Conservation Commission 73 



Summary of Reductions in Land List ^^^.^^ 



Tax titles declared void 486 . 80 



Lands now owned bv the State 215 . 00 



Corrections in acreage 1,882 . 66 



Errors in footings 200 . 00 



Mortgage lands not Forest Preserve 100.00 



Lands not acquired 99 . 00 



Total 4,832 . 87 



The result is that through investigation and court decisions, 

 we ascertained that the State never had title to 4,832.87 acres 

 which have been carried on our lists. 



We have co-operated with the Attorney-General in carrying to 

 a successful conclusion an action against the Santa Clara Lumber 

 Company and others in which we maintained that no officer had 

 the authority to compromise questions of State's title to a portion 

 of the Forest Preserve. In this case the Court of Appeals has 

 given a decision which sets aside all such former agreements or 

 stipulations, and we are now in a position to go before the courts 

 and have such questions determined upon the facts and law. 



Lands Added ^^^^^ 



1 Purchase 1,711 



2 Parcels omitted 1914 list 18.98 



3 ^obleboro Gore 937 



Total additions 2,666 . 98 



The purchases include 131 acres in Lot 232, Paradox Tract, 

 Essex county, and a parcel of 1,580 acres being all or parts of 

 Lots 51, 52, 53 and 62, State Land Tract in Greene county. 



Xobleboro Gore is a parcel bounded north l)y Moose River 

 Tract, cast by Arthurboro Patent, south by ISTobleboro Patent, 

 and west by .Vdgate's Eastern Tract, containing 939 acres. A 

 careful search of the grants, surveys, etc., have been made, and 

 we conclude it is State property under " Original Ownership." 



