Name: Beaver Island hunters receive notice of two 1957 firearms-law changes, 1957
Start: 1957-10
End: 1957-10
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 1957-10
Kind: Announcement
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: huntinggovernanceconservationcommunicationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The October 1957 Beaver Beacon gave hunters notice of two reported law changes: guns could not be carried in a vehicle unless taken apart, cased, or stowed in the trunk, and deer could not be hunted with an ordinary .22 rifle.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper summary of hunting-law changes, not the statute or a formal regulatory notice. It does not identify the issuing authority, effective dates or jurisdiction, or provide enforcement records.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, October 1957, “NOTICE TO HUNTERS.”
Says two important changes applied during the season: guns could not be carried in a car unless taken apart, fastened in a case, or stowed in the trunk, and deer could not be hunted with an ordinary .22 rifle. It does not reproduce the statute, identify the issuing authority, state the effective dates or jurisdiction, or provide enforcement records. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, October 1957, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held two-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published hunter notice; it does not expand the legal or enforcement record.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island hunters receive notice of two 1957 firearms-law changes, 1957”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hunting-law-changes-1957/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1957, “NOTICE TO HUNTERS.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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