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Penalties: Sec. 26. Any i^erson or persons, agent or employee of any association 

 or corporation violating any of the provisions of section 19 and 21 of this Act, shall 

 upon conviction thereof be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five nor more than 

 seventy-five dollars, together with costs of suit. 



Approved, March 13, 1899. 



ILLINOIS. 



Laws of 1899, pp. 224-227. 



Sale, Shipment: Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to buy, sell or have 

 in possession any of the animals, wild fowl or birds mentioned in section 1 of this 

 act [deer, wild turkey, pinnated grouse, ruffed grouse, prairie chicken, pheasant 

 or partridge, quail, woodcock, dove, squirrel, snipe, plover, wild goose, duck, brant, 

 or other waterfowl], at any time when the killing, trapping, netting and ensnaring 

 of such animals, wild fowl or birds shall be unlawful which shall have been killed, 

 entrapped, netted or ensnared contrary to the provisions of this act. And it shall 

 further be milawful for any person or persons at any time to sell or expose for sale, 

 or to have in his or their possession for the purpose of selling, any quail, pinnated 

 grouse or prairie chicken, ruffled grouse or pheasant, grey, red, fox or black squirrel 

 or wild turkey that shall have been caught, ensnared, trapped or killed within the 

 limits of this State. And it shall further be unlawful for any person, corporation or 

 carrier to receive for transportation, to transport, carry or convey any of the afore- 

 said quail, pinnated grouse or prairie chicken, ruffled grouse or pheasant, squirrel, 

 or wild turkey that shall have been caught, ensnared, trapped or killed within the 

 limits of this State, knowing the same to have been sold, or to transport, carry or 

 convey the same to any place where it is to be sold or offered for sale, or to any 

 place outside of this State for any purpose, except such person have a license from 

 this State so to do. And any person guilty of violating any of the provisions of this 

 section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall 

 be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for 

 each and every offense, and shall stand committed to the county jail not exceeding 

 ten days until such fines and costs are paid: Provided, that the selling, exposing for 

 sale, having in possession for sale, transporting or carrying and conveying, contrary 

 to the provisions of this section, of each and every animal or bird forbidden herein, 

 shall be deemed a separate offense. 



Game birds defi.ned: Sec. 3. * * * For the purposes of this act the follow- 

 ing only shall be considered game birds: The An[a]tida?, commonly known as 

 swans, geese, brant and river and sea ducks; the Rallida?, commonly known as 

 rails, coots, mud-hens and gallinules; the Linicolce [Limicol^e], commonly known 

 as shore birds, plover, surf birds, snipe, wood-cock, sand-pipers, tatlers and curlews; 

 the GallincTe, commonly known as wild turke> s, grouse, prairie chickens, pheasants, 

 partridges, quails, and mourning doves. ^ 



Sale seasons: Sec 6. Xo i^erson or persons shall sell, or expose for sale, or have 

 in his or their possession for the purpose of selling or exposing for sale, any of the 

 animals, wild fowls or birds jnentioned in section one (1) of this act after the expira- 

 tion of five (5) days next succeeding the first day of the period in which it shall be 

 unlawful to kill, entrap or ensnare such animals, wild fowls or birds; nor shall any 

 of such animals, wild fowls or birds be sold or offered for sale during the first two 

 days of the open season. Any person so offending shall, on conviction, be fined and 

 dealt with as specified in section one (1 ) of this act [penalty, a fine of $15 to $50 and 

 costs of suit, or imprisonment not exceeding 10 days, for each offense; but the kill- 



^ Mourning doves properly belong to the Columba?, not to the Gallinje. 



