The Arizona sentinel., 1889-05-11
An Act.

settlement, town, village or city with
in any Territory shall carry on or
Labout his person, saddle or in mis- sad
idle bags any pistol, dirk, dagger, sIung
shot, sword cane, spear, brass knuckles,
bowie Knife, or any other knife manu-
featured or sold for purposes of offense,
or defense, he shall be punished by a
fine of not less than twenty-five nor
more than one hundred dollars, and in
addition thereto shall, forfeit to the
county in which he is convicted the
weapons or weapons so carried.
Section 2. The preceding Article
shall not apply to person in actual
service as militiaman, nor a peace
toticer or policeman or person sum-
moned to his aid, nor to a revenue or
Other civil officer engaged in the dis
charge Of official duty, nor to the
carrying of arms On ones own pre-
misses Or place of business, nor to per-
sons travelling, nor to one who has
reasonable grounds for fearing an un-
lawful attack upon his person, and the
danger is so imminent and threatening
as not to admit of the arrest of the
party about to make such attack, upon
Logan process.
Section 3. If any person shall go
into any church or religions assembly,
any school room or place where persons
are assembled for amusement or for
educational or scientific purposes, or
in any circus, show or public exhibi-
ton Of any kind, or into ball room,
social gathering, or to any election
precinct on the day or days of an
election where any portion of the pco-
pie of this territory are collected to
vote at any election, or to any other
place where people may be assembled
to minister or to perform any other
public duty, or to any other public as
sembIy, and shall have or carry about
his person pistol or other firearms,
dirk, dagger, slong shot, sword cane,
bowie knife, or any other kind of a
knife manufactured for offense of de-
Tense, he shall be punished by a fine
of not less than fifty nor more than
FIVE hundred dollars, and shall forfeit
to the county the weapon or weapons
so found on his person.
Section 4. The preceding article
shall not apply to peace officers or
other persons authorized or permitted
by law to carry arms, at the places
therein designated.
Section 5. Amy persons violating
any of the provisions of ar ticle l and 8
may be arrested without warrant by
any peace officer, and carried before
the nearest Justice for trial, and any
peace officer who shall fail or refuse to
arrest such person on his own know
ledge, or upon information from some
credible person, shall be punished by
fine not exceeding three hundred dol
lars.
Section 6. Persons travelling may
be permitted to carry arms within
settlements or towns of the Territory,
for one half hour after arriving in
such settlements or towns and while
going out of such towns or settlements,
and Sherifs and ConStables of the va
rious counties Of this Territory and
their lawfully appointed deputies may
carry weapons in the legal discharge
of the duties of their respective office.
Section Z. 1t shall be the duty of
the keeper of each any every hotel,
boarding house and drinking saloon to
keep posted up in a conspicuous place
in his bar room or reception room, if
there be no bar in the house, a plain
notice to travellers to divest themselves
of their weapons in accordance with
section 9 of this act, and the sheriffs
of the various counties shall notify the
keepers of hotels, boarding houses and
drinking saloons in their respective
counties of the duties under this law,
and ifefter such, notification any keep |
er of a hotel, boarding house or drink
ing saloon, shall fail to keep notices
posted as required by this act, he shall
on conviction thereof before Justice
of the Peacs be fined in the sum of
five dollars to go to the County Treas
ury.
Section 8. All acts and parts of
acts in conflict with, this aet an hereby
repealed.
Section 9, This act shall take effect