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This section provides that all the lands owned by the State 

 within the above named counties, except within the limits of in- 

 corporated villages and cities, and certain mortgage title lands, 

 constitute a part of the Forest Preserve. Lands acquired by the 

 foreclosure of United States Deposit Fund mortgages, if not wild, 

 are not part of the Forest Preserve. The Attorney-General has 

 advised that the classification as to whether or not lands are wild 

 should apply as of the time of the foreclosure of the mortgage. 

 Since the last publication of this 'kind was issued in 1909 an ex- 

 amination of these mortgage lands has been made and those which 

 do not come within the definition have been separated and are in- 

 cluded in an appendix to this report. The Attorney-General has 

 also rendered opinions to the effect that lands acquired by the 

 State within these counties for specific purposes and so used did 

 not become a part of the Forest Preserve and, therefore, they are 

 listed separately. Lands within ten miles of Clinton Prison, 

 although within a Forest Preserve county, are not included as a 

 portion of the Forest Preserve. 



A list of the various parcels in the St. Lawrence Reservation, 

 or International Park, and other lands owned by the State in the 

 Forest Preserve counties, not classified as Forest Preserve land, 

 are appended for convenient reference but not included in the 

 schedule of the Preserve. 



The area of the Preserve by counties, together with information 

 in regard to the number of parcels, sources of titles, etc., are in- 

 cluded herewith. 



