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2478 PROCLAMATIONS, 1931. Congress Avenue to the center of the main track of the Houston & Texas Central Railroad where said track ~ins said Congress Avenue, at or near the Houston & Texas Central Railroad depot; thence fol- lowing the center line of the track of said Houston & Texas Central Railroad in an easterly direction through the towns of Elgin, Giddings, and Brenham, 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 Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway crosses the same; thence with the center of the track of the said Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway in an easterly direction through the towns of Navasota, Montgomery, and Conroe, to the point at or near Cleveland where said Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway crosses the Houston East & West Texas Railway; thence with the center of said Houston East & West Texas Railway track to the point in said line where it strikes the Louisiana line the open season shall be from October 16 to January 15; In that portion of Texas lying south and east of the line above described the open season shall be from November 1 to January 15; In ~faryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisif1na the open season shall be from November 1 to January 15; In Florida the open sea~on shall be from November 20 to Janu- ary 15; and In. Alaska the open season shall be from September 1 to Decem- ber 15. Ralls and gallinules. Raus and gallinules (except coot) . -The open season for sora and other rails and gallinules (except coot) shall be from September 1 to November 30, except as follows: In Massachusetts the open season shall be from October 1 to Decem- ber 15; In New York and Washington the open season shall be from October 1 to November 30; and In Louisiana the open season shall be from November 1 to Janu- ary31. Woodcock. WoOOcock.- The open seasons for woodcock shall be as follows: In that portion of N ew York lying north of the tracks of the main line of the New York Central Railroad extending from Buffalo to Albany and north of the tracks of the main line of the Boston & Albany Railroad extendingjrom Albany to the Massachusetts State line, and in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and North Dakota the open season shall be from October 1 to October 31; In that portion of N ew York ly-4lg south of the line above described including Lo~ Island and in New Jersey, Pennsylvaniar Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa the open season shall be from October 15 to Nobember 14; In Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut the open season shall be from October 20 to November 19; In MaryJand, the District of Columbia, and Missouri the open season shall be from November 10 to December 10; In Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Oklahoma the open season shall be from November 15 to December 15- and in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Missis- sippi, and Louisiana the open season shall be from December 1 to December 31. Doves. -The op~n seasons for mourning doves shall be as follows: In Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New