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crows, hawks or other birds of prey. Nor shall this section apply to 
persons taking birds, their nests or eggs, for scientific purposes, under 
permit, as provided in the next session. 
Sec. 603. Permits may be granted by the Commissioner of Fisheries 
and Game to any properly accredited person, permitting 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 present to 
such Commissioner written testimonials from two well-known scientific men 
certifying to the good character and fitness of such applicant to be entrusted 
with such privilege, and pay to such Commissioner one dollar therefor and 
file with him a properly executed bond in the sum of two hundred dollars, 
payable to the State of Indiana, conditioned that he will obey the terms of 
such permit, and signed by at least two responsible citizens of the State as 
sureties. The bond may be forfeited, and the permit revoked upon proof to 
the satisfaction of such Commissioner that the holder of such permit has 
killed any bird or taken the nest or eggs of any bird for any other purpose 
than that named in this section. 
PUBLIC OFFENSES—HUNTING WILD BIRDS—PENALTY. 
| Approved March 13, 1915. 
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of 
Indiana, That section six (6) of the above entitled act be amended to read 
as follows: Section 6. That section six hundred two (602) of the above 
entitled act be amended to read as follows: Section 602. It shall be 
unlawful for any person to kill, trap or possess any wild bird, or to 
purchase or offer the same for sale, or to destroy the nest or eggs of any 
wild bird, except as otherwise provided in this section. But this section 
shall not apply to the following named game birds: The Anatidie, com- 
monly called swans, geese, brant, river and sea duck; the Rallidie, com- 
monly known as rails, coots, mud-hens and gallinules; the Limicole, 
commonly known as shore birds, plovers, surf birds, snipe, woodcock, 
sandpipers, tattlers and curlews; the Gallinze, commonly called wild 
turkeys, grouse, prairie chickens, quails, and pheasants; nor to English or 
European house sparrows, blackbirds, crows, hawks or other birds of prey. 
Nor shall this section apply to any person taking birds or their nests or 
eggs for scientific purposes under permit as provided in the next section. 
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, on conviction, be 
fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00). 
