In 1923, the Arkansas General Assembly passed Act 430 that required gun owners to register their weapons. County clerks were responsible for accepting permit applications. There was an annual $1 fee for registering a gun that went to the school district in which the owner lived. For a brief time until this law was replaced, it provided an additional source of revenue for public schools.
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This is a pistol permit issued to H.S. Griggsby of Portia.
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