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Objects: Sec. 3. The objects for which this corporation is formed are to promote 

 among the citizens of South Carolina a better appreciation of the value of wild birds, 

 non-migratory fish, and animals to men and the State; to encourage parents and 

 teachers to give instruction to children on this subject; to stimulate a public sentiment 

 against the destruction of wild animals, non-migratory fish, and wild birds and their 

 eggs; to secure the enactment and enforcement of proper and necessary laws for the 

 protection and preservation of the wild birds, non-migratory fish, and animals of the 

 State: to provide for the naming of special officers and investing them with necessary 

 power, who shall work under the direction and control of the Audubon Society of 

 South Carolina, looking to the rigid enforcement of the present game, non-migratory 

 fish, and bird protective laws and such other laws of like nature as are herein and 

 may hereafter be enacted; to distribute literature bearing on these topics among the 

 members of the Society and other persons; and to raise and provide funds for defraying- 

 the necessary expenses of the Society in the accomplishment of the purposes herein 

 named. 



Separate offense; Prima facie evidence: Sec. 4. * * * and each bird or 

 game animal so killed [in the State] or taken or had in possession, received for trans- 

 portation or transported, contrary to the provisions of this Act, shall constitute a 

 separate offense. The reception by any person or corporation within this State of 

 any such birds or game for shipment to a point beyond the limits of this State shall 

 be prima facie evidence that said birds or game were killed within the State for the 

 purpose of conveying same beyond its limits; but the provisions of this Section shall 

 not apply to common carriers into whose possession birds or game shall come in the 

 regular course of their business for transportation while they are in transit through 

 the State from any place without the State: * * * 



Game protection fund; Production of license: Sec 8. * * * The Clerks 

 of the Courts shall keep a record of each license [non-resident and alien] issued, in 

 a book furnished by the Audubon Society, and shall make a report to the Audubon 

 Society on the first day of December of each year, and at the close of the hunting 

 season in their respective Counties, on forms provided by said Audubon Society, and 

 shall transmit at the same time all money received for each license to the Treasurer 

 of the State to constitute a fund known as the "Game Protection Fund," which shall 

 be paid out upon the order and vouchers of the Treasurer of the Audubon Society, 

 who shall make an annual report to the Governor of South Carolina, showing the 

 receipts and expenditures of the Society for the year. Every non-resident or alien 

 person shall carry with him his license, and shall upon demand exhibit it to any 

 warden oi police officer, and a refusal to so exhibit his license shall constitute an 

 offense under this Section. The record of licenses kept by the Clerks of the Courts 

 shall be open at all reasonable hours to the inspection of any person. Each day that 

 any non-resident or alien shall hunt within the State of South Carolina without 

 having procured the required license shall constitute a separate offense. 



Treasurer; Game wardens: Sec 10. The Governor of the State shall, upon the 

 passage of this Act, upon the recommendation of the Audubon Society of South Caro- 

 lina, appoint from time to time bird, non-migratory fish, and game wardens, and a 

 Treasurer of the Audubon Society, whose terms of office, unless otherwise provided 

 for, shall be during good behavior or until their successors are appointed. The Gov- 

 ernor shall issue a commission to the Treasurer of the Audubon Society and to each 

 person appointed as a warden, and shall transmit such commission to the office of 

 the Clerk of the Court for the County in which the prospective Treasurer or bird, 

 non-migratory fish and game warden is a resident. No tax or fee shall be charged 

 or collected for said commission. Any of the said wardens may be removed by the 

 Governor upon proof satisfactory to him that they are not fit persons for said posi- 

 tions. The compensation of said wardens shall be fixed and paid by the Audubon 

 Society. 



