The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
FISH AND GAME LAW.
It Is Now Being Discussed BY tho
House Of Representatives.
IT WOULD RAISE SOME CASH.

doQSS ol aSpIesS0 ISeAsSS.
IT WOULD RAISE SOME CASH.
1t is Claimed That a Large Amount
Of Fish and Game Are
Taken OF Of State
Property.
1t is estimated that the bill now be-
fore the house regar ling the taxation
on the coast for profit will in a few
years raise the state over 5000, zoe.
The bill has been before ways and
means committee Of the house and
has been fayorably reported with mi
nor amendments and it is now up
for consideration.
It's title is a bill to grant the COM
missioners of the sinking fund exclu-
sive jurisdiction for the protection Of
shell fish, migratory fish, ducks and
others game fowl in the public waters
and lands of the state" AS it stands
now a very large industry on the
coast is doing business on state land
without cost. The principal pro-
visions Of the bill are as follows:
Sec. 2. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person to engage in the business
or practice of gathering oysters or
clans or catching crabs or terrapin,
shad, or sturgeon, or killing ducks or
other game fowl in OF about the pub
lie waters, navigable rivers or public
lands of this state, for sale within
the state or for shipment, or for sale
without the state without first procur-
ing license therefor, to be issued
and signed by the secretary Of state
and countersigned by the county 4
treasurer of each county in which
said license is to be used and exhibited
as a permit which licenses shall be
good for one year only from the date
it is countersigned by the county
treasurer; the license fees to be paid
to the county treasurer shall be as
follows:
For each person gathering oys-
UerS DIV w
For eacn persons gathering
CLANS, ~ W
For each person catching terra
pin, Io w
For each person catching shad,
10 %
For each person caching stur-
geon. 10 90
For eacn person killing ducks,
Az w
For each person killing game
For each boat Of one ton or less to
be used gathering clans OF oysters,
$500, and for each additional to
$500. For each boat to be used In
catching shad or sturgeon, $500, that
each boat used under license as afore-
said shall be numbered in large plain
figures, at least ten inches long, on a
CONSPICUOUS part Of such boat, by the
owner or manager OF such boat, and
each person engaged on any such boat
shall first procure license as afore-
said; and the licenses shall be number
ed and have corresponding stubs to be
retained by the county treasurer as
exhibits and vouchers, and each
county treasurer shall report and re-
nit the fee to the secretary Of state
for the use of the commissioners Of the
sinking fund.
Sec. 8. That it shall be the duty
of the commissioners Of the sinking
fund to enforce the provisions Of this
act strictly, and to that end they
shall establish such rules and regula-
tions as in their judgment and discre-
tion will best believe the object OF
this act; they in their discretion may
exepend such part Of the funds real1z-
ed from license fees Is may be neces-
sary and proper for the enforcement
of this act; at their discretion they
may fix and grade a suitable license
fee and require license for each
dealer, wholesale dealer in oysters,
clans, terrapin, shad, sturgeon, and
ducks and other game fowl, and for
each factory for canning shell fish,
shad or sturgeon, and it shall be un-
lawful to carry on any such business
in violation Of any rule or regulation
adopted or required by the commis-
sioners of the sinking fund in the
premises.
Sec. +. That all licenses now
extant from the county board Of COM
missioners of any county shall hold
good until they expire by their own
! limitation, but DO other license on
the subject OF this act shall be granted
by the county board Of commissioners
Of any county.
Sec. 6. That any person violating
the provisions of this act shall, upon
conviction, be deemed guilty OF a mis-
demeanor, and shall be fined not ex-
ceeding one hundred dollars (one-half
OF each fine to be paid to the informeE,
who shall be the prosecutor), or shall
be imprisoned not exceeding thirty
days, and each boat found used in vio-
lation of the provisions of this act
shall be deemed forfeited to the COM
missioners Of the sinking fund for the
use of the state, and shall be disposed
by them as in case Of the forfeiture
and condemnation Of teams and
vehicles seized in this state while
transporting contraband alcohoI1c
liquors.