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Comment on Section 75 



Notice the various officers of the law whose duty it is to ar- 

 rest persons detected in violation of any of the provisions of 

 this Act. Note further that it is the duty of these same officers 

 to make prompt investigation of any violations of the provisions 

 of the Act reported by other persons, and if there seems just 

 ground for complaint the officer is to file a complaint before a 

 court of jurisdiction. Then after filing such a complaint it is 

 the duty of the officer to render assistance in prosecutions. Last- 

 ly all such officials including police officers are to receive fees 

 and mileage and one-half of the fines imposed. It is an open 

 secret that the officer who "works" an area frequented by vio- 

 lators of the game laws has an opportunity to swell his normal 

 income perceptibly. 



Who Shall Hunt 



Only those who have hunting licenses may hunt and that 

 only during the respective periods of the year when hunting 

 shall be lawful. 



Section 40. Hunting licenses will be issued to no person 

 under the age of sixteen years, without the written request of 

 the father or mother or legally constituted guardian of such 

 person. Hunting licenses will be issued (a) to residents of the 

 State of Illinois and citizens of the United States; (b) to non- 

 residents of the State of Illinois, but citizens of the United, 

 States; (c) to foreign born persons who have procured their 

 final naturalization papers, and to the minor children of such 

 persons. 



Comment on Section 40 



It will be seen that aliens may no longer hunt within the 

 State of Illinois. They cannot procure a license and therefore 

 can be arrested on general principles when seen with a hunting 

 weapon of any kind, gun or net. Our laws still permit children 

 to secure hunting licenses but set up a slight safeguard as to is- 

 suing licenses to those under sixteen. The contention of the 

 Illinois Audubon Society was that sixteen should be the mini- 

 mum, age requirement for the holders of hunting licenses. 



When Net to Hunt 



House Bill 312, approved by Gov. Lowden, June 25, 1917, 

 makes unlawful the discharge of firearms upon a public highway 

 by anyone other than an officer of the law and provided a penalty 

 of from five to twenty-five dollars for each and every violation 

 of this act. Section 38 of the Game and Fish Code reads : 



It shall be unlawful: 



(a) To hunt, kill, take or destroy, or attempt to hunt, kill, 

 take or destroy game birds, rabbits, squirrels, or fur-bearing 

 animals from any automobile or vehicle of any kind propelled 

 by mechanical power, by the use of the lights thereof or any light 

 used from such vehicle. 



