2535g. Trout fishing restricted to hook and line.-5. Except as otherwise provided in this act, it shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch or kill or attempt to take, catch or kill any trout in any of the waters of this state in any manner or by any other means than by the use of hook and line, equipped with artificial bait or any form of natural bait, not otherwise prohibited by law, except trout-fry or trout minnows. It shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch, or capture or attempt to take, catch or capture any minnows of any variety within the limits of any state breeding ground established for the breeding and propagation of trout. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than five dollars ($5) nor more than ten dollars ($10) for each separate offense.

2535h. Trout defined-Rivers and lakes excepted.-6. The term "trout" as used in this act shall be construed to include all varieties of the salmonidæ found in inland waters, comprising salmon trout, steelhead trout, mountain trout, rainbow trout, speckled trout and brook trout. None of the provisions of this act shall apply to the Ohio river, to Lake Michigan or to the Wabash river so far as it is the boundary line between the states of Indiana and Illinois.

[Acts 1921, p. 177. In force May 31, 1921.]

2538a. Fishing through ice, penalty.-1. Fishing through the ice in any of the lakes of this state, no person shall so fish through more than two holes in such ice at one time, or through a hole more than two and one-half feet in diameter, or with more than one line to each hole, or with more than one hook attached to such line, or within any house, shanty or structure which will obstruct a full view of such fishing. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00).

2538b. Application of act.-2. This act shall not repeal or affect any law of this state prohibiting ice fishing in certain lakes. Nor shall this act authorize ice fishing in certain lakes where the same is so prohibited by law.

[Acts 1917, p. 94. In force February 28, 1917.]

2542a. Lake Michigan, fish, ownership, regulations.—1. That all fish of whatever kind found in the waters of Lake Michigan, within the jurisdiction of the State of Indiana, shall be, and are hereby declared to be the property of the State of Indiana, and shall be taken, transferred, sold and possessed only in accordance with the provisions

of this act, or any other provisions of the laws of this state relating thereto.

2542b. Regulations for nets used in Lake Michigan.-2. It shall be unlawful for any person to use in the waters of Lake Michigan and the bays and harbors thereof within the jurisdiction of this state any pound or trap net, gill net, seine or any fixed, set or movable net of any kind or description whatever, the meshes of which are different than prescribed by this section as follows: Gill nets with meshes of not less than four (4) inches may be used for the taking of whitefish and trout; gill nets with meshes of two and one-fourth (214) inches may be used for the purpose of taking perch, herring and other rough fish wherever and whenever they will not take more than fifteen per cent. (15%) of immature whitefish and lake trout, such percentage to be determined by the state commissioner of fisheries and game by inspection of the fish taken in such nets by lifts made on same grounds, for a period of six (6) days in succession: Provided, That uninjured immature fish shall be returned to the water. Said state commissioner of fisheries and game is hereby given authority to remove or cause the removal from said waters of such nets whenever and wherever from the inspection herein provided he shall determine that such nets are taking more immature whitefish or trout than allowed by the provisions of this section. Gill nets with meshes of not less than one and one-half (12) inches nor more than two (2) inches may be used for the purpose of taking bait for hook and line fishing when and where such nets will not take immature fish. Gill nets with meshes of not less than two and one-half (22) inches may be used for the purpose of taking chubs. Pound nets with the pot, crib or pocket being that part of the net in which fish are finally captured, having meshes of not less than two and one-half (212) inches in the bottom, sides and front, as found in use, extension measure, from center of knot to center of knot when fully extended, with back having meshes of not less than two (2) inches, extension measure, as manufactured, with the lead having meshes of not less than five (5) inches, the funnel and the heart having meshes of not less than four (4) inches, extension measure, as manufactured, may be used for taking whitefish and trout; pound nets with the front, sides and bottom of the pot, crib or pocket, also that part of the funnel inside of the pot, crib or pocket having meshes of not less than two and one-half (22) inches, and the back two (2) inches, the funnel inside of the pot, crib or pocket two and one-fourth (214) inches, and such part of the funnel outside of crib or pocket with the heart and lead four (4) inches, as manufactured. The measurement of the meshes of gill nets as prescribed

in this section shall be by extension measure from center of knot to center of knot when fully extended as used for the purpose of taking fish.

2542c. Extension of time for use of illegal nets.-3. All nets in use at the time of the passage of this act, and which are legal nets under the laws in force at that time, may be used until January one (1), nineteen hundred nineteen (1919), even though made illegal by the provisions of this act.

2542d. Black bass, trout, unlawful to catch or sell.-4. It shall be unlawful for any person to take or catch with any kind of a net in any of the waters mentioned in this act black bass of any kind, any brook trout, rainbow trout, German brown trout, Lock Leven trout, or any other species of brook trout, or to sell or offer for sale or to have in possession at any time any of the said fish taken with nets. Any such fish found in any net shall at once be returned to the waters from which taken with as little harm as possible to said fish.

