Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-04-18
An act for the Protection and Preservation
of Ustful Animals.

Of USJul AnimaEs.
Section l., Be it enacted by the S, nate
and House of Representatives of the State
of South Carolina, now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority
Of the same:
That it shall not be lawful for any per-
son in this State to kill any deer, or worry
them with dogs, or otherwise, with the
intention of destroying them, between the
lst day of January and the first day OF
September, in any Year hereafter.
SEC. =. That any person violating the
foregoing provisions OF this act. shall, up
on conviction thereof, be fined not lees
than twenty dollars, or be imprisone not
less than twenty days, which fine, II I'M
posed, shall be recoverable before any
court of competent jurisdiction; one halt
thereof shall soto the informer, and the
other half thereof to the school fund ofthe
said county.
Sec. 3. That any person in whose pos
! ses sion recently killed veDison, or fresh
| deer skins, shall b. found, between the
dates above mentioned, shall be liable to
the same penalty as those violating section
! 2 Of this act.
Sec. 4 That it shall not be lawful for
any person, in this State, between the 10Th
day of Fe bruary and the 18th day OF Oc-
tober. in any year he reafter. to catch, Kill,
or ipiure. or TO pursue, with such intent,
or scll. or expose for sale. any wild turkey.
natr;doe. dove, woudcock, snipe or pheSs-
ant: and any paIson found guilty thereof
shall be fined not less than teu dollars, or
! he imprisouCd not less than ten days,
! which tine, ii imposed, shall 60, one-halt
thereof to the infOrmer, and the other half
thereof to the school fund Of the county
where the offense was committed.
Sc. 5. That it shall not be lawful for
any person, ia this State, to wantonly
I shoot, or eDtsap, for the purpose OF fkilling
or in any other manner destroy any bird
whose principal food is insl CTS, or take or
destroy the egges or young OF any OF the
species or varietils OF birds that are pro-
tected by the provisions Of this act, com
prising all the species apd varieties of
birds repr, sc hted~By the(seyeral families
of swallows ba9, whfgpoor-wills, fly
catch, RS, thrashSEs-~wSfblers, foches,
larks oriolls nut hatcbers, wood ,peckers,
humming biz ds, mvckiEg birds, blue, birds,
r, d birds aud robins, and all other species
aud varieties Of land buds, whether great
or small, Of every description regarded as
harmless in their babits, and whose flesh
is unfit for food, Including the turkey
buzz ri. but excluding the jackdaw, the
crow. the crow black kblrd, the eagle, and
rail- hawks and owls, which prey upon 9th
er birds; and any person violating the pro-
visions of this section shall, on conviction
thereof, forfeit aud pay fue of ten dol
tl4s, or b, imprisoned not less than ten
DAYS. which fine, if imposed, shall go, one
half TO the iutormer, aud the other halt
thereof to the school fund Of the county in
which The offcnse was committed: PrUvid-
ed. That no person shall be prevented
from protecting any crop OF fruit, or grain
on his own lands from the depredations OF
any birds herein intended to be protected.
Sec. g. henever a person sha have
made or created an artificial pond on his
own land, and shall put therein any fish,
or the eggs Of any fish or ol lster, for the
purprse of breeding and cultivatlng fi,h or
"y,ters, and shall give notice thereof, by
written or printed haudbils put in public
places near said pond; and any person
who shall thereafter enter in or about such
pond for the purpose of fishing, or shall
catch. or take away any fish or oy ysters
thtr f.om, or shall be guilty of commit.
Ting any trespass upon any artificial fish
pond by fishing iu the same, or in any
manner Using any means to destroy the
fish or oysters rails, d or'collectcd In such
pond, or by breaking the dam or dams tor
the purpose OF permitting 4he ti>h or oys
ters to escape, or 10y poisoning the same,
or in any manner destroying or lrJurlng
the sam, and any such person or pers Dns
upon conviction, shall be deemed guilty of
A mlsdemean0r, and shall be subject " a
line of not less than twenty dollars nor
more thar one hundred dollars, or be inn
prsoned at the discretion OF the court ;
which fine, if imposed, shall 90, ore hall
The rcof to the intOrmer, and The other half
thereof to the person or persons wh' Sc
propprty shall have been injured: PrOyid-
ed, That nothing in this section shall be
construed as applying to ponds used as
water power for manufacturing purposes.
SEC. I. That il shall not be lawful for
any person in this Stare, after the hrSt day
of April, llS12 to take any t. out from the
streams thereof, by impreguating the
waters with poisonous or deleterious SUBJ
ances; and any perspn violating this pro-
vision SHAH, upon conviction thereof, be
tiuld ten dollars for every such "feEse or
be imprisoned not less than t,n days
which fine. if imposed, shall go one. half
tn, wOi t. the iutOrmer and the other half
10 The school fund OF the county in which
such otfense shall have been committed
sc. 8. This act shall take effect from
and after its passage.
Approved March -, 1872