St. Louis, Mo., Rev. Ordinances ch. 20, art. 2, § 9 (1871)
| dc.coverage.spatial | Missouri - Saint Louis | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T02:28:23Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T14:35:07Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T02:46:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1871 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Ordinances of the City of Saint Louis, Misdemeanors, § 9: Hereafter it shall not be lawful for any person to wear under his clothes, or concealed about his person, any pistol, or revolver, colt, billy, slung shot, cross knuckles, or knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, bowie knife, razor, dirk knife, dirk, dagger, or any knife resembling a bowie knife, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon, within the City of Saint Louis, without written permission from the Mayor | |
| dc.description.exceptions | officers | |
| dc.description.lawtext | SEC. 9. Hereafter it shall not be lawful for any person to wear under his clothes, or concealed about his person, any pistol, or revolver, colt, billy, slung shot, cross knuckles, or knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, bowie knife, razor, dirk knife, dirk, dagger, or any knife resembling a bowie knife, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon, within the City of St. Louis, without written permission from the Mayor; and any person who shall violate this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than ten nor more than five hundred dollars for each and every offence. SEC. 10. Nothing in the preceding section shall be so construed as to prevent any United States, State, county or city officer, or any member of the city government, from carrying or wearing such weapons as may be necessary in the proper discharge of his duties. | |
| dc.description.summary | Reduced the minimum fine for carrying weapons concealed to $10. It was $50 in 1861. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4389 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Revised_Ordinance_of_the_City_of_St/hbv-_6CHpkYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Saint+Louis+ordinances&pg=PP7&printsec=frontcover | |
| dc.subject | CARRY - CONCEALED | |
| dc.title | St. Louis, Mo., Rev. Ordinances ch. 20, art. 2, § 9 (1871) |