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business in the prosecution of zvhich hydraulic power is used or 

 in which water is distributed or sold under any public franchise 

 or who is an officer or holder of the stock or bonds of any cor- 

 poration engaged in such business within the state. They shall 

 be subject to removal by the governor on charges, after an op- 

 portunity to be heard. Subject to the limitations in this consti- 

 tution contained, the department shall be charged with the de- 

 velopment and protection of the natural resources of the state; 

 the encouragement of forestry and the suppression of forest fires 

 throughout the state; the exclusive care, maintenance and ad- 

 ministration of the forest preserve; the conservation, prevention 

 of pollution, and regulation of the waters of the state; the pro- 

 tection and propagation of its fish, birds, game, shellfish and 

 Crustacea, except migratory fish of the sea zvithin the limits of 

 the marine district, with the power, subject to the veto within 

 thirty days of the governor, to enact regulations with respect to 

 the taking, possession, sale and transportation thereof, which shall 

 have the force of law, zvhen filed in the office of the department 

 of state and published as the legislature may provide, until and 

 unless the legislature shall thereafter modify such regulations. 

 The department shall also be entrusted zvith the enforcement of 

 the general laws of the state respecting the subjects hereinbefore 

 enumerated and exercise such additional powers as from time to 

 time may be conferred by lazv. The department shall appoint 

 and may at pleasure remove a superintendent. It may also ap- 

 point all other necessary subordinates. 



Section 2. [Old matter is first two sentences of former section 

 seven of former article seven.] The lands of the state, now 

 owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve as 

 now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. 

 They shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or be taken by any 

 corporation, public or private, nor shall the trees and timber there- 

 on be sold, removed or destroyed. The department is, however, 

 empowered to reforest lands in the forest preserve, to construct 

 fire trails thereon, and to remove dead trees and dead timber 

 therefrom for purposes of reforestation and fire protection solely, 

 but shall not sell the same. Nothing herein contained shall pre- 

 vent the state from constructing a state highzvay from Sarafiac 

 Lake in Franklin county to Long Lake in Hamilton county and 

 thence to Old Forge in Herkimer county by way of Blue Moun- 

 tain Lake and Raquette Lake. 



Section 3. [Part of former section seven of former article 

 seven, without change but t.] The legislature may by general 

 laws provide for the use of not exceeding three per centum of 

 such lands for the construction and maintenance of reservoirs 

 for municipal water supply, for the canals of the state and to 

 regulate the flow of streams. Such reservoirs shall be constructed, 

 owned and controlled by the state, but such work shall not be 



