§ 13. "Whenever any execution, issued as above ])rovide(l, shall be re- 

 turned ''ISo property found." tiio justice issuing the same, ( r, in case of 

 his death or absence, any other justice having p ssession of the docket in 

 which such judgment was entered, shall issue his w.irrant to the sheriff 

 or any constal)le of such county, commanding him to take and deliver the 

 defendant or defendants in the. execution to the jailor of said county, who 

 shall receive such defendant or defendants into his custcdy and commit 

 him to the county jail of such county, or workhouse of such county, when- 

 ever 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 de- 

 fendant or defendants so arrested or committed shall be discharged at 

 any time on payment of such fine and costs. 



'i 14. Any defendant or defendants against whom such judgment or 

 conviction 'shall be rendered, and, in case of acquittal, the party making 

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

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

 but no proceedings herein provided for shall be stayed until such appeal 

 shall be fully perfected. 



§ 15. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of the pre- 

 ceding sections of this act, where no other penalty is provided, shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon a conviction shall be fined not 

 less than ten or more than two hundred dollars for each offense, and cost 

 of suit. 



? 16 All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby re- 

 pealed : but such repeal shall not disturb the status of the present board 

 of Fish Commissioners. 



§ 1. Amends section 1, act of 1887, by adding the second proviso. 



Ax Act to amend section 1 of an act entitled "An act to amend sections one (1) 

 to six (6), inclusive, and sectvn fifteen (15) of an act entitltd ''An act to encour- 

 age the propagation and cultivation, and to secure the protection of fishes in all 

 the icaters oj this State,'" approved May .31, 1887, in force Jidy 1, 188", and 

 to provide for the enforcemeni of the provisions of this act, apjpioved June 3, 

 1889, m/orce /»?// 1, 1889. 



§ 1. Be it enacted by the People <f the State of Illinoi% represented in the 

 General Assembly: That section 1 of an act entitled "An act to amend 

 sections one (l)"to six (6), inclusive, and section fifteen (15) of an act en- 

 titled 'An act to encourage the propagation and cultivation, and to se- 

 cure the protection of fishes in all the waters of this State,'" approved 

 May 31, 1887, in force July 1, 1887. and to provide for the enforcement of 

 the provisions of this act, approved June 3, 1889. in force July 1, 1889, 

 be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 



Section 1. That no person shall place or cause to be placed or erected any 

 seine, weir, net, tish-dam, or other obstruction in or across any of the rivers, 

 creeks, streams, ponds, lal- es sloughs, bayous or other water or water-courses, 

 wholly within or running through tliis State, in such manner as shall 

 obstruct the free passage of fish up and down or through such water or 

 water-courses: and it shall be unlawful for any person to catch or take 

 tlsh. except minnows for bait, with any device or means than a hook and 

 line, within one-half mile of any dam consrtucted across any of the 

 rivers or creeks or other water-courses wholly within or running through 

 this State: Provided, that it shall be unlawful for any persons or persons 

 at any time to catch or kill any fish in iiny of the rivers, creeks, ponds, 

 lakes, sloughs, baj^ous or other water-courses within the jurisdiction of 

 this State, by use of lime, spear, acid, medical or chemical compound or 



