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8b. No person shall be permitted to use or operate a steam, gasoline, sailboat or rowboat for fishing in or upon the waters. mentioned in the first section of this act without first obtaining a license so to do from the city clerk or county clerk of any city or county bordering upon such waters, which clerks are hereby authorized to issue such licenses. The fee for such licenses to be paid to such clerk in advance shall be as follows: For each steam tug, $25.00; for each gasoline launch, $15.00; for each sailboat, $10.00; for each rowboat, $10.00. And each city or county clerk issuing any license shall be entitled to a fee of 25 cents for each license so issued by him, in addition to the fee above provided for, to be paid by the party applying for such license. Which payment so made shall entitle the person making the same to use and operate such steam tug, gasoline launch, sailboat or row boat, at such time as prescribed by this act. The license fee above provided for shall be paid by the said clerk to the State Treasurer at the end of each month, and shall be placed to the credit of a fund to be known as the State fish protection fund, and shall be distributed by the State Treasurer on warrants signed by the State Fish Commissioners, approved by the Governor and filed with the Auditor of Public Accounts, who shall draw his warrant therefor on the State Treasurer. And said license expire on the 1st day of June following its issue: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as limiting or restraining the right of any person to fish at any time with a hook and line without any license. (Added, 1909.)

9. Any person or corporation violating any of the act other than section one shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and costs of suit, or imprisonment in the county jail of the county wherein such conviction shall be had for not less than fifteen nor more than thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

Any person or corporation violating the provisions of section. one of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shal be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars and costs of suit, or imprisonment in the county jail of the county wherein such conviction shall be had for not less than three months nor more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

10. All acts or parts of acts contravening the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

FISH AND GAME.

(Act of 1919.)

Section 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

ARTICLE I.

General Provisions.

That this Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Game and Fish Code of Illinois."

Sec. 2. Department.] This Act shall be administered by and under the direction of the Department of Agriculture. The word "Department," as used in this Act, shall be construed to mean the Department of Agriculture.

Sec. 3. Duty of Department.] It shall be the duty of the Department to take all measures necessary for the conservation, distribution, introduction and restoration of game, wild animals, wild fowls, birds, fish, mussels, frogs and turtles and to bring, or cause to be brought, actions and proceedings, in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, to enforce the provisions hereof and to recover any and all fines and penalties hereinafter provided for.

Sec. 4. Officers and Employees of the Department.] Whenever in this Act powers or duties are vested in or imposed upon the officers or employees of the Department of Agriculture, only such officers and employees of the department shall exercise such powers or duties as are authorized in writing, signed by the Director of the Department of Agriculture.

Sec. 5. Ownership and Title.] The ownership of and title to all game, wild animals, wild fowls, birds, fish, mussels, frogs and turtles within the jurisdiction of the State, are hereby declared to be in the State, and no game, wild animals, wild fowls, birds, fish, mussels, frogs or turtles shall be taken or killed, in any manner or at any time, except the person or persons so taking or killing the same shall consent that the title thereto shall be and remain in the State for the purpose of regulating the possession, use, sale and transportation thereof after such taking or killing, as hereinafter set forth. The taking or killing of game, wild animals, wild fowls, birds, fish, mussels, frogs and turtles at any time, in any manner, and by any person, shall be deemed a consent on the part of such person that the title to such game, wild animals, wild fowls, birds, fish, mussels, frogs and turtles is, shall be, and remains in the

State for the purposes of regulating the possession, use, sale and tranportation of same.

Sec. 6. Application of Act.] It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, kill, entrap, ensnare, or destroy, or to attempt to hunt, kill, entrap, ensnare or destroy, or to have in his or her possession, any wild bird, wild fowl or wild animal; or to catch, take or kill, or to attempt to catch, take or kill any fish, mussels, frogs or turtles in or from any of the lakes, rivers, creeks, sloughs, bayous or other waters or watercourses wholly or in part within the jurisdiction of the State, or over which the State has concurrent jurisdiction with any other state, except subject to the restrictions and by the means, and devices. and at the times prescribed by this Act.

ARTICLE II.

(a) Game Birds. (b) Non-Game Birds.

(a) Game Birds.

Sec. 7. Closed Seasons.] It shall be unlawful:

To hunt, kill, take or destroy grouse (except pinnated prairie chickens), quails (except bobwhite), partridges, woodcocks, wild turkeys, swans, pheasants (except cock pheasants), and all shore birds (except plovers, black-breasted and golden, greater and lesser yellowlegs, Wilson and jack snipe), until November 10, 1923, and wood ducks and eider ducks until September 16, 1925.

Sec. 8. Doves, Mourning.] It shall be unlawful:

(a) To hunt or kill mourning doves, except between the first day of September and the 30th day of September, both inclusive, of each year.

