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Constables to search for concealed arms, &c.
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52. And . . . that it shall and may be lawful for the said constables or any of them, being thereto duly authorised by the warrant of any of the divisional justices appointed under this Act, to search all suspected places in such warrant mentioned for concealed arms; and if such constables shall thereupon find any gun, pistol, sword, blunderbuss, pike, dagger, or hanger, or other arms in the possession of any person not qualified by law to bear or carry arms, he is hereby required and authorized to seize and carry the same to the publick office of such division, and the justices of such division are required to send such arms so seized to his Majesty’s arsenal, to be applied to the use of his Majesty, his heirs and successors; and the person in whose possession the said arms shall be so found shall find sureties for his or her good behaviour for three years, or shall be committed to prison by the said divisional justices or any one of them until he shall give such security: Provided always, that no such warrant shall be granted except on the information given to the said parties or any of them upon the oath of one or more credible witnesses that to the best of his, her, or their knowledge and belief such unqualified person is in possession of arms as aforesaid.
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