Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-15
Friday, August Is, 1919.

H. fittsa Q5) per day.
Provided, that the open season for
hunting foxes shall be from Septem-
Der 1st to February 18th Of each
year.
% The catching of game fish shall
lie with hook and line only in all the
clear water streams and waters OF
lie state.
ID Gill-nets (not to extend more
than half way across stream, lake
or pond) traps (seines, trot lines or
other device which does not break
the passage Of fish in streams), may
be used in the muddy streams Of the
state: Provided, They be not used
within one hundred Q00) yards OF
the mouth of clear water streams
emptying into same. Provided, fur
ther, That a seine or net may be
used IN fishing between the first day
OF September and the first day OF
May.
No traps, nets or other devices
shall be used at the mouths Of or
inside Of any rice field bitches.
(k) The tickling, peSging or catch
cept rod and line or by hand line, or
single set line, outside Of beds Is
strictly forbidden.
Sec 3. Any violation Of the pro-
visions Of this act shall. be a mis-
demeanor and upon conviction there
of, the offender shall suffer penalty
of fine of not less than ten ($10)
dollars nor more than twenty-five
(S25) dollars or Imprisonment Of not
less than ten nor more than thirty
days.
sec. 4. 1t is unlawful to poison
the streams or waters of the state
in any manner whatsoever for the
purpose of taking fish. The mud
dying Of streams or ponds or the In
PRODUCTION Of any substance which re-
suits in making the fish sick, 80 that
they may be caught, Is hereby de-
clared to be poisoning In the sense
Of this act No sawdust or acid or
other injurious substances shall be
discharged into any of the streams
of the state, where fish breed or
abound. It shall be unlawful to
throw, place or put any dynamite or
any other explosive In any lake,
stream of water in the state for the
lation Of this section, the person or
persons so violating, shall be fined
five hundred ($500) dollars or i'm
prisoned not exceeding one year.
Sec. s. It 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 80 labeled
as to show the consignor or con-
sisnee and the number and kind Of
BIRDS and animals. .
Sec. 6. There shall be no night hunt.
ing in this state, except for raccoons
and oppossum and foxes and the penal
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artificial lights of any kind shall be
not more than thirty days or one ($100)
dollars fine.
Sec. 7. When not otherwise speci-
ieG, the penalty for violation OF any
part of the game, bird or fish laws Of
this state shall be q misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof, the offender
shall suffer penalty Of flne-of not less
than ten dollars, nor more than
twenty five dollars, or imprisonment
of not less than ten or more than thirty.
days. ! ~
Sec. 8. It shall be the positive duty
of all sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, consta-
bles, rural policemen and special Of
ficers. 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 punished In the same
way as the destruction Of the birds.
Sec. 10. It shall be unlawful for any
one to hunt within this state without
first procuring license to do so from
the deputy game warden In the county
in which he may propose to hunt or an
adjoining county Of the state. A resi-
dent Of any county shall pay for q
county license license fee Of one and
1O-100 ($1.10J dollars. A nonresident
shall pay license fee to hunt In any
county of three and 10-100 ($3.10) dol
lars, except landowners and members
Of their families, hunting or fishing
upon their own lands, or In waters on
their lands leased by them. Every
non resident Of the state shall pay q
hunters license fee of fifteen and %
100 ($15.25) dollars during any one
season; Provided, any employe resid-
ing 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 privileges as the said owner
or person leasing may enjoy.
Sec. II. All non-residents OF this
state before fishing for game or other
fish In any manner In the inland
streams or waters Of this state shall
first procure q non resident fishing IL
cense, the fee for which shall be three
and 25-100 ($3.26) dollars.
Sec. II. 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. 13. That the Federal Migratory
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 penalty for
their violation shall be punishment OF
not less than $40 nor more than $25
fine or thirty days Imprisonment.
Sec. IA. This act shall take erect
Immediately upon its approval by the
governor.