AN ACT FOR THE' PROTECTION OF BIRDS, THEIR NESTS 



AND EGGS. 



rApproved March 5,1891.] 



Section 1. Be it enacted hy the General Assembly of the 

 State of Indiana. That it shall be unlawful for any person S^""^^^- 

 to kill any Avikl l»lrd other than a game bird, or purchase, offer for sale 

 any such wild bird after it has been killed, or to destroy the nests or 

 the eggs of any wild bird. 



Sec. 2. For the purpose of this act the folloAA'ing shall 

 be considered game birds: the Anatida\ commonly called ^^me Birds 

 swans, geese, brant, and river and sea ducks; the Rallidtie, commonly 

 known as rails, coots, mudhens, and gallinules; the Limicolpe, commonly 

 known as shore l)irds. plovers, surf l)irds, snipe, woodcock and sand- 

 liipers, tattlers and cui-lews; the Gallina\ commonly known as wild 

 turkeys, grouse, prairie chickens, iiuail, and pheasants, all of Avhich are 

 not intended to be affected by this act. 



Sec. 3. Any person violating the provisions of Section 

 1 of this act shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum not P'^"''*'^'^^- 

 less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, to which may be added im- 

 prisonment for not less than five days nor more than thirty days. 



Sec. 4. Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall not apply to 



any person holding a permit giving fhe riglit to take birds P'^''™^'^- 



or their nests and eggs for scientific purposes, as provided in Section 



5 of this act. 



Sec. 5. Termits may be granted bv the Executive ^i -. . 



Permits to 



Board of the Indiana Academy of Science to any properly Science 

 accredited person, permitting the holder thereof to collect Inrds, their 

 nests or eggs for strictly scientific purposes. In order to obtain such 

 permit the applicant for the same must present to said Board written 

 testimonials from two well-known scientific men certifying to the good 

 character and fitness of said applicant to be entrusted with such privilege, 

 and pay to said Board one dollar to defray the necessary expenses 

 attending the granting of such permit, and must file with 

 said Board a properly executed bond in the sum of two ^°°'*' 

 hundred dollars, signed by at least two responsible citizens of the State 

 as sureties. The bond shall be forfeited to the State and 

 the permit become void upon proof that the holder of forfeited. 



