Chap. 745.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3780 of the code in relation
to carrying concealed weapons.

Approved March 4, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion 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.—lIf 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 jofficer as forfeited. Upon conviction of the
offender, the same shall be sold by the officer and the proceeds ac-
counted for and paid over as provided in section twenty-one hun-
dred and ninety; provided that this section shall not apply to any
police officer, town or city sergeant, constable, sheriff, conservator of
the peace, or co]lecting 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 writ-
ten application and satisfactory proof of the good character and ne-
cessity 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.