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crows, hawks or other birds of prej r . 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, 1913.] 



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 b? 

 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 Rallid?e, com- 

 monly known as rails, coots, mud-hens and gallinules ; the Limicola?, 

 commonly known as shore birds, plovers, surf birds, snipe, woodcock, 

 sandpipers, tattlers and curlews ; the Gallinse, 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). 