(b) For any person to kill, in any one day, in excess of fifteen mourning doves.

(c) For any person to have in his or her possession, at any one time, in excess of twenty-five mourning doves.

Sec. 9. Pheasants (Cock).] It shall be unlawful:

(a) To hunt or kill cock pheasants, except between the 1st and 5th days of October, both inclusive, of each year.

(b) For any person to kill, in any one day, in excess of two cock pheasants.

(c) For any person to have in his or her possession, at any one time, in excess of six cock pheasants.

Sec. 10. Plovers (Black-breasted and golden, greater and lesser yellowlegs).] It shall be unlawful:

(a) To hunt or kill plovers, except between the 16th day of

September and the 31st day of December, both inclusive, of each year.

(b) For any person to kill, in any one day, in excess of fifteen plovers.

(e) For any person to have in his or her possession, at any one time, in excess of fifty plovers.

Sec. 11. Prairie chickens (Pinnated grouse).] It shall be unlawful:

(a) To hunt or kill prairie chickens, except between the 20th and 31st days of October, both inclusive, of each year. (b) For any person to kill, in any one day, in excess of three prairie chickens.

(c) For any person to have in his or her possession, at any one time, in excess of twelve prairie chickens.

Sec. 12. Quails (Bobwhite).] It shall be unlawful:

(a) To hunt or kill quails, except between the 10th day of November and the 10th day of December, both inclusive, of each year.

(b) For any person to kill, in any one day, in excess of twelve quails.

(c) For any person to have in his or her possession, at any one time, in excess of thirty-six quails.

Sec. 13. Rails (Except Coots).] It shall be unlawful:

(a) To hunt or kill rails, except between the 1st day of September and the 30th day of November, both inclusive, of each

year.

(b) For any person to kill, in any one day, in excess of fif

teen rails.

(c) For any person to have in his or her possession, at any one time, in excess of sixty rails.

Sec. 14. Snipe (Wilson and jack).] It shall be unlawful: (a) To hunt or kill snipes, except between the 16th day of September and the 31st day of December, both inclusive, of each year.

(b) For any person to kill, in any one day, in excess of fifteen snipes.

(c) For any person to have in his or her possession, at any one time, in excess of fifty snipes.

Sec. 15. Water Fowls (Brants, coots, ducks, geese).] It shall be unlawful:

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(a) To hunt or kill any brants, coots, ducks, or geese, except during such period of time as is presently provided by a proclamation of the President of the United States, dated July 31, 1918, and made pursuant to an Act of Congress of the United States, approved July 3, 1918, known as the "Migra

tory Bird Treaty Act," namely, from September 16th to December 31st, both inclusive, of each year, or during such periods of time as the President of the United States may hereafter by proclamation designate. The Director of the Department of Agriculture of this State shall give due notice of any proclamation issued by the President of the United States and observe the provisions thereof in the enforcement of this Act. (b) To hunt or kill, or to attempt to hunt or kill, any wood duck or eider duck until the 16th day of September, A. D. 1925,

(c) For any person to kill, in any one day, in excess of eight (8) brants, fifteen (15) coots, fifteen (15) ducks, and eight (8) geese.

(d) For any person to have in his or her possession, at any one time, in excess of ten (10) brants, sixty (60) coots, sixty (60) ducks, and ten (10) geese.

(e) To hunt any such water fowls from any fixed or artificial ambush located beyond the lines of the natural covering of reeds, canes, willows, flags, crooked brush, wild rice, or other vegetation, above the open waters of any lake, river, bayou or inlet, or other water course within the jurisdiction of the State.

(f) To hunt or kill, or to attempt to hunt or kill, any such water fowls from an electric, gas or steam launch, sail boat or aero or hydroplane.

(g) To use a rifle, swivel gun, trap, snare or net in hunting or killing, or attempting to hunt or kill any such water fowls. (h) To use a sneak boat, sink box, or other device for the purpose of concealment, when hunting any such water fowls. Sec. 16. General Provisions as to Game Birds.] It shall be unlawful:

(a) To use a trap, snare or net in taking, or attempting to take, any of the game birds named in this Act.

(b) To take, or needlessly destroy, the nests or eggs thereof. (c) To hunt or kill, or to attempt to hunt or kill, any of such game birds before sunrise or after sunset.

(d) To buy, sell or barter, or offer to buy, sell or barter, or for any commercial institution, commission house, restaurant or cafe keeper, to have in possession any of the game birds named in this Act, whether killed or taken within or without the State, or lawfully or unlawfully killed or taken.

(b) Non-Game Birds.

Sec. 17. Non-Game Birds.] It shall be unlawful:

(a) For any person to shoot, kill, destroy or catch, or at

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