FISH AND GAME LAWS, 
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North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, 
Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mis- 
souri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, 
Kansas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, 
and Utah — 23 states and the District of Columbia. 
Regulation 7. Consteuction. 
For the purposes of regulations 8 and 9, each 
period of time therein prescribed as a closed season 
shall be construed to include the first day and to 
exclude the last day thereof. 
Regulation 8. Closed Seasons in Zone No. 1. 
Closed seasons in Zone No. 1 shall be as follows : 
Waterfowl . — The closed season on waterfowl shall 
be between December 16 and September 1 next 
following, except as follows : 
Exceptions: In Massachusetts the closed 
season shall be between January 1 and Sep- 
tember 15. 
In New York, except Long Island, the closed 
season shall be between December 16 and Sep- 
tember 16. 
On Long Island and in Oregon and Wash- 
ington the closed season shall be between Jan- 
uary 16 and October 1. 
In New Jersey the closed season shall be 
between February 1 and November 1 and 
In Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, 
and Wisconsin the closed season shall be 
between December 1 and September 7. 
Fails . — The closed season on rails, coots, and 
gallinules shall be between December 1 and Sep- 
tember 1 next following, except as follows : 
Exceptions : . In Massachusetts, New Hamp- 
shire, and Rhode Island the closed season shall 
be between December 1 and August 15. 
