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§ 6. It shall be unlawful to sell, or oft'er for sale, any of the fol- 

 lowing named fishes mentioned below which are less than the length 

 specified for each: 



Black Bass Eleven Inches 



White or Stripped Bass Eight 



Rock Bass ■ ' 



Blacker River Croppie 



White Croppie Nine 



Yellow or Ring Perch Eiglit 



Wall-eyed Pike or Pike Perch Fifteen 



Pike Pickerel Eighteen 



Butf alo Fifteen 



German Carp Thirteen 



Native Carp Twelve 



Sun Pish 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 designated, shall be pi-inui fucie evidence of vio- 

 lation, and subject the party or parties having them in their pos- 

 session to the penalties of the law, hereinafter mentioned. 



§7. Fishing WITHOUT CONSENT OF OWNER — penalty. 1 Any per- 

 son or persons who shall, for the purpose of fishing, with seine or 

 net, without the consent of the owner, trespass upon the lands of an- 

 other, containing any fish pond or lake, whether natural or artiticial, 

 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction sliall be 

 fined in any sum not less than twenty- five nor more than one hun- 

 dred 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 

 provisions 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 complaint of any person or persons showing by- 

 affidavit that some section of this act has been violated, giving the- 

 names of the person or persons violating if known, and if unknown,, 

 such affidavit shall state by 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 hus been 

 made. 



§ 9. Where complaint to be made.1 When such vi)lation is 

 alleged to have been committed upon that portion of a stream or 

 water course which may be the dividing line between two counties, 

 then the complaint may bo made to any justice of the peace of either 

 of such counties. 



§ 10. When warrant to issue.] If the justice of the peace, be- 

 fore whom such complaint shall be made, shall be satisfied that there 

 is reasonable cause to justify the -naking of such complaint, he shall 

 issue his warrant, directed to the sheriff or constable of such county, 

 commanding him forthwith to arrest and bring before iiim. or in his. 



—5 F. C. 



