AN ACT
To restrain the use of Fire-Arms in the city of Washington.
Sec.
1. Be
it enacted by the Board of Aldermen and Board of Common Council of the City of
Washington, That from and after the passage of this act, if any person
shall fire or shoot a gun, pistol or other fire arms, idly for sport or amusement
within two hundred and fifty yards of any dwelling house , in that part of this
city contained within north M street, Massachusetts avenue, Seventh street
east, Pennsylvania Avenue, the Eastern Branch, Sixth street west, Virginia
avenue and Rock Creek; or in any part of the city on the sabbath, the persaon
so firing or shooting, shall forfeit and pay a fine not exceeding ten dollars,
nor less than five dollars, at the discretion of any justice of the peace
resident within this city; one-half whereof shall be for the use of the city,
and the other half shall be paid to the informer, or to the trustees of the
poor of this corporation, in the case the informer declines accepting the
same: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to
affect any officer of this corporation for firing or shooting as aforeaid, in
the execution of his duty, or the militia or troops of the United States for
discharging their fire arms on days of mustering, training or rejoicing, when
ordered so to shoot or fire by their commnading officer; or any person shooting
or firing as aforesaid in the performance of any philosphical experiment or theatrical
amusement, for the exhibition of which a licence shall have been previously
obtained. And provided, That nothing in this act contained, shall be
construed to prohibit any person from shooting at water fowls in the Eastern
Branch, Potomac river or Tyber creek, although such person may be within the
limits herein prescribed.
Sec.
2. And
be it enacted, That if any minor, or apprentice or slave, shall be
convicted of violating the provisions of this act, the parent or guardian of
such minor, the master or mistress of such apprentice, or the owner or holder
of such slave, as the case may be, shall forfeit and pay, as aforesaid, the
fine or fines incurred by such minor, apprentice, or slave.
Sec.
3. And
be it enacted, That the fourth section of an act, entitled "An act to
suppress horse running and shooting in certain cases in the city of
Washington," passed the ninth day of December, eighteen hundred and nine,
be, and the same is hereby repealed.
TOPPAN WEBSTER,
President
pro tempore, of the
Board of Common Council
JAMES HOBAN, President
pro tem. of the Board
of Aldermen.
Approved, March 30th, 1813.
DANl. RAPINE[1]
[1] Daily
National Intelligencer; Date: 04-21-1813; Volume: I; Issue: 95; Page: [2];
Location: Washington (DC), District of Columbia.
Transcribed by John Peter Thompson, April 21st, 2013.
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