An Act to Make the Carrying of Concealed Weapons a Misdemeanor, ch. 127, §§ 1–5, 1879 N.C. Sess. Laws 231, 231 (The Observer).

“CHAPTER 127.
AN ACT TO MAKE THE CARRYING OF CONCEALED WEAPONS A MISDEMEANOR.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

    Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person in this state, except when upon his own premises, to carry concealed about his person any pistol, bowie-knife, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, loaded cane, brass, iron or metallic knuckles, or other deadly weapon of like kind.
    Sec. 2. That any person offending against section one of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined or imprisoned in the discretion of the court.
    Sec. 3. The following persons shall be exempt from the provisions of section one of this act: officers and soldiers of the United States army, civil officers of the United States while in the discharge of their official duties, officers and soldiers of the militia of this state when called into actual service, officers of this state or of any county, city or town of this state, charged with the execution of the laws of this state, while in the discharge of his official duties.
    Sec. 4. Any person being off his own premises and having upon his person any deadly weapon described in section one, such possession shall be prima facie evidence of the concealment thereof.
    Sec. 5. This act shall go into effect on the first day of July, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.
    Ratified the 5th day of March, A. D. 1879.”