SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That any person carrying a pistol, dirk, dagger, slung shot, metal knuckles, razors, or other similar deadly weapon usually used for the infliction of personal injury, concealed about his person; shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, before a Court of competent jurisdiction, shall forfeit to the County the weapon so carried concealed and be fined in a sum not more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than twelve months, or both, in the direction of the Court.

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of every Trial Justice, Sheriff, Constable, or other peace officer, to cause all pesons vioating this Act to be prosecuted therefor whenever they shall discover a violation thereof.

SEC. 3. In all convictions hereunder, the fine imposed shall, if collected, be paid into the treasury of tle County wherein the prosecution is located.

SEC. 4. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply to peace officers while in the actual discharge of their duties as such officers, or to persons carrying concealed weapon while upon their own promises.

SEC. 5. That if any person be convicted of assault, assault and battery, assault, or assault and battery with intent to kill, or of manslaughter, and it shall appear upon the trial that the assault, assault and battery, assault, assault and battery with intent to kill, or manslaughter, shall have been committed with a deadly weapon of the character specified in Section one (1) of this Act, carried concealed upon the person of the defendant so convicted, the presiling Judge shall, in addition to the punishment provided by law for such assault, assault and battery, assault, or assault and battery with intent to kill, or manslaughter, inflict further punishment upon the person so convicted of confinement in the Penitentiary for not less than three months nor more than twelve months, with or without hard labor, or fined in a sum of not less than two hundred dollars, or both fined and imprisoned, at the discretion of the said Judge.