Summary
Statutory Text
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 Section 1 of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for a license for A. A. 1890, the sale of pistols or pistol cartridges within the limits of this State,” approved December 23rd, A. D. 1890, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that the said Section when amended shall read as follows:
SECTION 1. That hereafter no person or corporation within the limits of this State shall sell or offer for sale any pistol, rifle cartridge or pistol cartridge less than 45 calibre, or metal knuckles, without first obtaining a license from the County in which such person or corporation is doing business so.
SEC. 2. That Section 2 of said Act be, and the same is hereby amended so that said Section 2 as amended shall read as follows:
SECTION 2. That the County Commissioners of this State be, and they are hereby, authorized to issue licenses in their respective Counties for the sale of pistols and pistol and rifle cartridges of less than 45 calibre, and metal knuckles, upon the payment to the County Treasurer by the person or corporation so applying for said license of the sum of two hundred dollars annually.
SEC. 3. That Section 3 of said Act be, and is hereby, amended amended. so that as amended said Section 3 shall read as follows:
SECTION 3. That any person who shall sell or offer for sale any pistol, or pistol or rifle cartridge of less than 45 calibre, or metal knuckles, without having obtained the license provided for in this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or be imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, at the discretion of the Court.