The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-06

fruit or grain on his own lands from
the deptedations of any birds herein in
tended to be protected. 81, 5o
SEQ. 6. Whenever person shall have
made or created an artificial pond on
his own land, and shall put therein any
fish, or the eggs Of any fish or oyster,
for the purpose of breeding and Guilt
waiting fish or oysters, and shall give no.
tice thereof, by written or printed hand
bills, put in public places near said
pond; and any person who shall there
after enter in or about such pond for the
purpose of fishing, or shall catch or
take away any fish or oysters therefrom.
or shall be guilty of committing any
trespass upon any artificial fish pond by
fishing in the same, or in any manner
using any means to destroy the fish or
oysters raised or collected in such pond,
or by breaking the dam or dams for the
purpose of permitting the fish or oysters
to escape, or by poisoning the same, or
in any manner destroying or iniuring
the same; and any such person or per-
sons, upon conviction, shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and shall be
subject to a fine of moi less than twenty
dollars nor moro than enc hundred dol
lars, or be imprisoned OF the discretion
OF the court; which fine, if imposed,
shall go, one-half thereof to the inform
or, and the other half thereof to the per-
have been injured: Provided, That no.
thing in this section shall be construed
as applying to ponds used as water pow
or for manufacturing purposes.
SEQ. z. That it shall not be lawful for
any person in this State, after the first
day Of April, 1872, to take any trout
from the streams thereof, by impregnat-
ing the waters with poisonous or delete
rious substances; and any person violat-
ing this provision shall, upon conviction
thereof, be fined ten dollars for every
such offence, or be imprisoned not less
than ten days, which fine, if imposed,
shall go, one-half thereof to the inform
er, and the other half to the school fund
Of the County in which such offence
shall have been committed.
SEC. s. This Act shall take effect fro M
and after its passage.
Approved March IL, 1872.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE ORANGEBURG
COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION.
SECTION 1. Be IL enacted by tie Senate
and House Of Representatives Of Tie Stale
of South Carolina, mo,o met and sitting in
General Assembly, and By lie authority of
the same, That William L. Barton, Sam.
uel Dibble, Harpin Riggs, Laurence r.
Beckwith, Wesley W. Cutler, James D.
Trezevant, Berry Byas, j. L. Jamison,
Henry johnson and Il. W. Sasportas,
and their associates ard SUCCESSORS, be,
and they are hereby declared to be,
body corporate and polite, in law and in
deed, by the name of the 'Orangeburg
Fair Association" and by the said name
Shall have perpetual succession of officers
and members, and a common seal, with
power to change the same as often as the
said corporation shall judge expedient;
and the said corporation shall be liable
aud capable in law to purchase, have,
hold, receive, enjoy, possess and retain
to itself and its successors in perpetuity,
and any and evory estate, real or per
sonal, whether accruing 10 the same by
gift, purchase, devise or conveyance, not
exceeding in value fifty thousand dol
lars, and the same, or any part thereof,
to sell, alien, devise or exchange as often
as tho said corporation may deem pro-
per; and by>its nalne to sue and be sued,
implead and be impleaded, answer and
be answered unto, in any court of law in
tuo OtlitcS uuQ W Lunho I'LL SUCH Dy- laws
and rules for the government of the said
corporation as may, from time to time,
be deemed necessary: Provided, Such
bylaws and rules be not repugnant to
the laws ,of the land.
Sec. 2. That the principal end of the
said corporation shall be the promotion
of agriculture, mechanical arts, and
other industry and ingenuity, through
an annual fair, and other appropriate
measures, according to such rules and
regulations as they may see tit to estab-
lish.
SEC. 8. That the members of tho said
corporation shall be, severally, liable for
all debts and contracts of said corpora.
ton only to the extent and amount Of
their respective shares therein; and the
capital stock Of the said corporation shall
not be less than five thousand nor more
than fifty thousand dollars.
SEQ. 4. That the property and stock
OF the said corporation shall be exempt
cd from County and municipal taxation,
so long as no dividends shall be declared
and distributed among it's members.
SEC. 5. That this Act shall he deemed
q public Act, and shall bo takcn notice Of
i'll all the courts OF this Slate. without