The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-06-17
The Lexington Dispatch.
Wednesday, June II, 1908.
Huntine--General Provisions.

Sec. 4zl (IOo9 II any persou' aS
any time whatsoever, shall hunt or
range on any lands whatsoever with
out the consent of the proprietor,
every such person so offending shall
forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars
for every such ofense.
Sec. 423. Q690) Any person or
persons who shall hunt with fire in
the night time, for every such cfense
shall forfeit and pay q sum not ex-
ceeding ten dollars, and for every
deer 90 killed, sum not exceeding
twenty-five dollars, and for every
horse or head of neat cattle, or other
stock of any kind, a sum not exceed
ing fifty dollars.
Sec. 224. (1691.) Ali of the penal
ties and forfeitures mentioned in the
preceding Section shall and may be
recovered before any Trial Justice in
tbs county where any of the said Of
fenses shall be committed, and when
received shall be divided and paid
one-hs!f to and for the use of the
poor Of the county where the ofense
shall be committed and the other
half to the psrson who will inform
for the same; and the oath OF one
credible witness, or the confession OF
the party accused, shall be allowed
as sufficient evidence to convict the
offender by every Trial Justice before
whom information shall be made OF
any of the cffsnses aforesaid; Pro-
vided, That where the owners OF any
lands shall prosecute for any unlaw-
full hunting and ranging on his or
her lands, the oath of such owner
shall be sufficient evidence to convict
the offender; but in that case the
whole penalty shall 60 to the use of
the poor of the county.
Sec. 425. 1922 In case any per-
son or persons go convicted shull re
fuse or neglect to pay such fine, then
it shall and may be lawful, and the
Trial Justice before whom be is con-
victed is hereby required, to commit
such person or persons to the COM
mon Jail in the county where the
offender or cffsnders shall have COM
mitted the said crime, there to re-
main without bail, for q term not ex-
ceeding three months for unlawfnlly
hunting with fire in the night time,
and for q term not exceeding two
months for violations of Section 422
of this chapter.
In addition to the above penalties,
any person or persons who shall here
after hunt with fire in the night time,
3. kill any horse or neat cattle; or
other stock of any kind, the property
of another person, shall be liable to
a civil action by the person aggrieved.
INsEcTIvoRoUs AND OTHER BIRDS.
Sec. 426. 1885, It shall not be
lawful for any person in this State to
wantonly shoot, or eDtrep 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 Section, comprising all the
species and varieties of birds repre-
sented by the several families OF bate,
whippoorwills, hy-catchers, thrashers,
warblers, 6nehes, larks, orioles, nut
hatchers, wood-peckers, humming
birds, blue birds, and all other spe-
cies 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 food. including the turkey buzz
zard, but.excludiDg the jackdaw, the
crow, the crow black-bird, the eagle,
and all hawks and owls which prey
upon other birds; and any person
violating the provisions Of this Sec
ton shall on conviction thereof forfeit
and pay a fine Of ten dollars or be
imprisoned not less than ten days,