SECTION I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, That from and after the passage of this Act, any person other than the owner, who shall sell or furnish to any slave or free person of color, any gun, pistol, bowie knife, slung shot, sword cane, or other weapon used for the purpose of offence or defence, shall, on indictment and conviction, be fined by the Court in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, and imprisoned in the common Jail of the county not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the Court; Provided, That this Act shall not be so construed as to prevent owners or overseers from furnishing a slave with a gun for the purpose of killing birds, &c., about the plantation of such owner or overseer.

SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the several Judges of the Superior Courts of this State, to give specially in charge to the Grand Juries of the several Courts, the provisions of this act.

SEC. 3. Repeals conflicting laws.