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and the venison thereof may lawfully be accepted for transportation by 

 an express company in this State without restriction as to number pro- 

 vided this is done only in the open season." 



The provisions of the statute under consideration in the Dieterich 

 case , and under which the court held it to be lawful to transport any number 

 of domesticated deer killed in this State during the open season, was amended 

 by the Legislature in 1909, and provision is now made for the regulation 

 and control by the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of the transporta- 

 tion of domesticated deer when shipments are accompanied by a permit 

 issued by the Forest, Fish and Game Commission under conditions prescribed 

 by the Commissioner. 



The right to raise and propogate in confinement deer and to supply 

 venison to the market during the open season is calculated to have a salutary 

 effect upon the protection and preservation of the wild deer of the State, 

 for the reason that the necessities of the game market, which can be sup- 

 plied with domesticated deer as well as deer from without the State, are 

 no longer such as are likely to tempt and inspire the taking of native wild 

 deer for such purpose. 



Land Title Examination 



In addition to the litigated work, the legal department has also had 

 charge of the examination of all titles for lands purchased and condemned 

 by the State for preserve purposes in the Adirondack and Catskill Parks, 

 as well as the titles of all lands purchased for other commission purposes. 



Prior to the organization of the Legal Department, the examination and 

 investigation of land titles were distributed among local attorneys and the 

 results from this method of examination were slow, expensive and far 

 from being satisfactory, and in some instances, by reason of the inexpert- 

 ness of the examiners as to forest land titles, the examination and proofs 

 were inadequate and insufficient. 



Mr. John J. Inman of this Department has had sole charge of this work 

 for the past three years, and the results of his work, which is shown by his 



