An Ordinance Prohibiting the Carrying of Firearms, Ordinances of the Corporation of Georgetown (1859)
Abstract
It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to have about their persons any concealed deadly or dangerous weapons, such as daggers, pistols, bowie-knives, dirk-knives, colt, slung-shots, or brass or other metallic knuckles, within the limits of this Corporation.
Summary
This 1859 Georgetown ordinance bans carrying concealed dangerous weapons (like pistols, knives, or metal knuckles), with fines of $5–$20 for violations, allows confiscation of the weapons, and exempts police and military personnel while on duty.
Law Text
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen and Board of Common Council of the Corporation of Georgetown, That from and after the 1st of April, 1859, it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to have about their persons any concealed deadly or dangerous weapons, such as daggers, pistols, bowie-knives, dirk-knives, colt, slung-shots, or brass or other metallic knuckles, within the limits of this Corporation; and any person or persons who shall be duly convicted of so carrying or having on their persons any such weapons, shall forfeit and pay upon such conviction not less than five dollars nor more than twenty dollars, which fine shall be prosecuted and recovered in the same manner as other fines and forfeitures according to this Corporation are sued for and recovered: Provided, That the police officers and military, when on duty, shall be exempt from such fines and forfeitures. And be it further enacted, That all such weapons named above shall be taken away from the person on whom they may be found, and deposited with the Mayor.
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