The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-02-05

FISH AND q AN b ia M, NJ
It Is Now Being Discussed By the
Hnnsa Of Representatives.
n WOULD RAISE SOME CASE.

!. is Claimed That . Largo Amount
OF Fish and Ganle Arc
Taken on Of State
Property. s
Itisestimated that the bill now be-
fore the house regarding the taxation
on the coast for profit will in a few.
years raise the state over 5000, 900.
The bill has been before ways and
means COMMITTEES Of the house and I
has been fayorabl y reported With NH
nor amendments and it Is nov u |, B (
for consideration. 6
Its title is "a bill to grant the COM
missioners of the sinking fund exclu-
siye jurisdiction for the protection Of (
shell fish, migratory fish, ducks and
others game fowl in the public waters
and lands of the state. As itstands
now no 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 J
any person to-engage in the business
or practice of gathering oysters or
CLAIMS or catching crabs or terrapin,
shad, or sturgeon, or killing ducks or
other game fowl in or about the pub.
lie waters, navigab1e 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 tine county
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
tn the county treasurer shall ba as
follows:
For each person gathering oys-
OerS ..7.s. ....... $50 00r
For each persons gathering
cidmS5 ..... .........s...-... 10 90;
For each person catching terra -t.---- -
,, pin, -. 10 90:
For each person catching shad,
!, .......,... 8. 10 90
For each person caching stur-
geon. =. ..,..-..-.. 10 90.
For each person killing ducks,
....,. .I: 8. 10 90
for each person killing game
IS 49,. =. .s..t... ~. 10 CO.
For each boat of one ton or less to-
be used gathering CLAIMS or OYSTERS
100, and for each additional to
So: 90. For each boat to be used In;
catching shad or sturgeon, SIS. 90, that;
each boat:used under license as afore-
said shall be numb bereSs in largo 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
snail first procure a alicense 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. 3. 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 realiz.
ed from license fees as may be neces-
sary and proper for the enforcement
OF this act; at their discretion they
may fix and grade suitable license
fee and require a 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 an-
lawful to carry on any such business
IN violation of any rule or regulation
adopted or required by the commits
sioners OF the sinking fund in the
premises
Sec. 4. 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 no other license on
the snbjectof this act shall be granted
by the county board Of commissioners
of any county.
oec. .. That any person violating
the provisions OF this act shall, upon.
conviction, be deemed guilty of mis-
demeanor, and shall be fined not ex-
ceeding one hundred dollars {one-half.
of each fine to be paid to the informer,
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 alcoholic
liquors.
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