1877

1877 Va. Acts 305, Offenses Against The Peace, § 21

Virginia

If any person carrying any gun, pistol, bowie-knife, dagger, or other dangerous weapon, to any place of worship while a meeting for religious purposes is being held at such place, or without good and sufficient cause therefor, shall carry any such weapon on Sunday at any place other than his own premises, shall be fined not less than twenty dollars. If any offense under this section be committed at a place of religious worship, the offender may be arrested on the order of a conservator of the peace, without warrant, and held until warrant can be obtained, but not exceeding …
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1885

1885-86 Va. Acts 275, An Act To Incorporate The Smithfield Evergreen Cemetery, Near The Town Of Smithfield, In The county Of Isle Of Wight, Virginia, ch. 258, § 10

Virginia

Any person who shall willfully destroy, injure or remove any tombstone or monument placed in the said cemetery . . . or shall shoot of or discharge any gun, pistol or other firearm within the said enclosure, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five dollars. . .
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