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in all such prosecutions the owner, or owners or persons in possession of said grounds 

 or lands, shall not be required to prove title to the grounds or lands in controversy. 



Prima facie evidence: [Sec] 7. [Exempts common carriers from liability for 

 possession of game in close season when transporting it through the State. ] But, not- 

 withstanding this provision, the having or being in possession of any such animals, 

 wild fowl or birds, as are mentioned in section one (1), upon any of the days upon 

 which the killing, entrapping, ensnaring, netting, buying, selling or having in pos- 

 session any such animals, wild fowl or birds, shall be unlawful by the provisions of 

 this act, shall be deemed and taken as prima facie evidence that the same was 

 ensnared, entrapped, netted or killed in violation of this act. 



Prosecution; Fines: [Sec] 8. All prosecutions under the provisions of this act, 

 except as otherwise herein provided, shall be brought by any person, in the name of 

 the People of the State of Illinois, against any person or persons violating any of the 

 provisions* of this act, before any justice of the peace of any county, in which such 

 violation is alleged to have taken place (and said justice may, on proper evidence of 

 guilt, bind said violator over to the grand jury), or before any court of competent 

 jurisdiction; and it is hereby made the duty of the State's attorney to see that the 

 provisions of this act are enforced in their respective counties, and they shall prose- 

 cute all offenders on receiving information of the violation of any of the provisions 

 of this act; and it is made the duty of sheriffs, constables and police officers to inform 

 against and prosecute all persons whom there is probable cause to believe are guilty 

 of violating any of the provisions of this act. One-half of the amount recovered in 

 any penal action under the provisions of this act shall be paid to the person filing 

 the complaint in such action, and the remaining one-half to the game protection 

 fund. 



Limitation: [Sec] 9. All prosecutions under this act shall be commenced within 

 six months from the time such offense was committed and not afterwards. 



Fines: [Sec] 10. [As amended by Laws of 1907.] * * * The one-half of all 

 fines imposed and collected under this act shall be paid to th3 informer, and the bal- 

 ance shall be paid to the game protection fund. 



Approved April 28, 1903. 



INDIANA. 

 Laws of 1899, Chap. XXXI, p. 44. 



Commissioner: Sec 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of 

 Indiana, That the Governor immediately after the taking effect of this Act, shall 

 appoint a suitable person, who shall be a citizen of the State of Indiana, to discharge 

 the duties hereinafter prescribed who shall be known as Commissioner of Fisheries 

 and Game, and who shall hold his office for four years, subject to removal by the 

 Governor for incompetency, or other cause that would render him an improper per- 

 son to longer hold the office. 



Duties; Powers; Deputies: Sec 2. * * * Said Commissioner shall inquire 

 into the best methods of preserving and propagating the game birds and song birds 

 now in this State and shall introduce such varieties of food and game birds, foreign 

 to the State, as may be deemed for the best interests of the people of the State. Said 

 Commissioner may take or cause to be taken, any fish or game, in any manner and 

 at any time, for purposes connected with fish or game culture, protection, preserva- 

 tion or propagation, or with scientific observation. Provided, That in all cases of 

 scientific observation he shall require a permit from the Indiana Academy of Science. 

 Said Commissioner shall also see that all laws for the protection of fish and game are 

 enforced, and shall institute proceedings for the violation and punishment of any 

 person or persons violating said laws within the State of Indiana, and shall have all 

 the powers given to any Township Trustee or Road Supervisor for the enforcement 

 of said fish or game laws, and shall have power to appoint a deputy or deputies in 



