Appendix. 



CHAPTER 802 OF THE LAWS OF 1896. 



AN ACT for the establishment of a state reservation upon and along the Saint Lawrence river 

 in the state of New York. 



The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as 



follows : 



Section 1 . All that part of the river Saint Lawrence, lying and being within the state of New 

 York, with the islands therein, is hereby constituted an international park which shall be known 

 - • The State Reservation on the Saint Lawrence." 



5 2. The said state reservation on the Saint Lawrence shall be under the control and 

 management of the board of fisheries, game and forest, who shall have the power to make 

 and enforce ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations for the management of the property 

 of the state within the borders of said reservation, and for the orderly transaction of busi- 

 ness not inconsistent with the laws of the state ; to designate one of the present fish and 

 game protectors as a superintendent, who shall be subject to the order of said board, who shall 

 have the authority of a fisheries and game protector, and of a police constable in criminal 

 cases within the limits of the state reservation. 



; 3. It shall be the duty of the said board of fisheries, game and forest to report to the next 

 legislature of this state what laws, in their opinion, should be enacted for the government and 

 control of said state reservation, so as to make the same the most useful to the people of the state 

 as a part of an international park upon the Saint Lawrence river, comprising the whole of said 

 river. 



§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately. 



CHAPTER 657 OF THE LAWS OF 1857. 



AN ACT conferring jurisdiction upon the board of fisheries, game and forest, to hear 

 and determine any controversies regarding the leasing of lands under water for the 

 purpose of the cultivation of shellfish. 



The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : 



Section 1. Jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the board of fisheries, game and forest 

 to hear any and all controversies which have arisen or may hereafter arise, regarding the 

 leasing of lands under water for the purpose of the cultivation of shellfish, and to determine 

 the same, upon such terms as may be just and equitable. 



§ 2. The said board of fisheries, game and forest, in addition to the powers and duties here- 

 tofore conferred upon it by law, shall have power to sue for and collect and to compromise, 

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