History Timeline of years 1900 - 1936

Year	Information
1900	The Lacey Act passed. It was the first federal law regulating the importation of birds and animals and interstate traffic of game.
1905	Provisions were made for each of the state’s forty-six counties to have game wardens. They drew no salary, but received one half of the fines they collected and one half of the fees of the non-resident licenses they sold.
1906	The South Carolina General Assembly created the State Board of Fisheries and charged it with the general supervision of commercial and tidal fishing along South Carolina’s coast.
1910	Act No. 293 provided that South Carolina’s bird, game, and non-migratory fish laws would be administered by a commissioner, to be known as the Chief Game Warden. This legislation signaled the birth of the state’s wildlife department.
1914	The last known Passenger Pigeon died in the Cincinnati Zoo. The last two birds recorded in South Carolina were shot in 1890.
1917	The Carolina Parrot became extinct. The last sightings in South Carolina were in 1864. This was very significant for beginnings of legislative wildlife conservation.
1928	A hunting license law was established in South Carolina.