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§ 4. Appointment and Duty of Wardens.] The Governor, on regust of 

 the fish commissioners, shall appoint fish wardens, who shall enforce all laws 

 relating to fishes, arrest all violators thereof, prosecute all offenses af^ainst 

 same. They shall have power to serve processes against such offenders and 

 shall be allowed the same fee as constables for like service, and shall have 

 power to arrest, without warrant, any person for violating any of the pro- 

 visions of this act; but such wardens shall receive no fees, except on cases 

 where convictions are obtained. Such fish wardens may be removed at any 

 time by the Governor, 



§ 5. Persons Violating Act to be Ekosecuted.] It shall be the duty 

 of all sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables, fish commissioners, and fish war- 

 dens to cause any person violating any of the sections of this act to be 

 promptly prosecuted, and the several fish commissioners of this State shall 

 have the power to arrest, without warrant any person or persons for viola- 

 tion of sections two (2) and three (3) of this act. 



I 6. It shall be unlawful to sell, or offer for sale, any of the following 

 named fishes mentioned below which are less than the length specified for 

 each: 



Black Bass Eleven Inches 



White or Stripped Bass Eight 1 1 



Rock Bass 



Black or River Cra'ppie 



White Crappie Nine 



Yellow or Ring Perch Eight 



Wall-eyed Pike or Pike Perch Fifteen 



Pike Pickerel Eighteen 



Buffalo Fifteen 



German Carp Thirteen 



Native Carp Twelve 



Sun Fish Six 



Red- eyed Pike Six 



Catfish Thirteen 



White Perch Ten 



And, provided further, that the possession of any of the above named species 

 for the purpose of sale, or offering for sale, of less length than above desig- 

 nated, shall be prima facie evidence of violation, and subject the party or 

 parties having them in their possession to the penalities of the law, hereinaf- 

 ter mentioned. 



i 7. Fishing Without Consent of Owner— Penalty.] Any person or 

 persons who shall, for the purpose of fishing, with seine or net, without the 

 consent of the owner, trespass upon the lands of another, containing any fish 

 pond or lake, whether natural or artificial, shall be deemed guiltj' of a mis- 

 demeanor, and on conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty- 

 five nor more than one hundred dollars, and cost of suit for first offense, and 

 not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars for the second offense, 

 and the same for each subsequent offense, as for the second offense. 



§ 8. How Enforced— Complaint— Affidavit.] To enforce the provis- 

 ions of this act, all suits brought under the same, shall be brought in the 

 name of the People of the State of Illinois, and shall be brought on the com- 

 plaint of any person or persons showing by affidavit that some section of this 

 act has been violated, giving the name of the peisou or persons violating if 

 known, and if unknown, such affidavit shall state bj' some person or persons 

 whose name or names are unknown, and such complaint shall be made before 

 any justice of the peace of the county in which such violation has been made. 



§ 9. Where Co.mplaints to be Made.] When such violation is alleged 

 to have been committed upon that portion of a stream or water course whi'jh 

 may be the dividing line between two counties, then the complaint may be 

 made to any justice of the peace of either of such counties. 



^ 10. When Warrant to Issue.] If the justice of the peace, before whom 

 such complaint shall be made, shall be satisfied that there is a reasonable 

 cause to justify the making of such complaint, he shall issue his warrant, di- 

 .rected to the sheriff or constable of such county, commanding him forthwith 

 to arrest and bring before him, or in his absence, before some other nearest 

 justice of the peace within such county, the person or persons alleged to 

 have been guilty of violating any of the sections of this act. 



