9-9-1879: "the last State Legislature prohibiting the carrying of arms by organizations except under permits issued by the State authorities, is void. The ground of the decision is that the law conflicts with the Federal statutes in force since 1792*.”

The Weekly Miner, “Judge Barnum to-day delivered a decision to the efect that the militia law enacted by the last State Legislature prohibiting the carrying of arms by organizations except under permits issued by the State authorities, is void. The ground of the decision is that the law conflicts with the Federal statutes in force since 1792*.”, Sept. 9, 1879