The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-27
1HE GOVERNMENT GAME LAW
A Synopsis of Recently Enacted
Measure For The Benefit of
Local Nimrods.
pegulations for the Protection of Mi
gratory Birds.

gratory Birds.
Pursuant to the provisions of the
act of March 4, 1913 authorizing and
dirscting the department of agricul
,nre to adopt suitable regulations
nreseriblng and fixing closed seasons
| far migratory birds (37 Stat, S47),
having due regard to zones of tenn
nerature, breeding habits. and times
and lines of migatory flight. the de-
nartment of agriculture has adopted
the following regulations:
Regulation I. Definitions.
For the purposes of these regnla-
tions the following shall be consid-
cred migratory game birds
(a) Anatidae or waterfowl, in
Guiding brant. wild ducks. geese and
swans. (b) Gruidae or cranes, in
Guiding little brown, sandhill, and
whooping cranes. (c) Rallidae or
rails. including eoots, gallinues and
sora and other rails. I'D Limicolae
or shore birds. including avoeets,
eurlew, dowitchers, godwits, knots,
oyster eatchers. phalaropts. ployer,
sandplpers, snipe. stills, surf birds,
tarnstones. willet. wood duck and
yellow legs (eD columbidae or
,.senos, including doves and wild
igeons.
For the purpose of these regula-
tons the following shall be consider
cd migratory insectivorous birds:
10 Bobolinks. catbirds, chicka-
dees. euekoos. fyeatchers, grosbeaks,
humming birds, kinglets. martins,
meadow larks, night hawks or bull
bats, nuthatehers. orioles, robins,
Strikes. swallows. swifts, tanagers,
litmlce, thrushes. yireos. warblers.
waxwings. whippoorwills. wood peck
ers, and wrens and all other perch
ing birds which feed entirely or
chiefly on insects.
Regulation 2. Closed Season at Night
daily closed season on all mi
gratory game and lnsectiyorous birds
shall extend from sunset to sunrise
Zone No. 2.
The Rintering zone. comprising
states lying wholly or In part south
Of latitude 40 degrees and the Ohio
river and including Delaware. Mary
land, the District of Columbia. West
Virginia. Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia. Florida,
Alabama, Mississippi. Tennessee,
Rsntuckey. Missouri, Arkansas. LOU
islana, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas,
Few Mexico, Arizona. California, Ne
ada and Utah-23 States and the
District OF Columbia.
Regulation :. Construction.
For the purposes OF regulations s
and 3, each period OF time therein
prescribed as a closed season shall be
construed TO include the first day
aad exclude the last day thereof.
Regulation d. Closed Season in Zone
No. 2.
Closed seasons in Zone No. shall
be as follows.
Waterfowl.-Thec closed season on
waterfowl shall be between January
ID and October next following. ex-
cept as follows: Exceptions; In
Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico. and
Arizona the closed season shall be
between December 10 and September
l; and in Maryland. Virginia. North
carolina and South Carolina the clos
ed season shall be between Febru-
ary l and November /.
Regulation 10. Hearing.
Persons recommending changes In
Inc regulations or desiring to sub
nit evidence In person or by attorney
as to the necessity for such changes
should make application to the Sec
fe,ary of Agriculture. Whenever II
IS possible hearings will be arranged
~ eehtal points, and due notice
'hereof given Dy publication or 9TH
er~ise as may be deemed appropri-
ate Persons recommending changes
should be prepared to show the ne
cessity for such action and to submit
evidence other than that based on
reasons OF personal convenience or
oeslre to kill game during longer
open season.
The department of agriculture Is
authorized and directed TO
auopt suitable regulations to give
eject to the previous paragraph by
Prescribing and fixing closed seasons
having due regard to the zones OF
temperature. breeding. habits, and
ulhes and lines of migratory flight.
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