The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-11-25
FACTS As TO GAME SEASON.
Hon:residents are Required to Take Out
License or PAY a Heavy Fine.

The hunting of game became law
full on the 18th. and there are many
hundreds of sportsmen who are hap
py.
The Secretary of the Audubon Socie-
ty of South Carolina Ia daily in receipt
of inquiries, from one end of the State
to the other. asking for information
about the payment of nom resident
license, especially as to what persons
are exempt. Nobody is.exempt. The
simplest answer to the question is to
quote sections 8 and 8 of the Audubon
act of 1907. They are as follows:
"Sec s. On and after September l,
1907, q person who is a nonresident OF
the State of South Carolina or who is
an alien, who desires to hunt in any
part of the State, shall make applica-
ton to the clerk of the court Of any
county in the State and for such Ii
cense 8 he shall pay $40; in addition
thereto the clerk of the court may
charge the applicant a fee of 25 cents
for his services. Such license shall ex-
pire On the termination of the hunting
season, and shall not permit the hold
er to hunt at any time orr in any man
ner prohibited by law. The form of
the license therein required shall be
prepared by the Audubon Society OF
South Carolina and shall be issued by
the clerks of courts, and shall entitle
the holder thereof to hunt in any part
of the State. The said Audubon Socie-
ty shall furnish all licenses and other
blanks required under the provisions
of this section to the several clerks OF
the courts of the counties of the State.
The said Society may revoke the Ii
cense of q nonresident or alien upon
satisfactory proof that such person has
hunted in violation of law and no IL
cense shall be granted to. a person
whose license has been revoked, for q
period of one year thereafter. The
clerks of the courts shall keep a record
of each license-issued, in q book fur
nished by the Audubon Society, and
shall make q report to the Audubon
Society on the LIST of December of each
year, and at the close Of the hunting
season in their respective counties on
forms provided by the said Audubon
Society and snail transmit, at the same
time, all money received for each IL
cense to the treasurer of the State, to
COuSClCuIS d luuu huOWu as tuc Sdue
protection fund" which shall be paid
out upon the order and voucher of the
treasurer of the Audubon Society, who
shall make an annual report to the
governor of South Carolina showing
the receipts and expenditures of the
Society for the year. Every non-resi,
rdent or alien person shall carry with
his license, and shall, upon demand
exhibit it to any warden or police Off
Ger, and a refusal to 80 exhibit his Ii.
cense shall constitute an offense under
this section. The record Of licenses
kept by the clerks of courts shall be
open at all reasonable hours to the in
spection of any person. Each day
that any nonresident or alien shall
hunt within the State of South Caro-
lima without having procured the re.
CURED license shall constitute a seperate
otfense.
Sec. 8. Any person holding a hunt
er's license TO hunt in South Carolina
shall be permitted to take in his hand
openly from the State so cartridges, or
IL ruffed grouse, or 4 wild turkeys or
50 beach birds, or so wild ducks and
geese, or 2 deer in a season.
Thus stands 1.-THE law as to the IL
cences. The fine for hunting without
license is anything up to 800 for each
days hunting or otfense under the
section.