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Sec. 3. Any person violating the provisions of Section 1 of this 

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act shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum not less than ten nor 



more than fifty dollars, to which may lie added imprisonment 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 per- 

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son holding a permit giving the right to take birds or their nests and 



eggs for scientific piirjioses, as provided in Section 5 of this act. 

 Permits to ^^*^" '^^ Permits may be granted by the Executive Board of the 



feeienee. Indiana Academy of Science to any properly accredited person, per- 

 mitting the holder thereof to collect birds, their nests or eggs for strictly scientific 

 purposes. In order to obtain such permit the applicant for the same must pre- 

 sent to said Board written testimonials from two well known scientific men certi- 

 fying 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 

 Bond for- forfeited to the State and tiie permit become void u]jon proof that 

 felted. ^]j^_, holder of such permit has killed any bird or taken the nests or 



eggs of any bird for any other purpose than that named in this section, and shall 

 further be subject for each offense to the penalties ju-ovided in this act. 



Sec. 6. The i)ermits authorized by tliis act shall be in force for 

 two years only from the date of their issue, and shall not be trans- 

 ferable. 



■p. J J. Sec. 7. The English or European house sparrow (passer domes- 



i>rey. ticus), crows, hawks, and other birds of prey are not included among 



the birds protected by this act. 



. , . Sec. 8. All acts or parts of acts heretofore passed in confiict 



pealed. with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. 



Sec. 9. An emergency is declared to exist for the immediate 

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taking eflfect of this act, therefore the same shall be in force and 



effect from and after its passage. 



Two years 



