1915
“It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont:
SECTION 1. Section 5733 of the Public Statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 5733. A person who uses a slungshot, black jack, brass knuckles or similar weapons against another person, or attempts so to do, or is found in possession of a slungshot, black jack, brass knuckles, or similar weapon, with intent so to use it, shall be imprisoned in the state prison not more than five years.
SEC. 2. Section 5734 of the Public Statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 5734. A person who within the state manufactures or causes to be manufactured, or sells or gives away or parts with, or offers so to do, or keeps for sale or gift, a slungshot, black jack, brass knuckles, or similar weapons, shall be imprisoned not more than two years or fined not more than five hundred dollars nor less than two hundred dollars.”
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Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont at the Twenty-third Biennial Session 1915: Session Commenced January 6, 1915 Adjourned April 3, 1915 (s.l. : s.n., 1915), 344. No. 205—An Act to Amend Sections 5733 and 5734 of the Public Statutes, Relating to Slungshots and Similar Weapons, §§ 1-2. Approved February 26, 1915.