Act of May 10, §§ 1–2 & 26, 1901 Ill. Laws 212, 212–14 (Phillips Bros.).

"An Act to amend section one (1) and section twenty-six (26) of an act entitled, 'An act to provide additional remedies for the protection of game, wild fowl and birds, and to amend, revise and consolidate the amended game law,' approved June 1, 1889, and in force July 1, 1889, and the game warden act, approved June 27, 1885, in force July 1, 1885, and the act to prohibit persons from hunting within the enclosures of others without leave, as amended by act approved June 17, 1891, in force July 1, 1891, as amended by act approved April 24, 1899, in force July 1, 1899.*

    Section 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section one (1) and section twenty-six (26) of an act entitled, ‘An act to provide additional remedies for the protection of game, wild fowl and birds, and to amend, revise and consolidate the amended game law,’ approved June 1, 1889, and in force July 1, 1889, and the game warden act, approved June 27, 1885, in force July 1, 1885, and the act to prohibit persons from hunting within the enclosures of others without leave, as amended by act [approved] June 17, 1891, in force July 1, 1891, as amended by act approved April 24, 1899, in force July 1, 1899, be amended to read as follows:
    § 1. It is hereby declared to be unlawful to hunt, kill, net, entrap, ensnare or destroy, or to attempt to hunt, kill, net, entrap, ensnare or to destroy, or to have in possession, any wild buck, doe, or fawn or wild turkey between the fifteenth day of January and the first day of September of each and every year, or any pinnated or ruffled grouse, prairie chicken, pheasant or partridge between October first and August thirty-first of each succeeding year, or any mourning dove between the first day of December and the first day of August of each succeeding year, any gray, red, fox, or black squirrel, between the first day of December and the first day of July of each succeeding year, or any jack snipe, wilson snipe, sand snipe or any kind of snipe, or any golden plover, upland plover, or any other kind of plover, between the twenty-fifth day of April and the first day of September of each succeeding year, and it shall be unlawful to kill, hunt, destroy, ensnare or entrap, or attempt to kill, hunt, destroy, ensnare or entrap, or otherwise destroy, any wild goose, duck, brant or other water fowl, at any time between the fifteenth day of April and the first day of September of any year; and it shall be unlawful to hunt, kill, trap, ensnare, or attempt to hunt, kill, trap, ensnare, or to otherwise destroy, any wild goose, brant, duck or rail, or other water fowl between the sunset of any day and the sunrise of the next succeeding day, at any period of the year; and it shall further be unlawful at any time to hunt, kill, entrap, ensnare, or attempt to hunt, kill, entrap or ensnare, or otherwise destroy, any wild goose, brant, duck, or other water fowl, from any fixed or artificial ambush beyond a natural covering of reeds, canes, flags, wild rice, or other vegetation above the water of any lake, river, bay, inlet or other water course wholly within this State, or with aid or use of any device commonly called sneak boat, sink box, or other device used for the purposes of concealment in the open water of this State. And it shall be further unlawful to shoot, kill, or destroy, or shoot at, any wild goose, brant, or other water fowl, with a swivel gun, or from any sail boat, electric launch, or steamboat, at any time, in any part of the water of any lake, river or bay, or inlet, or other water course wholly within this State: Provided, that the animals, fowls and birds mentioned in section 10 of this act shall not be killed for a period of five years from and after the taking effect of this act. Any person or persons so offending shall for each and every offense be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than fifteen dollars nor more than fifty dollars, and costs of suit, and shall stand committed to the county jail until such fine and costs are paid: Provided, that such imprisonment shall not exceed 10 days, and the killing of each bird and animal herein specified shall be deemed a separate offense.
    § 2. All acts and parts of acts conflicting herewith are hereby repealed.     
    § 26. For the purpose of increasing the game protection fund, and preventing unauthorized persons from killing game and birds, no person, not a resident of the State of Illinois, shall at any time hunt, pursue or kill, with gun, any of the wild animals, fowls or birds that are protected during any part of the year without first having procured a license so to do, and then only during the respective periods of the year when it shall be lawful; said license shall be procured in the following manner:     
    The applicant shall fill out a blank application, to be furnished by the Secretary of State, stating name, age, occupation and place of residence of applicant; said application shall be subscribed and sworn to by the applicant before any officer authorized to administer oaths in the State of Illinois, and said applicant shall pay to the Secretary of State the sum of ten dollars ($10) as a license fee, together with the sum of fifty cents as the fee of the Secretary of State for issuing the license, which said license shall bear the seal of the State of Illinois, and such license [licensee] is hereby authorized to take from the State twenty-five (25) birds of all kinds, killed by himself or herself, which shall be carried openly for inspection, together with his or her license; and the license fee above provided for shall be paid to the State Treasurer by the Secretary of State within sixty days after its receipt, and shall be placed to the credit of a fund to be known as the 'State game protection fund,' and shall be disbursed by the State Treasurer on warrants signed by the Governor of the State and countersigned by the State game commissioner, when such warrants are accompanied by vouchers signed by the Auditor of Public Accounts, showing the liabilities of the State incurred in the protection of game, wild fowls and birds.     
    Any such license issued as aforesaid shall entitle the person to whom issued to hunt, pursue and kill game within the State, at any time when it shall be lawful to hunt, pursue and kill such game, and no person to whom a license has been issued shall be entitled to hunt, pursue or kill game in this State without at the time of such hunting, pursuit or killing of game, he or she shall have such license in his or her name and possession, ready to exhibit the same for inspection, and shall at his or her expense attach his or her photograph to such license before using the same, and such license shall be void after the first day of June next succeeding its issuance. Any person found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five (25) dollars, nor more than two hundred (200) dollars for each and every offense, and shall stand committed to the county jail until such fine and costs are paid, but such imprisonment shall not exceed ninety days for each one offense; or such person may be proceeded against in an action of debt, in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, for the recovery of the penalty herein prescribed.     
    All acts and parts of acts conflicting with this act are hereby repealed.     
    Approved May 10, 1901.”