2542e. Identification of nets-Boat license numbers.-5. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to set or use nets in any of the waters mentioned in this act without marking the location of and identifying said nets by attaching to the buoys of gill nets, flags at least three (3) feet above the surface of the water, said flags or buoys to show in plain figures the boat license number of the person or corporation using the nets.

2542f. Disposition of fish offal or filth.-6. All fish, offal or filth of any description whatsoever, accruing from the catching and curing of fish in or near the waters mentioned in this act shall be cooked or burned, or buried ten (10) rods distant from the beach or shore.

2542g. License, fees.-7. It shall be the duty of the state commissioner of fisheries and game, when application is made by any person, firm or corporation in accordance with this act, to issue the license provided for in this act upon payment by the applicant, if a resident of this state, of the following fees: For each sail or row boat propelled by means of a sail, five dollars ($5) per year; for each boat propelled by steam, gasoline, naphtha, electricity or other motive power of less than five (5) tons, gross tonnage, ten dollars ($10) per year; for each boat propelled by steam, gasoline, naphtha, electricity, or other motive power of over five (5) tons, or not more than fifteen (15) tons, gross tonnage, ten dollars ($10) per year; boats of over fifteen (15) tons, gross tonnage, twenty-five dollars ($25) per year. If he desires to make use of one (1) or more nets of any kind for the purpose of fishing without a boat or under the ice during the winter months, he shall pay a fee of one dollar ($1) per year. If a non

resident of this state, he shall pay the following fees: For each sail or row boat propelled by means of a sail or oars, ten dollars ($10) per year. For each sail boat propelled by steam, gasoline, naphtha, electricity or other motive power, the said boat being less than ten (10) tons, gross tonnage, fifty dollars ($50) per year; for each boat propelled by steam, gasoline, naphtha, electricity or other motive power of more than ten (10) tons, gross tonnage, five dollars ($5) for each gross ton per year: Provided, however, That no non-resident person, firm, or corporation shall be required to pay more than three hundred dollars ($300) on any one (1) boat in one (1) year; if he desires to fish with one or more nets without the use of a boat or under the ice during the winter months, he shall pay the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) per year: Provided further, That for the purpose of this act computation of the amount each person shall pay for the use of boats shall be made upon the gross tonnage of boats as computed and registered by the United States government inspectors: Provided further, That for the purpose of this act any corporation in which less than seventy-five per cent (75%) of its stock is and has actually been owned by bona fide residents of this state for more than six (6) months prior to the time of making application for license, shall be considered non-residents.

2542h. License by commissioner of fisheries.-8. Upon the payment of the fee provided for in this act, the state commissioner of fisheries and game shall have prepared and shall issue to persons, firms or corporations entitled to the same, a printed or written license signed by him, setting forth the date of issuing the same, to whom issued, the date on which it will expire, and the name of boat, tug, launch, net or nets for which said license was issued.

2542i. Record of licenses, funds, payment.-9. All boat licenses shall expire on the first day of June following their issue. The state commissioner of fisheries and game shall keep a record of all applications and licenses. On the first day of each month, the state commissioner of fisheries and game shall pay over to the state treasurer all moneys received by him under the provisions of this act, and said moneys shall be credited to the fund for the propagation of fish and game and shall be disbursed by the auditor for services of the state commissioner of fisheries and game and his deputies and their expenses in enforcing the laws for the protection of fish, and for the purchase of patrol boats and other apparatus to be used for that purpose by the state commissioner of fisheries and game on bills sworn to by the person presenting the same, when certified to by the state commissioner of fisheries and game.

2542j. Limitations of act.-10. Nothing contained in this act shall be deemed as authorizing the taking of fish or the use of illegal nets, or of the setting of nets at a place or places or times or otherwise forbidden by law.

2542k. Penalties.-11. Any person, persons, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof for the first offense before any court having jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) and costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding sixty (60) days, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court: Provided, however, That each violation shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense.

[Acts 1921, p. 55. In force February 24, 1921.]

25421. Closed season, black bass and blue gills.-1. Whoever shall catch, kill, or pursue any small-mouth black bass, large-mouth black bass or blue gill in the waters of the state from the 30th day of April to the 16th day of June in the same year, or whoever has in possession any small-mouth black bass, large-mouth black bass or blue gill caught or killed in the waters of the state during the period above named, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

2542m. Penalty.-2. For each violation of section 1 of this act there shall be a fine assessed of not less than ten dollars ($10.00), nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00), to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding ten (10) days. Each bass or blue gill caught, killed, pursued or possessed, in violation of this act, shall constitute a separate offense.

Section 3 of the above act provides that the act be in force and effect from and after its passage.

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ARTICLE 10.-AGAINST PURITY OF ELECTIONS.

2561. Illegal voting.

2561. Illegal voting.

The act of 1911, makes the general election laws of the state apply to local option elections held on the question of licensing the sale of intoxicating liquors, and persons voting at such elections must have the qualifications prescribed by law for voters at general elections. State v. Shanks, 178 Ind. 330, 99 N. E. 481. ARTICLE 11.-AGAINST HONEST DEALING.