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? 11. Hearing— Complaint— Judgment— Juror.] Whenever any person 

 or persons shall be brought before any justice of the peace, in the manner 

 provided in this act, it shall be the duty of such justice to hear and deter- 

 mine the complaint. The person or persons so charged may demand jury 

 trial at any time before the commencement of the trial, and the case shall be 

 tried as cases before justices in civil cases, and judgment shall be for convic- 

 tion or acquittal of the defendant or defendants in the case. In case a jury 

 is called, the form of the verdict shall be, if for conviction: "We, the jury, 



find the defendant guilty, and assess the fine at .... dollars;" and if for 



acquittal: "We, the jury, find the defendant not guilty." The justice shall 

 pronounce judgment in accordance with the verdict. 



§ 12. Penalty— Collection and Distribution op.] Whenever any 

 judgment of conviction shall be rendered against defendant or defendants, as 

 provided, execution shall issue forthwith on such judgment, and the sheriff 

 or constable to whom the same shall be directed shall pay one-half of all pen- 

 alties collected on such execution, in payment of such judgment, to the per- 

 son or persons who shall have made the complaint, and the remaining one- 

 half to the superintendent of schools of the county wherein such trial shall be 

 had. • 



g 13. When Execution Returns No Property— Arrest.] Whenever 

 any execution issued as above provided, shall be returned "No property 

 found," the justice issuing the same, or in case of his death or absence, any 

 other justice having possession of the docket in which said judgment was en- 

 tered, shall issue his warrant to the sheriff or any constable of such county, 

 commanding him to take and deliver the defendant or defendants in the exe- 

 cution to the jailer of such county, who shall receive such defendant or de- 

 fendants into his custody and commit to the ccunty jail of such county, 

 whenever one exists, for a period of not less than ten nor more than sixty 

 days, as the justice shall decide and direct in his warrant, but such defend- 

 ant or defendants so arrested or committed shall be discharged at any time 

 on payment of such fine and costs. 



^ 14. Appeal.] Any defendant or defendants against whom such judg- 

 ment of conviction shall be rendered, and in case of acquittal, the party mak- 

 ing the complaint or any person who will give the necessary bond, shall have 

 the right to appeal, on the same terms as in civil cases before justices, but 

 no proceeding herein provided for shall be stayed until such appeal shall be 

 fully perfected. 



? 15. Penalty.] Any person or persons violating any of the provisions 

 of the preceding sections of this act, when no other penalty is provided, 

 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon a conviction, shall be 

 fined not less than twenty-five nor more than two hundred dollars for each 

 offense. 



§ 16. Repeal Board of Fish Commissioners.] All acts and parts of acts 

 in conflict with this act are hereby repealed; but such repeal shall not disturb 

 the status of the present board of fish commissioners. 



regulating the catching, shipping and sale of fish. 



An act to regulate fishing in Lake Michigan, and the shipping of fish in the 

 State of Illinois, 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, rej^resented 

 in the General Assembly: That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons 

 or corporation to take, catch or kill, or attempt to take, catch or kill in any 

 manner or by any means whatsoever, in the waters of Lake Michigan, any 

 white fish or lake trout, between the fourteenth day of October in each year 

 and the succeeding thirtieth day of November. It shall be unlawful for any 

 person to set or cause to be set or used in the water of Lake Michigan within 

 one-quarter of a mile of the main shore thereof, any gill, pound or fike net. 

 No dip-nets shall be used except for catching minnows for bait, said dip-nets 

 not to exceed twenty inches in diameter. 



