The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-02-01

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\ BILL
For the Protection OF Game Fish III
Berkeley. Clarendon and Williams
bur. Counties and for the Rope! al
Certain Laws Relating Thereto.
i Bc i, enacted by the General Assembly
of The State Of South Carolina:
SECTION l. That in the counties ot
, berkeley Clarendon aud Williamsburg.
(! for the purpose OF classification. the io.-
e! lowing ti>h shall be known :.S game fish.
viz: Jac.ltish or picke.el. pike. black
bass or pond ;rcut. stripped bass or rock
! fish. Yarmouth. redtcl!y. robin. Dream.
copperfac. OF. ball.brca.n. ban,,cd hr"an.
! yelIow-heIly perch. >u;: perch. red hn
trout or vcllo" perch. iT.;n-bow t.'':'i.
ispeck!ed trout. Iye-. ',cappin rock bass.
gogsle-eye and white perch.
: SEC. . Tha: hereafter ';ur:n- III"
months of April. May. June :,:d J"ly
no person or persons shal! cas-, draw.
fascen or otherwise !nak" 'i>c OF any
seine o. drift net. frke ne, ANY other
description. or ,,>,. any o;hc' appliances
J for the catching OF game fish. e2cep;
! hook and line ana ordinary bait. or by
/: spoon. or by arti.icia! ay. or oy phantom
| minoow. or by artificial h5it. For the
violation OF this section the party so
violating shall be :ined twenty Ooi
dollars or be imprisoned th:rs:: 80 da:S.
| for each offense: Provided. Tha, this
| section shall not apply 70 such person
! or persons rs are catching game hSa
=; with Z net or other appliances for the
purpose OF stocEi:. Il pond or Other
J stream, and lot for commercial! pur-
poses: Provided also. That any or n!
! persons engaged In catcaiag game FISH
, for the purpose of stocking pond q.
stream mus. notify the nearest magl.-
! ,ra;e of his o. their purpose 20 so c,.:cn
! the fish.
| SEC :. It shall be unlawful 10 poison
: the streams or waters in the county ~
aar manner whatever for the pn-;r'>,:
o, taSlng FISH. The muddyinS OF streams
or ponds, or the Introduction OF ANY
su ubstancc which results in making the
: fish sick. so that they may be caught Is
hereby declared 70 be poisoning n the
sense OF this Act. For violatiu: this
section. the person 80 violating shall be
Goed five hundred $500 dollars. o: be
imprisoned six l6l months.
SEC. /. No aarioabl.. stream in the
! counties of Berkeley. Clarendon and
| Williamsburg shall he ob>trurt"d by
dam or otherwise un!eSS there b.: pro-
vi6ed 4 tishway in same. For the viola.
ton ot this section the person or cor
po-a,ion so riolatiu. shall be iiGcG not
! les, than twenty-five S23 dollars fo:.
each day ;ha: such obstruction shall
eXis, without said GShSay in same after
! having been notified in writing by any
person that such obstruction exists.
SEC. ). Any uonmic:ato-y fish, except
! gam. fish. may be caught a. aoy time
| or 10 any naauer not prohibited by this
Ac, Migratory fish may DC caught IN
accordance With such laws as now exist
;; or may hereafter be enacted.
SEC s. That for the violation o. any
; provisions OF this Act, not otherwise
provided for, shall. upon conviction. te
fined 40, less than ten dollars nor more
than twenty-five dollars. or be i:npris-
; oucd for no, less than Ten days DOR more
than thirty DAYS. and for the violation
OF any provision OF Section T. upon con-
! vic:ion, be fined not less than one dollar
nor more than twenty-five dollars, or be
imprisoned for not less than one day nor
( more than thirty days.
SEC. :. Such parts ot Sections o2i. %.
;i322 ji332 and 555, of Volume ,. OF the Code
and such other Acts or parts OF Acts Is
coaa!ct with the several provisions OF
this ACT, are hereby repealed.
SEC 5. l: shall be un!awfu! 10 throw.
place or put dynamite or any explosive
in any lake. stream or inland water 10
Berkeley, Clarendon and Williamsburg
counties, for the purpose OF taking fish
For the violation OF this section the per-
son 50 violating shall be fined Eve hun
dred iS5OOl dollars or be imprisoned one
year.
SEC. 9. That al! Acts or parts OF Acts
Inconsistent with this .Ac; are hereby
repealed.
SEC. 10. That I'll ,ices collected for
;h. violation o! any OF the sections OF
this Act shall be turned !nto the County
Treasury 10 be diSaurSeG the same aS
any ordinary couniy fdnG.
SEC. II. That this Act shall take e!.
fec: immediately on It's passage and APP
pr1ya: By the Governor.
received from the clerk OF the board
0! county commissioners i s,itcineut oe
the county's finances, bat i, =. am
sorry to say. no: ful! enoagh ~ give US
much information. however Il came too
lat. for me 70 90 over i; with the House
members, so | shall! take it up with
them Monday. ~ which time ~e VIII
also consider the recoinme encatiooS ios
:cwnsh!p assessors aad TWO coTn:v com
miSsionerS.
bave been ASKED by what authority
the presen; board OF county com mission
ers paid oct money from the treasury
for the hire OF detectives 10 the liquor
cases think his question should be !
pa, no; 10 Us bat TO tn-..; by lhe :s-l:.t
Jury knox o: no law which gives the |;
commissioners The rl2h; 20 hau:.ic Tie
public money for such Il purpe>.. and
d! nor know this was tU.e until Look .
ed u-er the report of ne co.nnii>> ocer> !
and SAW where they did pay out InoaeHs !
for such = purpose. | WIS always ucGer !
the impression the Money for Ike de !
tec,:reS was ral>et: bv pr!vA:.- >uo>c:Hp- ,
liuu and that no, L Geo: o! /. came Oh:
Of the couaty funds. Th: gentlemen
assuming 10 see lh&: the liquor laws are
enforced did so ~! lhc:r own vosition,
unauthcrizet by any >pec:a! ania":ity
or provision being made 10 ora" upon
the treasury for fuadS. and i. they We're
rein bursed ou; OF ;hc treasury. which
from the report seems !" De ne case. L
seems 10 me- The commissioners Went
beyond their right However. | pre-
Sui3e the commissioners reached The
conclusion ;ha. inas:nuch Il, through
this band o: law u;chn!Gers ti!qu"r law
there .as Inoucy put ioto IN. Treasury.
), s.,
apyuiatcci law defenders for their out
lay whether there was ANY authority ~
las or no.: The b::.ad tigers violate tae
law, ana ! reckon The commissioners
ihiuk j, alright 10 violate The law -
catch them. H. however. The county i>
20 pay 10. detectives ..cn Go ihiu!: the
commissioners should ask for aaI "r:
the authority, and u pay on. rsonr,ss II
the request o. individuals who have
been posing As volunteer guardians %