The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-05
CARRYING ARMS.


81 -
A,sact to preserve the peace andprc-
rcet ysomicide.
Section L De it enacted by the
Gehsral Assembly of TIC State OF
Tenmcss6 That it shallnot be lawful
for any person to publicly or privately
carry dirk, swordcane, Spanish still
lcto, belt or pocket pistol or revolver.
Any person guilty of a violation ofthis
section shall be subject to present,ncpt
OF Indictment and on conviction shall
nav o fine of not less than ten nor
more than fifty dollars, and be fm--
1prisoned at tho discretion of the,cOurt
for a period of, mot less than thirty
days or more than six months, and
shall18iEc bond i'm a sum not exceeds
ing one thousand dollars to keep the
peace for the next six months Of sdch
conviction. laflf - ~ l-i'r1o ghi &c 90
/ Sec 2. Be it further enacted; That
it shall be the duty of all peace officers
in this State to see that the first Sec
ton of this acts strictly enforced, and
if they know of its Violation it is
hereby made their duty to report the
same to tho Grand Juryof their eoun-
ty at its next term aftor such violation
who shall proceed to make present.
mcnt withOuta prOsccutorH ALI She
riffs, Deputy Shcrifls, Coroners,i JUS
tees of the peace and Constables. shall
be deemed peace officers under the
provisions of this act. If anyOf the
aforesaid officers fail or refuse to per-
form the duties required of t6cm by
the provisions of this act, They shall
be liable to prcsentmeHt or lndfct-
ment, 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 i'm all cases where they have
good reason to believe that the pro-
visions of, this act shall have been viO-
lated, and upon satisfactory evidence
of its violation, they shall make pre-
sentiment Of the same without a pro-
secntor., = 1t shall be the duty of the
Circuit and Criminal Judges and all
other Judges whose courts have GRIM
inal jurisdiction, TO give, this, act es-
pecially in charge to the Grand jury
at caoh term of the court. ,ilrssBa si7
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That
the provisions of the LIST scctien of this
act shalt not applyito an officer or
policeman while bona fide engaged in
his official duties in the execution of
process, or while searching for or cn-
gagged III arrest Of criminals: nor to
any person who is bona ssffdc aiding
the officers of the law or. others in the
legal arrest of criminals or in turning
them over to the proper authorities
after arrest nor to any person Oh a.
journey out OF their county or State.
Sec. 4. BE it further enacted, 1t shall
be the duty of the several COURTS in
this State to give this act liberal
construction so as to carry out its
true intent and meaning: this act to
take effect forty days from aud after
its passage. ..,,, a.. ar
Passed juno 1850, yi '
- - w. ON, PERkINS,
- Speaker of the House of Roprcscn-
tatives. ..g ~ d.. .5-gt
Z tr .. ID. b. THOMAS,
.-s. Speaker of the Senate.
e Approved june Is, 1870. n IF
g -l DIV. G. SENTER, II,
u' -G91@ a!i DnGOvernOr Il
l certify that the above is true
copy of the original, now on file in my
Office. T. III. BUTLER,