Summary
Statutory Text
SECTION 1. Section one of an act entitled “An act to prevent the improper use of deadly weapons, and the indiscriminate use of fire-arms in Towns and Villages of the Territory, approved September 30th, 1867,” is amended to read as follows:
§ 1. Any person in this Territory having, carrying, or procuring from another person, any dirk, dirk-knife, bowie-knife, pistol, gun, or other deadly weapon, who shall in the presence of two or more persons draw or exhibit any of said deadly weapons in a rude, angry, or threatening manner, not in necessary self-defense, or who shall in any manner unlatwfully use the same in any fight or quarrel, the person or persons so offending, upon conviction thereof, in any Justice’s Court in any County in this Territory, shall be fined in any sum, not less than one hundred nor more than three hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the County jail not less than one nor more than six months, in the discretion of the court, or both such fine and imprisonment, together with the costs of prosecution.
SEC. 2. Section three of said act is amended to read as follows:
SEC. 3. It sball be the duty of all Sheriffs, Deputy Sheriffs, Constables, and all peace officers and private citizens to see that the provisions of this act are enforced, by informing on all persons violating its provisions, by having them arrested and brought before the proper officer for trial and punishmont.
SEC. 3. Section four of said act is hereby repealed.
SEC. 4. This not shall take effect immediately.