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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



June 



state or of a private person, or who suf- 

 fers a fire on his own lands to extend 

 therefrom or to state lands is guilty of 

 a misdemeanor and may be imprisoned 

 not more than one year and be liable to 

 pay a fine of not more than two hun- 

 dred and fifty dollars or both. He shall 

 also be liable to the state or any person 

 for the damages caused by such wrong- 

 ful act. If state lands in the forest pre- 

 serve are or have been damaged willfully 

 or negligently as aforesaid, an action 

 to recover the damages shall be main- 

 tained in the name of the people of the 

 state on the order of the commissioner 

 by counsel designated by him, and re- 

 covery shall be had therefor. The fact 

 that such file may have extended to 

 state lands by crossing one or more 

 tracts of land intermediate the place of 

 setting fire and the state lands shall not 

 bar recovery by the state when the dam- 

 age done is within five miles of the place 

 where the fire was set. This act shall 

 not be construed to limit the recovery 

 in cases where there are no such inter- 

 vening tracts of land. 



SEC. 7. This act shall take effect 

 immediately. 



II. 



AN ACT TO AMEND THE FOREST, FISH, 

 AND GAME LAW, IN RELATION TO 

 AND DEFINING THE BOUNDARIES OF 

 THE ADIRONDACK PARK. 



SECTION i. Section two hundred and 

 seventeen of chapter twenty of the laws 

 of nineteen hundred, entitled "An act 

 for the protection of the forests, fish 

 and game of the state, constituting 

 chapter thirty-one* of the general laws," 

 as amended by chapter six hundred and 

 eight of the laws of nineteen hundred, is 

 hereby amended so as to read as follows : 



SEC. 217. Adirondack Park. The 

 Adirondack Park shall include all lands 

 now owned or hereafter acquired by the 

 state within the following bounds : Be- 

 ginning at the southeast corner of the 

 town of Hope in the county of Hamil- 

 ton, and running thence westerly along 

 the southerly lines of Hamilton county 

 and continuing and following the south- 

 erly line of the town of Wihnurt, in 

 Herkimer county, to the point of inter- 



section with the westerly line of Herki- 

 mer, and thence northerly along the 

 westerly lines of Herkimer county to its 

 junction with the southwesterly line of 

 Saint Lawrence county; thence westerly 

 along said southwesterly line of Saint 

 Lawrence county to the most westerly 

 corner of township fourteen, great tract 

 three, Macomb's purchase ; thence east- 

 erly along the northerly line of said 

 township fourteen to the northeast cor- 

 ner thereof ; thence northerly along the 

 west line of township thirteen, great 

 tract three, Macomb's purchase, to the 

 northwest corner of said township thir- 

 teen ; thence east along the north line 

 of said township thirteen and the south 

 line of township ten, tract and purchase 

 aforesaid, to the southwest corner of the 

 southeast quarter of said township ten ; 

 thence north along the west line of the 

 said southeast quarter of the aforesaid 

 township ten to the north line of said 

 township ; thence east along said north 

 line to the west line of township seven, 

 great tract two, Macomb's purchase ; 

 thence northerly along the west line of 

 township seven aforesaid to the north- 

 west corner of the township ; thence 

 easterly along the northerly lines of 

 townships seven and eight, great tract 

 two, Macomb's purchase, to the south- 

 west corner of township twelve of said 

 great tract two ; thence northerly along 

 the west line of township twelve to the 

 northwest corner of lot one in the south 

 half of said township ; thence easterly 

 along the north line of said south half 

 of said township twelve to the west line 

 of the county of Franklin ; thence north 

 along the west line of the county of 

 Franklin to the northwest corner of the 

 south half of township thirteen of great 

 tract one, Macomb's purchase ; thence 

 easterly along the northerly line of the 

 south half of townships thirteen, four- 

 teen, and fifteen of said great tract one, 

 Macomb's purchase, to the west line of 

 the old military tract ; thence south 

 along said west line to the northwest 

 corner of township ten of said old mili- 

 tary tract ; thence easterly along the 

 north line of said township ten to the 

 west line of Clinton county ; thence 

 southerly along the west line of Clinton 

 county to the north line of Essex 



