1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That section seventh of chapter one hundred and ninety-five of the Code of eighteen hundred and sixty, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

“§ 7. If a person habitually carry about his person, hid from common observation, any pistol, dirk, bowie-knife, or any weapon of the like kind, he shall be fined fifty dollars, and imprisoned for not more than twelve months in the county jail. The informer shall have half of such fine.”

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.