attorney of the county, and when so appointed shall take the oath of office in like manner as State's attorneys, and shall be under the supervision of the State's attorney.

§ 2. The salaries of State's attorneys, excepting that part which is to be paid out of the State treasury as now provided by law, shall be paid out of the county treasury of the county in which the State's attorney shall reside, in quarterly annual installments on the order of the county board on the treasurer of said county.

§ 3. It is hereby made the duty of all State's attorneys to report the collection and payment of fines to the proper authorities, as is now or may hereafter be provided by law, and the State's attorney shall have no further interest in fines, conviction fees, penalties, or moneys collected by virtue of such office other than to see that they are paid to the proper authorities.

§ 4. All laws or parts of laws contrary to or in violation of this Act are hereby repealed.

AN ACT to revise the law in relation to the propagation and protec tion of fish in all the waters under the jurisdiction of the State of Illinois.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the ownership of and title to

all fish in any waters within the jurisdiction of this State, is hereby declared to be in the State and no fish shall be caught, taken or killed in any manner or at any time except the persons so catching, taking or killing such fish shall consent that the title to said fish shall be and remain in the State for the purpose of regulating the possession, use, sale or transportation thereof after such taking, catching or killing.

§ 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to catch, take or kill, or attempt to catch, take or kill, any fish in any of the lakes, rivers, creeks, sloughs, bayous or other waters, or water courses within the jurisdiction of this State, except subject to the restrictions and by the means and devices, and at the time prescribed by this Act.

§ 3. Fish of legal size or weight, as hereinafter prescribed, may be caught, taken or killed with hook and line at any time.

§ 4. It shall be lawful to catch and take all kinds of fish (except black bass, pike, pickerel, pike perch, commonly known as jack or yellow salmon, white fish, trout, chubs, long jaws, black fins and herring) with hoop or fyke nets, dip nets, trammel nets, baskets, or with seines, the meshes of neither of which are less than one and one-half inches square, between the first day of July of any year and the first day of May of the next succeeding year.

§ 5. White fish and trout may be caught and taken only with gill nets and with pound nets, the meshes of neither of which are less than two and one-eighth inches square, between the first day of December of any year and the first day of November of the next succeeding year.

Long jaws, black fins and herring may be caught and taken only with gill nets and with pound nets, the meshes of neither of which are less than one and three-eighths inches square, between the first day of December of any year and the first day of November of the next succeeding year.

§ 6. It shall be lawful to catch or take minnows for bait only by the use of minnow seines or traps, the meshes of which shall not be less than one-fourth of an inch square nor shall the length of any minnow seine be more than fifty (50) feet: Provided, however, that any person so fishing for minnows for bait in the manner prescribed, shall at once return to the water uninjured all fish of whatever size or length, except such as are commonly known as minnows.

§ 7. It shall be lawful for the Board of Fish Commissioners of the State of Illinois, or of the United States, or persons authorized for them, to catch and take fish in any way, at any time and at such places as they may deem best for the purpose of propagation, distribution, or the destruction of objectionable fish, and for the University of Illinois, or its agents, to do likewise for scientific purposes.

§ 8. No hoop, trammel net or fyke net, gill net or pound net or seines shall be set, placed or used by any person or persons in such a manner as to obstruct more than one-half of the width of any stream, river, lake, slough, bayou or other water course within the jurisdiction of this

State. All gill nets and pound nets shall be set and lifted only by the use of a tug, launch, sail boat or row boat licensed as hereinafter provided.

§ 9. Every person who shall at any time catch, take or kill or attempt to catch, take or kill any fish in any of the rivers, lakes, creeks, streams, sloughs, bayous or other water courses within the jurisdiction of this State by the use of lime, acid, medical or mechanical compound or dope of any medicated drug or any coculus inducus, or fish berry, or any dynamite, or giant powder, nitro-glycerine or other explosive, or any kind of fire arms or by the use of jack or artificial light or any kind, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100), nor more than two hundred dollars ($200), or punished by imprisonment in the county jail not less than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court.

It shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch or kill, or attempt. to take, catch or kill in any manner or by any means whatsoever any fish in, upon or from any water in any quarry, quarry hole, artificial lake, fish pond or reservoir or other artificial depression upon the premises of any other person within the jurisdiction of this State, without the consent in writing of the owner or person in charge thereof.

§ 10. It shall be unlawful to catch, take or kill by any means or device whatever, or to sell or offer for sale, or have in possession, unless caught with hook and line, any of the following named fish mentioned below, which are less than the weight or length mentioned for each: Black bass, eleven inches.

White or striped bass, eight inches.

Rock bass, six inches.

Crappie, eight inches.

Yellow or ring perch, eight inches.

Pike perch or wall-eyed pike, thirteen inches.

Pike or pickerel, eighteen inches.

Buffalo, fifteen inches.

German carp, fifteen inches.

Sun fish, six inches.

Blue or channel cat, thirteen inches; ten inches dressed.

White perch, ten inches.

Bull head cat, seven inches.

