1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section thirty-seven hundred and eighty of the code be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 3780. Carrying concealed weapons; how punished; forfeiture and sale of weapons.-If any person carry about his person, hid from common observation, any pistol, dirk, bowie-knife, razor, slung-shot or any weapon of like kind, he shall be fined not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or be committed to jail not more than thirty days, or both in the discretion of the court or jury trying the case, and such pistol, dirk, bowie-knife, razor, slung-shot, or any weapon of like kind shall be forfeited to the commonwealth and may be seized by an officer as forfeited. Upon conviction of the offender, the same shall be sold by the officer and the proceeds accounted for and paid over as provided in section twenty-one hundred and ninety; provided that this section shall not apply to any police officer, town or city sergeant, constable, sheriff, conservator of the peace, or collecting officer while in the discharge of his official duty; provided the county judge of any county in term time, and the hustings judge of any husting court, in term time, upon a written application and satisfactory proof of the good character and necessity of the applicant to carry concealed Weapon may grant such permission for one year; the order making same shall be entered in the order-book of such court.

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