The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-17

w '"o purpose 91 destroying them,
between tho first day of January and
the first day Of September, in any year
hereafter, under penalty, upon con-
vlction, of fine Of not less ,han TWEEN.
* !d9l!srs,s or imprisonment of not
loss than twenty days.
No person. shalt be allow cd to catch.
kill, or i"jure, Or to pursue with such
intent, or to sell or expose for sale,
auy Wild turkey, partridge, dove,
woodcock, suipe OF pheasant, between
the 18th day Of February and the
18th day of October of any year hero.
after, under peualty, upon conviction,
OF dno OF not less than ten dollars,
or Imprisonment vf not less than ten
days.
No person shall be allowed to wan.
to"ly shoot or eutrap, for the purpose
of killing, or in any other manner do.
st'oy any bird whose principal food is
insects, or take or destroy the eggs or
young OF any of the species, or varie-
ties Of birds that are protected by the
prov iSions ofthis Act, comprising all
the species and varieties Of birds re.
presented by the several families Of
swallows, bats, whip. poor-wills, fly.
catchers, thrashers, watblcrs, finchcs,
larks, orioles, nut 'hatohers, wood.
peckers, bumming birds, mocking
birds, blue birds, red birds and rob.
ms, and all other species and varieties
of land birds, whether groat or small,
of every description, regarded as
harmless in their habits, ind whose
flesh is unfit for food, including the
turkey buzzarl, but excluding the
Jackdaw, the crow, the crow black.
bird, the eagle, and all hawks and
owls, which prey upon other birds.
"A violation of tn is section subjects the
oitcndcr, upon conviction, to 6ne Of
not less than ten dollars, or imprison.
ment of not lees than ten days. 1t is
provided, however, that no person
shall be prevented from protecting
any crop of fruit or grain on his lands
from the depredations of any birds
herein intended to be protected.
Where fines are imposed for viola
ting any Of the provisions of this Act,
one half goes to the informer, and the
other half to tho school fund of the
County where the offence was commit.
ted.
Below will be found tho concluding
sections of the above Aot.
SEQ. 6 Whenever person shall
have made or created an artificial
pond on his own land, and shall nut
therein any fish, or the eggs of au,
oyster, for the purpose of breeding
aud cultivating fish or oysters, snI
shall give notice thereof, by written or
printed handbills, put up in public
places near said pond and any per
son who shall thereafter enter in or
about such pond for the purpose Of
ti-hing, or shall catch, or take away
any fish or oysters therefrom, or shall
he guilty, OF committing any tre.n.ss
upon any artificial fish pond by fsa-
ing in the same, or in uny manner
u '"S a"y ne II, to destroy the fish or
oysters raised or COLLECTED in such
pond, or by hreakin2 tho dam or
dams for the purpose Of pei hitting
the hsh or oysters to escape, or by poi.
s"ning tho same, or in any manner
destroyiug or 'njnling tho same; and
any such FerAnn or persons, upon oon.
victiou, shall Ge deemed guilty of n
mi demeanor, and shall b. subject to
n finr of mt less than twenty dollars
nor more than ono hundred dollars, or
be imprisoned at the discretion of tho
C"nr which 6ne, if imposed, shall
e., cne haif thereof to the informcr
aud the other half thereof to the per-
son or persons wh"se property shalt
have been injured Provided, That
nothing in this SEC i.u shall be con-
s'rued as apply to pnuds used rs VIZ
ter power for mannfl nripg purposes.
SEC 7. That it shall not be- las full
for any person in this State, after tn
iirst day OF April, (l872,) to take any
trout from the streams thereof, By
imprcgnating tho waters with poison.
GUS or deletcrious substances and
any person violating this provision
shall, upon conviction thereof, be
fined ten dollars for every such Of
fence, or be imprisoned not less than
ten days, which fine, if imposed, shall
g.. one half to the infurmer, and the
other half to the school fund Of the
County in which such offcnco shall
have been committed.
SEC. 8, This Act shall take effect
from aud after it's passage.
Approved March IL, 1872.