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150 ORDINANCE NO. 611, AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE CARRYING OF CONCEALED WEAPONS AND PROVIDING FOR THE CONFISCATION OF THE Sk~E AND REPEALING ANY AND ALL LAWS IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; .AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE SAME. The Board of Trustees of the City of Santa Ana do ordain as follows, to-wit:- Section 1.- It shall be unlawful for any person within the corporate limits of the City of Santa Ana, Orange County,California other than a duly elected or appointed peace officer, to carry concealed upon his person, or about his person, any revolver,pistol, dagger, dirk, slug or sling-shot, billy or other deadly weapon or instrument, without first having ootained a written permit from the City Marshal. Section 2.- The City Marshal of the said City may, in his discretion, issue permits to responsible persons to carry concealed weapons for a period of time not exceeding the term for which such Marshal shall have been elected. Section 3.- All permits issued by the City Marshal must be in writing and sig~ed by said Marshal, and a record thereof kept in the Marshal's office; such permit must contain the name, age,occupa- tion, residence, height, weight, and any visible scars or marks of identification, the color of the hair and eyes, of the person to whom such permit is issued, also the kind, make, number and calibre of the weapon desired to be carried. Section 4.- Every person desiring to obtain a permit from the marshal to carry any concealed weapon, referred to in section one (1) of this Ordinance, must file with the Marshal, a writtem application for t~e same, which application must be signed by the person making such application, and a record thereof preserved in the said Marshal's office; age, occupation, residence, or marks of. identification, said application must contain the name, height, weight, and any visible scars the color of the hair and eyes of the person making such application; also the kind or make, number and calibre of the weapon desired to be carried. Section 5.- Every person having a permit as provided for herein and who refuses to exhibit such permit upon demand of any peace officer of this City is guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 6.- Every person violating any of the provisions of thi~ Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the City Jail for a period not exceeding one hundred days, or by both such fine and imprison,- ment in th~ discretion of the Court. Section 7.- All concealed weapons found on persons vio- lating the provisions of this Ordinance, shall upon conviction of