1915 N.J. Laws 662-63
| dc.coverage.spatial | New Jersey | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T00:41:40Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T20:33:30Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T03:21:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1915 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Ch. 355, 1: Prohibited noncitizens from owning or possessing a shotgun or rifle. Punishable by fine and confiscation and resale of firearm. Not applicable to noncitizens owning at least $2,000 worth of property in the state. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | 1. From and after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful for any unnaturalized, foreign-born person to hunt for or capture, or kill in this State, any wild bird or animal, either game or otherwise, of any description, excepting in defense of person or property; and to that end it shall be unlawful for any unnaturalized, foreign-born person, within this State, to either own or be possessed of a shotgun or rifle of any make. Each and every person violating any provision of this section shall be liable to a penalty of twenty dollars for each offense; provided, that in addition to the before-named penalty, all guns of the before-mentioned kinds found in possession or under control of an unnaturalized, foreign-born person, shall, upon conviction of such person for such offense, be declared forfeited to the State of New Jersey, and shall be sold by the Board of Fish and Game Commissioners as hereinafter directed; provided, however, that this act shall not apply to any unnaturalized, foreign-born person who is the owner of real estate in this State to the value of two thousand dollars above all encumbrances. 2. The possession of a shotgun or rifle at any place outside of buildings, within this State, by an unnaturalized, foreign-born person, shall be conclusive proof of a violation of the provisions of section one of this act, and shall render any person convicted thereof liable to the penalty as fixed by said section. 3. The presence of a shotgun or rifle in a room or house, or building or tent, or camp of any description, within this State, occupied or controlled by an unnaturalized, foreign-born person, shall be prima facie evidence that such gun is owned or controlled by the person occupying or controlling the property in which such gun is found, and shall render such person liable to the penalty imposed by section one of this act. 4. Notice of the seizure of all guns, made for violation of any provision of section one of this act, shall be sent to the Board of Fish and Game Commissioners, at Trenton, by the officer making such seizure, immediately after the rendering of judgment in any prosecution brought for violation of said provisions, and the gun so seized shall be sold, at the discretion of the Board of Fish and Game Commissioners, and the proceeds of such sale shall be paid to the Board of Fish and Game Commissioners for the use of said board. 5. The Board of Fish and Game Commissioners, the fish and game protector and the fish and game wardens, shall have the right and power, when they suspect the concealment by an unnaturalized, foreign-born person of guns of the before-mentioned kind, to apply to a justice of the peace within this State, who, upon receipt of proof made by affidavit of the probable cause for believing in such concealment, shall issue a search warrant, and cause a search to be made in any place; and to that end, in the execution of such warrant, the officer shall have power, after demand and refusal, to cause any building, room, inclosure or car to be broken open and entered, and any closet, chest, locker, box, trunk, crate, basket or package, or any receptacle, to be opened and contents examined by said officer. 6. This act shall be enforced in accordance with the provisions of an act entitled "An act to provide a uniform procedure for the enforcement of all laws relating to fish, game and birds, and for the recovery of penalties for violations thereof," approved March twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and the amendments and supplements thereto. 7. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect immediately. | |
| dc.description.summary | Prohibited noncitizens from owning or possessing a shotgun or rifle. Punishable by fine and confiscation and resale of firearm. Not applicable to noncitizens owning at least $2,000 worth of property in the state. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4638 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/Acts_of_the_Legislature_of_the_State_of/k1FNAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA662&printsec=frontcover | |
| dc.subject | POSSESSION - DANGEROUS PERSONS | |
| dc.title | 1915 N.J. Laws 662-63 |