Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-04
Fish AND GAME LAWS.

There Is not a great deal Of infor-
nation among the people as to the fish,
game and trespass laws Of this state,
and the following will be of especial
interest to those who are concerned
about the subject:
There shall be a close time in all
the creeks, streams and inland waters
of the state, from the setting Of the sun
each Thursday until the rising of the
sun on each Monday, during which
time all seines, nets or any plan or
device for the stoppage or collecting OF
fish which obstructs any portion OF any
creek, stream or inland waters, other
than a dam for manufacturing pur-
poses, shall be removed from said
creeks, streams or inland waters; ana
any person or persons using any SUCH
seine. net. plan or device, in violation
of the provisions Of this section shall
be deemed guilty Of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof before any
court Of competent jurisdiction shall
be fined in the sum of two hundred
dollars. one half Of which shall go to
the informer and the other half to the
courts in which the case shall be tried,
or be imprisoned for a period OF not
less than three nor more than six
months, or both, in the discretion OF
the court trying the case. Nothing
herein contained shall apply to fishing
with dip nets used by hand.
Sec. 521. 1t shall not be lawful for
any person whomsoever, at any time,
to erect or keep up any fish trap or
other device for catching fish, or to FISH
with any net or seine, within eighty
yards of any dam erected by the order
or at the expense Of the state across
any stream intended thereby to be
made navigable, in which dams there
shall be left or constructed any slufce
for the passage Of fish; and all and
every person or persons offending shall
for each and every offense pay the sum
of twenty dollars.
An Act to Prohibit Trespass.
Sec. /. Be it enacted by the general
assembly of the state Of South Caro-
lima, That from and after the approval
Of this act, any person or persons en-
tering upon the lands Of another, for
any one Of the following purposes OF
hunting, fishing, trapping, netting,
gathering fruit, straw or surf, vegeta-
bles, herbs or cutting timber on the
same, without the consent of the own
er or manager thereof, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
not more than twenty (20) dollars, or
be imprisoned at hard labor not more
than thirty (30) days, for each and ev-
cry offense.
Sec. 2. All acts, or parts OF acts,
Inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed.
Approved 22d February, A. D. 1905.
Game Birds.
Sec. 2. That for the purposes of this
act, the following shall be considered
game birds: Swans, wild geese, brant,
wild ducks, rails (marsh hens), coots,
gallnules, surf birds, snipe, woodcock,
sandpipers, upland plover, curlew, wild
turkey, prairie chicken, quail (part-
ridge), rice birds, blackbird and dove.
All other species Of wild resident or
migratory birds shall be considered
nom game birds.
Sec. 8. That no person within the
state shall kill, catch or have in his or
their possession, living or dead, any
resident or migratory wild bird other
than a game bird, or purchase. offer or
expose for sale, any such wild game
bird, after 1t has been killed or caught,
except as permitted by this act.
Destructive Birds Not Included.
Sec. TO- That the English sparrow,
cooper's hawk, sharp-shinned hawk
and great horned owl and all other
birds which are by nature destructive
of other birds, are not included among
the birds protected by this act; nor are
the nests and eggs of such birds pro-
tected hereunder. This act does not
prevent any person from killing crows
on his premises If destructive to his
crops. Provided that said birds are
not sold or offered for sale, or shipped
out of the state.
Sec. IL. That any person violating
any of the provisions Of this act, ex-
cept Sec. 8, shall be guilty of mis-
demeanor, and shall be liable to fine
of not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor
more than five dollars ($5.00), for each
bird, living or dead, or part of bird,
or nest, or set Of eggs. or part thereof,
killed or captured or possessed, In vio-
lation Of this act, or be imprisoned in
the county Jail for not more than thir-
ty 900 days"