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

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Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed by the
General Assembly OF South Carolina,
Regular Session, 1871 nnd 1879.
AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED SAN
ACT TO RENEW AND AMEND THE CHARTER
OF THE TOWN OF MOUNT PLEASANT"
SECTION 1. Be il enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives of the State
of South Carolina, noaO met and sitting in
General assembly, and By the amAoriiy of
The same. That the said Town Council
shall have power to borrow money for
the public use Of the corporation, by is-
suing, from time to time, as occasion
may require, the bonds Of said corpora
tion, bearing interest at rate not to e1-
ceed ten per centum per annum, to be
paid semi-annually, for On amount not
to exceed the sum of two thousand dol.
lars; and for the payment of the interest,
and the ultimate redemption of the
principal, according to the terms of the
loan, the said corporation shall, at oil
times, be liable: Prouided, That the
private property of the inhabitants of
said town shall be bound for the redemp.
ton OF said loan in no other way than
by the imposition of an annual tax, ac-
cording to the provisions of this Act.
SEC. z. That the corporate limits of
the town of Mount Pleasant be, and the
same is hereby. extended by continuing
the Eastern line of Boundary street
Northwardly to Shem Creek, from which
point the said creek and the waters of
Charleston harbor shall be the boundary.
SEQ. 3. That the Town Council cf
Mount Pleasant shall have power to i'm
pose and collect an annual tax upon the
assessed property of said town: Pro-
uided, No tax shall be imposed in any
one year to exceed the rate of fifty cents
on each hundred dollars of such assessed
property; and that the money so raised
shall be applied to the use of the said
town. The said Town Council shall
have the power to enforce the payment
of all taxes levied by the said Town
Council, to the same extent and in the
same manner as is now or hereafter shall
be provided by law for the collection of
toe general State taxes.
SEQ. 4. All Acts and parts of Acts in
consistent with the provisions of this
ACT are hereby repealed.
Approved March IL, 1872.
AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION AND PRE-
sERvATION OF USEFUL ANIMALS.
SECTION 1. Be ii enacted by Tie Senate
and House of Representatives of The State
of South Carolina, noD met and sitting IL,
General Assembly, and By tho authority of
The same, That it shall not be lawful for
any person in this State to kill any deer,
or worry them with dogs or otherwise,
with the intention of destroying them,
between the 1st day of January aud the
1st day of September, in any year here
after.
SEQ 2. That any person violating the
foregoing provisions OF this Act shall,
upon conviction thereof, be fined not
less than twenty dollars, or be impri-
soned not less than twenty days, which
fine, il imposed, shall be recoverable bt
fore any court of competent jurisdc-
tion; one-half thereof shall go to the
informer, and the other half thereof to
the school fund Of the said County.
SEQ. 3. That any person in whose pos
session recently killed venison or fresh
deer skins shall be found. between the
dates above mentioned. shall be liable to
the same penalty as those violating SEQ
ton 2 of this ACT.
SEQ. 4. That it shall not be lawful for
any person in this State, between the
18th day Of February and the 18th day
OF October, in any year hereafter, to
catch, kill or injure, or to pursue with
suoh intent, or sell. or expose for sale,
any wild turkey, partridge. dove. wood
cook, snipe or pheasant; aud any person
found guilty thereof shall be fined not
less than ton dollars, or be imprisoned
not less than ten days; which fine, if i'm.
posed, shall go one-half thereof to the
informer, and the other half thereof to
the school fund Of the County where the
offence was committed.
SEQ 5. That it shall not be lawful for
any person in this State to wanlonly
shoot. or entrap, for the purpose Of
killing, or in any other manner destroy
any bird whose principal food is insects,
or take or destroy the eggs or young Of
any of the species or varieties OF birds
that are protected by the provisions OF
this Act, comprising all the species and
varieties of birds represented by the
several families OF swallows, bats,
whip-poor wills, fly catohers, thrash
ers. warblers. hnohes, larks, orioles,
nut.hatchers, wood-peckers. hummipg
birds, mocking birds, blue birds,
red bi-ds and robbins, and all other
species and varieties of land birds.
whether great or small, OF every de-
scription, regarded as harmless in
their habits, and whose flesh is unfit for
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