Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-30
CARRYING ARMS.
Public Laws-OmciaI.
An act to preserve the peace and pre-

An act to preserve the peace and pre-
Vent hoHdcide.
Section 1. Be 1t enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Tennessee, That 1t shall not be law
full for any person to publicly or pri-
vately carry dirk, swordcane, Span
ish stilleto, belt or pocket pistol or re-
rvolver. Any person guilty of VIC
lation of this section shall be subject
to presentment or indictment and on
conviction shall pay fine of not less
than ten nor more than fifty dol
lars, and be imprisoned at the discre-
ton of the court for period of not
less than thirty days or more than
six months, and shall give bond in q
sum not exceeding one thousand dol
lars to keep the peace for the nextsix
months of such conviction.
Sec. 2. Be II further enacted, That
IL shall be the duty of all peace Off
GERS in this State to see that the first
section of this act is strictly enforced,
and if they know of its violation, 1t
is hereby made their duty to report
the same to the Grand Jury of their
county at its next term after such vi
olation, which shall proceed to make
presentment without prosecutor
All SherifIs, Deputy Sherifis, Coro-
ners, Justices of the Peace and Con-
stables shall be deemed peace Officers
under the provisions of this act. II
any of the aforesaid officers fail or re-
fuse to perform the duties required OF
them by the provisions of this act,
they shall be liable to presentment OF
indictment, and on conviction shall be
fined not less than ten nor more than
fifty dollars, and shall be dismissed
from office, and shall be disqualified
from holding said office for the period
of their unexpired term. 1t shall be
the duty of the Grand Juries to send
for witnesses in all cases where they
have good reason to believe that the
provisions of this act shall have been
violated, and upon satisfactory evi.
dence of its violation, they shall
make presentment of the same with.
out prosecutor. 1t shall be the du,
ty of the Circuit and Criminal Judges
and all other Judges whose court:
have criminal jurisdiction, to give this
act especially in charge to the Crane
Jury at each term of the court.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, Tha
the provisions of the 1st section o
this act shall not apply to an office
or policeman while bona fide engaged
in his official duties in the execution
of process, or while searching for o
engaged i'm arrest of criminals; nor t,
any person who il bona fide aidinl
the officers of the law or others i'm tn,
legal arrest of cri minals or in turning
them over to the proper authorize
after arrest; nor to any person on
Journey out of their county or State
Sec. 4, BE it further enacted, l
shall be the duty ofthe several court
i'm this State to give this act liberia
construction so as to carry out to it
true intent and meaning; this act T.
take effct forty days from and after it
passage.
Passed June IL, 1870.
w. ON. PERKINS,,
Speaker of the House of Represen
tatives.
d. b. THOMAS,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved June 10, 1870.
ID. w. G. SENTER,
Governor.
certify that the above is tru
copy of the original, now on file i
my office. II. H. BUTLER,
Secretary of State.