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Scope and Content Note

This series documents the rules and regulations that the Conservation Department forwarded to the Department of State for publication. The bulk of the material consists of routine correspondence between the Conservation Department and the Department of State and the text of the rules and regulations adopted, revised, or repealed; in some instances, internal memoranda concerning the content of draft regulations and certificates citing the statute that gave the department the authority to issue a given regulation are also present.

Almost all of the regulations (also referred to as "rules" or "orders") in this series were drafted by the Division of Fish and Game and concern hunting and fishing seasons, use of hunting, fishing and trapping equipment, and licensing requirements. Regulations developed by the Division of Lands and Forests concern forestry and recreational use of state-owned lands, and those created by the Division of Motorboats concern use of boating equipment and boating safety. Most of the rules written by the Division of Water Resources concern the internal structure of the division. Other divisions represented in this series include: Oil and Gas, Parks, and Saratoga Spa State Park-Saratoga State Park. Also included are annual summaries (19591963) detailing all of the rules that the department adopted, revised, or repealed during a given year.