1909 Me. Acts 141
| dc.coverage.spatial | Maine | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T01:39:37Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T01:53:56Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T02:05:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1909 | |
| dc.description.abstract | An Act to prohibit the use of Firearms fitted with any device to deaden the sound of explosion, ch. 129, § 1: It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, use or have in his possession, any gun, pistol or other firearm, fitted or contrived with any device for deadening the sound of explosion. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this act shall forfeit such firearm or firearms and the device or silencer, and shall further be subject to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment not exceeding sixty days, or to both fine and imprisonment. . . | |
| dc.description.lawtext | Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, use or have in his possession, any gun, pistol or other firearm, fitted or contrived with any device for deadening the sound of explosion. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this act shall forfeit such firearm or firearms and the device or silencer, and shall further be subject to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment not exceeding sixty days, or to both fine and imprisonment. Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, inland fish and game warden or deputy inland fish and game warden shall have authority to seize any firearm or firearms and any device or silencer found in possession of any person in violation of this act, and on conviction of the party from whom such firearm or firearms are seized, such firearm or firearms shall be sold, the proceeds to be paid to the state treasurer, and the device or silencer shall be destroyed. Section 2. This act does not apply to military organizations authorized by law to bear arms, or to the national guard in the performance of its duty. Section 3. In all prosecutions arising under this act, municipal and police courts and trial justices in their respective counties shall have upon complaint original and concurrent jurisdiction with the supreme judicial and superior courts, and all fines, penalties and forfeitures recovered by any person for any violation of this act shall be paid forthwith by the person receiving the same to the state treasurer, to be credited to fines and license fees for the protection of birds and game. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4020 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/Acts_and_Resolves_as_Passed_by_the_Legis/TD4wAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=firearms | |
| dc.subject | SUPPRESSORS | |
| dc.title | 1909 Me. Acts 141 |