The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-03-25
NJ. D. II:
The Game Law.
March II, 1896.

There seems to be considerable
confusion end a great of diversity of
opinion among our people concerning
the law in reference to hunting birds,
so in order to settle the matter we
haye gone to some trouble in looking
up the law on the subject, and copy,
for the benefit of those interested, the
following from the Revised Statutes
of the State, 1898:
"Sec. 427. (1696.l No person or
persons shall at any time or place
within this State take, kill, sell, ex-
pose for sale, export beyond the limits
of the State, or cause to be taken,
killed, sold, exposed for sale or ex-
ported beyond the limits of the State,
any mocking bird, nonpareil, swallow,
bee bird, red-bird, woodFecker,
thrush or wren, under penalty of
five dollars for each bird so taken,
killed, sold, exposed for sale or ex-
ported beyond the limits of the
State; and it shall be lawful for any
person to take or destroy any net,
traps or snares used for taking such
birds wheresoever found set for such
purpose: Provided, That nothing
herein contained shall prohibit any
person from taking and keeping any
bird cf song or plumage for his own
pleasure or amusement, and not for
sale, traffic or gain.
''Sec. 42S. (1697) No person or
persons shall destroy or rob the nests
of any of the said birds under pen
atty of ten dollars for each ofense.
''Sec. 429. $685. The penalties
incurred for violation of the provis-
ions of the preceding Sections shall
be recovered before any Trial Justice
In the County where such ofense
shall be committed and shall be paid
one half to the informer and the
other half to the County Treasurer
for the use Of the County.
'sSec. 43O (l699.) In case of fail
ure by any person or persons to pay
any sun recovered under the provis-
ions of Sections 426, 427 and 428,
the said person or persons shall be
committed to the Jail Of the County
for period not less than FIVE days,
and at the rate of one day for every
dollar of the sum so recovered and
not paid when the amount recovered
exceeds FIVE dollars.
Sec. 431. It shall not be lawful
for any person, except upon his own
lands, or upon the lands Of another
with the consent of the owner thereof,
to net or trap a partridge. Any
person violating this Section shall be
guilty of misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be punished by a fine
of not exceeding thirty dollars or by
imprisonment in the County jail for
a term not exceeding thirty days.
"Sec. 432. 1884, It shall not be
lawful for any person in this State,
between the first day of April and
the first day Of November, in any
year hereafter, to catch, kill, or in
jure, or to pursue with such intent,
or to sell or expose for sale, any wild
turkey, partridge, quail, woodcock Or
pheasant; or between the first day Of
March and the fsrt day Of Au-
gust, any dove; or at any uLne
during the year to catch, kill or in
iure, or to pursue with such intent,
by freight, any of the birds named
in this Section. And any person so
doing shall be deem9d guilty Of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined not more than
twenty dollars on be imprisoned not
more than thirty days.
Sec. 433. q7O0,) Nothing herein
shall apply to any person who shall
kill or take any of the said birds for
the purpose CT studying its habits or
history, or having the same stuffed
and set up as specimen, or to any
person who shall kill on his premises
any Of the said birds in the act OF
destroying fruit or grain crops"
Remember that medicines of all