White fish, one and one-half pounds, undressed.

Lake trout, one and one-half pounds.

Turtle or terrapin, seven inch shell, or during the month [s] of May and June any frog weighing one-fourth (14) pound or over.

The possession by any person of any fish under the size or weight prescribed in this section, unless caught with hook and line, shall be prima facie evidence that such fish were the property of the State of Illinois at the time they were caught, taken and killed, and that such fish were caught, taken and killed in this State. Any person receiving

in due course of business any fish shipped into this State from any other state, territory, or country, less than the size or weight prescribed in this section, shall within forty-eight (48) hours after the receipt of such fish notify the Board of Fish Commissioners, a fish warden, or some deputy fish warden of such fact, stating in such notice the name of the person from whom received, and the point from which such fish were shipped. Upon receipt of such notice it shall be the duty of the Board of Fish Commissioners, the fish warden, or the deputy fish warden, as the case may be, to seize same and donate such fish to some charitable institution.

§ 11. It shall be unlawful at any time to sell or offer or expose for sale, or have in possession for the purpose of selling, any black bass, pike, pickerel, or pike perch commonly known as wall-eyed pike, or jack or yellow salmon.

§ 12. It shall be unlawful, at any time, to transport, ship or take to any point outside this State, any black bass, pike, pickerel, or pike perch commonly known as jack or yellow salmon: Provided, that any person may carry with him, or transport as baggage on any train or conveyance for which he has purchased a transportation ticket, to a point without this State, one package and no more, at any one time and during any one day, containing not more than twenty-five pounds of black bass, pike, pickerel and pike perch, commonly known as jack or yellow salmon, legally caught and taken in the waters under the jurisdiction of this State: Provided, that such package, when offered as baggage, shall be plainly labeled so as to show the name of the person offering the same for transportation, the place to which it is to be transported, the number of fish of each kind contained therein, and the number of the license of the person offering such fish for transportation, if any such license is required.

§ 13. It shall be unlawful to sell or ship, offer for sale or shipment, or receive for shipment, between the first day of May and the first day of July of each year, any fish or frog caught in any of the waters under the jurisdiction of this State, excepting that white fish, trout, long jaws, chubs, black fins and herring may be sold or shipped, offered for sale or shipment, or received for shipment between the first day of December of any vear and the first day of November of the next succeeding year.

The possession of any such fish for shipment or in transit shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section: Provided, this section shall not apply to the transportation of fish into or through this State, or out of it, by the Fish Commission of Illinois, or any other State, or of the United States: Provided, further, that there shall be allowed five days after the close of the fishing season to dispose of or to ship all fish legally caught and taken previous to the close of the fishing season.

§ 14. It shall be unlawful for any railroad company, express company, steamboat company, or common carrier, to ship or transport,

or receive for shipment or transportation or to have in possession for the purpose of shipment to any point either within or without this State, any box, barrel, crate, or other receptacle containing fish, unless such box, barrel, crate, or other receptacle shall have firmly fixed and attached thereto a tag on which shall be printed or written, or partly printed and partly written, information stating the different varieties of fish contained in each box, barrel, crate, or other receptacle, the name and place of business of the consignor, the number of the license of the consignor, whenever such license is required, and the name and place of the business of the consignee.

§ 15. It shall be unlawful for any person to fish in any waters under the jurisdiction of this State with seine, dip net, gill net or pound net, without first obtaining a license so to do. Each resident of this State shall pay for each license the foliowing amounts, respectively:

(a) For each one hundred yards of seine, or less, (except minnow seines) five (5) dollars.

(aa) For each one hundred yards of trammel net or less, one dollar and twenty-five cents.

(c) For each dip net twenty-five (25) cents.

(d) For each steam tug used in operating gill nets or pound nets, twenty-five (25) dollars.

(e) For each gasoline launch used in operating gill nets or pound nets, fifteen (15) dollars.

(f) For each sail boat or row boat used in operating gill nets or pound nets, ten (10) dollars.

Each non-resident of this State shall pay for each such license, the following amounts, respectively:

(a) For each one hundred yards of seine, or less, (except minnow seines) ten (10) dollars.

(aa) For each one hundred yards of trammel net or less, five (5) dollars.

(b) For each dip net one dollar ($1.00).

(c) For each hoop or fyke net one dollar ($1.00).

(d)

For each steam tug used in operating gill nets or pound nets, two hundred (200) dollars.

(e)

For each gasoline launch used in operating gill nets or pound nets, fifty (50) dollars.

(f) For each sail boat or row boat used in operating gill nets or pound nets, thirty (30) dollars.

It shall be unlawful for any male non-resident above the age of sixteen of the State of Illinois to fish with hook and line in any of the waters under the jurisdiction of this State without first obtaining a license so to do, for which license such non-resident shall pay the sum of one dollar ($1.00). No license issued under the provisions of this section shall be transferred.

16. Each county, city or village clerk is hereby authorized and empowered to issue all licenses referred to in the preceding section of this Act upon the payment to such clerk of the amount of the license