The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-03-27
thirty DAYS.


purpose of taking fish. The muddy
ing of streams or ponds or the intro
duction of any substance which re-
suits in making the fish sick so that
they may be caught is hereby de-
cIared to be poisoning in the sense
of this act. No sawdust or acid or
other injurious substance shall be
discharged into any of the streams
of the State where fish breed or
abound. 1t shall be unlawful to
throw, place or put any dynamite or
any other explosive in any lake,
stream or water in the State for the
purpose of taking fish. For the vio-
lation of this section the person or
persons so violating shall be fined
five hundred (s50O) dollars or i'm
prisonment not exceeding one year.
Sec. ). 1t shall be unlawful for
any transportation company to re-
ceive for shipment any of the game
birds or animals of the State, except
in season, and unless the package
containing them shall be so labeled as
to show the consignor or consignee
and the number and kind of birds
and animals.
Sec. 6. There shall be no night
hunting in this State except for rae
coons and opossums and foxes, and
the penalty for hunting deer with
torches or artificial lights of any
kind shall be not more than thirty
days or one hundred (s100) dollars
fine.
Sec. z. When not otherwise speci-
fed the penalty for violation OF any
part of the game, bird or fish laws OF
this State shall be misdemeanor
and, upon conviction thereof, the Of
fender shall suffer penalty of fine
of not less than ten dollars or more
than twenty-five dollars, or imprison-
ment of not less than ten or more
than thirty days.
Sec. s. 1t shall be the positive
duty of all sheriffs, deputy sheriffs.
constables, rural policemen and
special officers to actively cooperate
with the game department and game
wardens in the enforcement of the
game and fish laws of the State.
Sec. 9. The destruction of birds
nests shall be punishable in the same
way as the destruction of the birds.
Sec. 10. 1t shall be unlawful for
any one to hunt within this State
without first procuring a license to
do so from the deputy game warden
in the county in which he may pro-
pose to hunt or an adjoining county
OF the State. A resident of any county
shall pay for county license, a
license fee of one and 10-100 (S1.1O)
dollars. A nonresident shall pay
license fee to hunt in any county OF
three and ten one-hundredths (s3.1O)
dollars, except land owners and men,
bers of their families hunting or fish
ing on their own lands or in waters
on their lands, leased by them. Ev-
cry nonresident of the State shall
paw hunters license fee of fifteen
and twenty-five one-hundredths
(s15.25) dollars during any one sea-
son. Provided, any employe residing
in this State may fish or hunt on the
lands of his employer, owning or
leasing the land, by the written per-
mission of the person so owning or
leasing or his superintendent with
the same privilege as the said owner
or person leasing may enjoy.
Sec. II. All non-residents of this
State before fishing for game or 9TH
er fish in any manner in the inland
streams or waters of this State shall
first procure a nonresident fishing
license, the fee for which shall be
three and 25-1O0 (S3.25) dollars.
Sec. 12. Provided, that the pro-
visions of this act shall not prevent
residents of the State from hunting
without license on their own lands
in any county of the State.
Sec. IS. That the federal migra-
tory bird treaty regulations, being
the supreme law of the land under
article VI of the constitution of the
United States, are hereby declared to
be the law of this State, and the pen
atty for their violation shall be pun
ishment of not less than $40 nor
more than s25 fine or thirty days
Imprisonment.
Sec. IA. This act shall take effect
Immediately upon it's approval by the
governor
Approved the 18th day of March,
1919.