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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. 
