South Carolina § 50-13-1240 Designation of fish sluices; obstruction of sluices constitutes public nuisance.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 50-13-1240 — Designation of fish sluices; obstruction of sluices constitutes public nuisance.

South Carolina § 50-13-1240

Title 50FISH, GAME AND WATERCRAFT

Ch. 13PROTECTION OF FISH

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S.C. Code Ann. § 50-13-1240 (2026).

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It shall be the duty of the governing body of the county to designate the fish sluices on the several rivers so as to leave one or more passages for fish up such rivers. Such sluices shall be sixty feet wide or, where there are two or more such sluices, they shall be, together, sixty feet wide. When they shall be so designated, it shall be lawful for any person to open such sluices. If any person shall obstruct any such sluice, when once opened, so as to prevent the free passage of fish up such sluice, and every part thereof, he shall be guilty of a public nuisance and, on conviction thereof in the court of general sessions, shall be fined one hundred dollars and shall stand committed until such fine be paid for a time not exceeding ten days, at the discretion of the court before which suc

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It shall be the duty of the governing body of the county to designate the fish sluices on the several rivers so as to leave one or more passages for fish up such rivers. Such sluices shall be sixty feet wide or, where there are two or more such sluices, they shall be, together, sixty feet wide. When they shall be so designated, it shall be lawful for any person to open such sluices. If any person shall obstruct any such sluice, when once opened, so as to prevent the free passage of fish up such sluice, and every part thereof, he shall be guilty of a public nuisance and, on conviction thereof in the court of general sessions, shall be fined one hundred dollars and shall stand committed until such fine be paid for a time not exceeding ten days, at the discretion of the court before which such conviction may take place. Whenever a fish sluice in any of such rivers shall have been designated as provided in this section, any stoppage of such sluice shall be regarded as a public nuisance and may be abated as such.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 28-654; 1952 Code SECTION 28-654; 1942 Code SECTION 1772-8; 1932 Code SECTIONS 1821, 3416; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 1032; Cr. C. '22 SECTION 790; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 3434; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 773; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 2348; Cr. C. '02 SECTION 520; G. S. 1672; R. S. 406, 1849; 1827 (6) 340; 1837 (6) 569; 1879 (17) 74; 1890 (20) 705; 1934 (38) 1415; 1952 (47) 2179; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1263.