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easterly direction through the towns of Elgin, Giddings, and Brenhani, to the 
point where said railroad crosses the Brazos River ; thence with the center of 
said Brazos River in a general northerly direction, to the point on said river 
where the Beaumont branch of the Santa Fe Railway crosses the same ; 
thence with the center of the track of the said G. C. & S. F. R. R., in an 
easterly direction through the towns of Navasota, Montgomery, and Conroe, to 
the point at or near Cleveland, where said G. C. & S. F. R. R. crosses the 
Houston, East and West Texas Railroad ; thence with the center of said H. E. & 
W. T. R. R. track to the point in said line, where it strikes the Louisiana line, 
the open season shall be from September 1 to December 15 ; and in that portion 
of Texas lying south and east of the line above described the open season shall 
be from November 1 to December 31 ; 
In South Carolina. Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi the open 
season shall be from October 16 to January 31 ; and 
In Louisiana the open season shall be from November 1 to January 31. 
[As amended October 25, 1918, Julv 28, 1919. July 9, 1920, May 17, 1921. March 8, 
1922, June 11, 1923, April 11, 1924, July 2, 1924, June 22, 1925, March 8, 1926, April 
22, 1926, June 18, 1926, and April 4 and 21 and September 6, 1927.] 
Regulation 5. — Bag Limits on Certain Migratory Game Birds 
A person may take in any one day during the open seasons prescribed there- 
for in regulation 4 not to exceed the following numbers of migratory game 
birds, which numbers shall include all birds taken by any other person who 
for hire accompanies or assists him in taking migratory birds : 
Ducks (except wood duck and eider ducks). — Twenty-five in the aggregate 
of all kinds. 
Geese. — Eight in the aggregate of all kinds. 
Brant. — Eight. 
Rails and gallinules {except sora and coot). — Twenty-five in the aggregate 
of all kinds, but not more than 15 of any one species. 
Sora. — Twenty-five. 
Coot. — Twenty-five. 
Wilson snipe or jacksnipe. — Twenty. 
Woodcock. — Four. 
Doves ( mourning ) . — Twenty-five. 
[As amended October 25, 1918, July 28, 1919, March 3, 1921, March 8, 1926, and April 
4, 1927.] 
Regulation 6. — Shipment, Transportation, and Possession of Certain Migratory 
Game Birds 
Waterfowl (except wood duck, eider ducks, and swans), rails, coot, gal- 
linules, woodcock, Wilson snipe or jacksnipe, and mourning doves and parts 
thereof legally taken may be transported in or out of the State where taken 
during the respective open seasons in that State, and may be imported from 
Canada during the open season in the Province where taken, in any manner, 
but not more than the number thereof that may be taken in two days by one 
person under these regulations shall be transported by one person in one 
calendar week out of the State where taken ; any such migratory game birds 
or parts thereof in transit during the open season may continue in transit 
such additional time immediately succeeding such open season, not to exceed 
5 days, necessary to deliver the same to their destination, and may be possessed 
in any State, Territory, or District during the period constituting the open 
season where killed, and for an additional period of 10 days next succeeding 
said open season ; and any package in which migratory game birds or parts 
thereof are transported shall have the name and address of the shipper and 
of the consignee and an accurate statement of the numbers and kinds of 
birds contained therein clearly and conspicuously marked on the outside 
thereof; but no such birds shall be transported from any Slate, Teritory, 
or District to or through {mother State, Territory, or District or to or through 
a Province of the Dominion of Canada contrary to the laws of the State, 
Territory, or District, or Province of the Dominion of Canada in which they 
were taken or from which they are transported; nor shall any such birds 
