The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-11-18
FACTS AS TO GAME SEASON.
Non-reSidents arc Required to Take
Out q License or Pay d Heavy
Fine

Columbia, Nov. 1.-THE hunting OF
game became lawful yesterday. and
there are hundreds Of sportsmen who
are happy.
The secretary of the Audubon So
ciety OF South Carolina is daily in re-
ceipt of inquiries from one end of the
State to. the other, asking for infor-
nation about the payment Of non-res-
ldent license, especially as to what
persons are exempt. Nobody is ex-
empt The simplest answer to the
question Is to quote sections s and 8
OF the Audubon act Of 1907. They
are as follows:
Sec. 8. On and after September !,
1907, a person who is a nonresident
or the State Of South Carolina or
who is an alien, who desires to hunt
in any part Of said State, shall make
application to the clerk of court Of
any county in the State and for such
license he shall pay $40; in addition
thereto the clerk Of the court may
charge the applicant fee of % cents
for his services. Such license shall ex-
pire on the termination Of the hunt
ing season, and shall not permit the
holder to hunt at any time or in any
manner prohibited by law. The form
or the license therein required shall
be prepard by the Audubon Society
OF South Carolina and shall be issued
by the clerks Of courts, and shall en-
title the holder Thereof to hunt in any
county in the State. The said Audu-
bon society shall furnish all licenses
and ether 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 re-
woke the license of a nonresident or
alien upon satisfactory proof that such
person has hunted in violation of law.
and no license shall be granted to a
person whose license has been revok-
ed for period OF one year thereaf-
ter. The clerks Of the court shall keen
record of each license issued, in a
book furnished by the Audubon So
ciety. and shall make a report TO the
Audubon society on the 1st of Decem-
Der Of each year, and at the close of
the hunting season in their respec-
tive counties, on forms provided by
the said Audubon society, and shall
transmit. at the same time. all money
received for each license to the treas
urer of the State, to constitute a fund
known as the game protection fund,
which shall be paid out upon the or
der 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 nonresident or alien
person shall carry with him his IT,
cense, and shall. upon demand. exhibit
1t to any warden. or police officer. and
q ASA uSdi W 80 eAUlDlt MS Incense shall
constitute an offense unde- this Sec
ton. The record of licenses kept by
the clerks of courts shall be open at
al reasonable hours to the inspection of
any person. Each c. that any non
resident or alien shall hunt within the
State of South Carolina without hay
ing procured the required license shall
constitute a separate ofrense.
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 partridges. or
IL ruffed grouse, or four wild turkeys.
or SO beach birds, or so wild ducks
and geese, or two deer in a season."
Thus stands the law as to licenses.
The fine for hunting without license is
anything up to 500 fol each days
hunting or offense under the section.