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 1328 F1FrY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. 11. Ch. 854. 1901. peaceable possession of the same and claiming right thereto, shall be punished by imlprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than one undred dollars, or both. SUBCHAPTER THREE. pu(i,i;$}`;l$Z[?5“i”Stth€ OFFENSES AGAINST THE PUBLIC PEACE, &gg;{*l¤‘*=¥l’]¥‘°‘i¥’** SEC, 852. CHALLENGING TO FIGHT A DUEL.—If any person shall in .the District challenge another to iight a duel, or send or deliver any written or verbal message purporting or intended to be such challenge, or shall accept any such challenge or message, or shall knowingly carry or deliver an acceptance of such challenge or message to fight a duel in or out of the District, he shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years. mégsaultiiis for rc- Sec. 853. ASSAULTING ron 1~mrusA1..—1f any person shall assault, ` beat, or wound, or cause to be assaulted, beaten, or wounded, any erson in the District for refusing to accept such challenge, or cause liim to be published or posted as a coward, or use other opprobrious language in such publication tending to degrade and disgrace him for so declining or refusing such challenge, he shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years. m§,~;pg¤·H*l>¤DiS"i*>t Sec. 854. LEAVING THE DISTRICT TO FIGHT.--If any person, for ` the purpose of evading the provisions aforesaid, shall leave the District, by previous arrangement or concert within the same, with intent to give or receive any such challen e without the District, and shall give or receive the same accordingély, the person or persons so offending shall be unished in the same manner as if said challenge had been given and) received within the District. _gg;,jg,{g%§f*V*=¤P*>**S· Sec. 855. Caanrme- wnAroNs.——Any person who shall within the ` District of Columbia have concealed about his person any deadly or dangerous weapon, or- who shall carry openly any such weapon. with intent to unlawfully use the same, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not exceed- __f,Q‘;;§§{g§;m: poucg ir§ one year, or both: Profvidcd, That the officers, noncommissioned cw.o cers, and privates of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, or of any regularly organized militia company, police officers, ofiicers uarding prisoners, odieials of the United btates or the District of Columbia engaged in the execution of the laws for the protection of persons or property, when any of such persons are on duty, _ _ shall not be liable for carrying necessary arms for use in performance [,Q;}§Q§f§,‘,§f *‘l‘“’° “f of their duty: ProvaY<1"cd_7"zu·the7·, That nothing contained in this section shall be so construed as to prevent any person from keeping or carry- ing about his place of business, dwelling house, or premises any such dangerous or eadly weapon, or from carrying the same from place of purchase to his dwel ing house or place of business, or f1'0111 his dwe ling house or place of business to any place where re airincv -is _ done to have the same repaired and back again: 1*1-o»e»¢'aZecl)_;‘}z»·z"7l(e»-, "P“"”“ """""*`· That nothing contained in this section shall be so construed as to apply to any person who shall have been granted a written permit to carry such weapon or weapons by any judge of the police court of the District of Columbia; and authority is hereby given to any such j udge to grant such permit for a period of not more than one month at any one time, upon satisfactory proof to him of the necessity for the grantin<>· thereof, and, further, upon the filing with such judge of a bond, with sureties to be approved by said judge, by the applicant for such permit, conditione to the United States in such penal sum as said judge shall require for the kee ing of the peace, save in the case of necessary self-defense by such applicant during the continuance of said