The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-17
AUDUBON SOCIETY
BOOKLET OUT CONTAINING BIRD,
e GAME AND FISH LAWS.
Society Has Codified the Laws Which
It is Endeavoring to Enforce, and
Its Officers Want You to Read.

Its Officers Want You to Read.
The Audubon Society is working
hard in this State and during the
past few years has done great
amount of work, despite the oppo-
sition it has met with in some quar-
ters Work of the kind that has
been done by this Society requires
a kind of educating the people up
to it, hence the difficulties that have
been encountered. Although about
seven of the so-called Audubon So
ciety bills were left on the Calen-
dar at the last session of the Legls-
lature, there are now laws that will
punish the violators of the game and
fish provisions. But the Society will,
doubtless, at the next session Of the
Legislature, make a strenuous effort
to awaken the legislature to the need
for other laws and their plea may not
be in vain.
The Society has just issued
booklet containing the bird, game
and nonmigratory fish laws of South
| Carolina. 1t is hoped that this pub
lication Will be read throughout the
State, and that those who should
be interested IN the preservation Of
the game of the State will increase
their efforts in the right direction.
The booklet will be sent out to all
who wish it by addressing Mr.. 3. F.
Taylor, Columbia, S. c..
The introduction to the laws says:
THE Audubon Society of South
Carolina, which is charged with the
enforcement of the game and fish
laws of this State, realizing the gen.
eral lack of information on the part
of the people and the officers of the
laws existing in this State, presents
this volume in the hope that it may
serve to lace the information be-
fore the people and stop the viola
tions of law now so prevalent.
"In codifying the laws of this
State we have used the numbers in
serted in the Code of 1902 wherever
possible, and where new laws have
been passed we have given the date
of the approval of same. Such sec
tions of the Code as are not in
cluded in this pamphlet have been
repealed or changed so far as they
relate to bird, game and fish pro-
lection. We have not included the
shell fish or migratory fish laws, as
the enforcement of these laws is
in the hands of the fish commissioner
of the State
A brief digest of the laws given in
the booklet is Of interest:
Section 517 of the Code provides
against obstruction in streams; as to
close time. Seines and nets are pro-
hibited in certain places, including
points within three miles 'of the
ocean, nor within one mile of the
mouth of the Wacccamaw, Great
Pee-Dee and Bull Creek rivers, and
not below line from where Mos
quito Creek empties into Winyah
Bay across said bay in an easterly
direction to the opposite shore OF
said bay.
The close time in this State is from
the setting of the sun each Thurs
day until the rising of the sun each
Monday. During this period the law
requires that all seins, nets, ETC.,
shall be removed from the streams.
At the last session of the Legisla-
ture a bill was introduced making
the law more stringent as to seines
and nets being placed in streams, but
this bill is yet on the Calendar, hav-
ing caused great deal of discus
sion in the Senate. These bills will
come up among the first at the next
session of the Legislature. The i'm
prisonment for violation of Section
315 of the Code is not less than three
months nor more than six months
and a fine of $22 (either, or both,
IN lHe QlSCIeliol VI lhe Sou4 - o'S
half of which shall go to the inform
err
An Act of 1902 provides that fish
ways shall be constructed. this being
in the case Of manufacturing enter
prises on streams. The same law
provides against the casting of i'm
purities in the streams Of the State;
Section $40 CT the Code provides
that fish sluices must be designated;
Section 321 that no traps shall be
kept up near the dams Of any navi-
gable stream. Section 522 provides
penalty Of s100 for obstructing
navigation by fish traps.
Section 523 of the Code provides
against stealing from a fish trap and
provides a penalty of $500 and I'M
prisonment not exceeding six months.
Section 524 Of the Code says THAI
it is unlawful to fish with nets at
certain seasons Of certain counties.
The counties are: Horny, Marion,
Darlington, Clarendon, Chesterfield
Georgetown. Marlboro, Williamsburg.
Florence and Richiand: the dates be-
ing between the first day of May and
the first day in September in any y-lr
thereafter. AS to the waters of the