayor.