﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
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  panies 
  and 
  other 
  land 
  owners 
  whose 
  holdings 
  are 
  but 
  a 
  fraction 
  of 
  

   that 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  spend 
  as 
  much 
  or 
  more 
  for 
  this 
  . 
  important 
  work. 
  

  

  Location 
  of 
  State 
  Lands 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  and 
  most 
  important 
  step 
  in 
  forest 
  protection 
  after 
  that 
  

   from 
  fire 
  is 
  the 
  correct 
  location 
  and 
  marking 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  bounds 
  of 
  

   the 
  property. 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  lines 
  of 
  State's 
  property 
  are 
  not 
  marked 
  

   or 
  are 
  marked 
  incorrectly 
  is 
  no 
  excuse 
  for 
  trespass 
  upon 
  State 
  land, 
  

   but 
  at 
  present 
  it 
  is 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  largest 
  cause. 
  The 
  State 
  lands 
  will 
  

   not 
  be 
  safe 
  from 
  trespass 
  until 
  the 
  boundary 
  lines 
  are 
  correctly 
  

   located 
  and 
  conspicuously 
  marked 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  our 
  field 
  force 
  may 
  

   easily 
  and 
  quickly 
  detect 
  any 
  improper 
  use, 
  also 
  that 
  operators 
  and 
  

   others 
  may 
  know 
  their 
  location. 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  orig- 
  

   inal 
  surveys 
  are 
  one 
  hundred 
  or 
  more 
  years 
  old, 
  and 
  the 
  original 
  

   monuments 
  are 
  rapidly 
  disappearing, 
  makes 
  it 
  most 
  urgent 
  that 
  

   these 
  surveys 
  be 
  commenced 
  at 
  once 
  and 
  pushed 
  to 
  completion 
  as 
  

   rapidly 
  as 
  possible. 
  It 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  realize 
  that 
  the 
  lines 
  of 
  the 
  

   State's 
  holdings 
  aggregate 
  nearly 
  nine 
  thousand 
  miles 
  and 
  the 
  diffi- 
  

   culty 
  experienced 
  by 
  any 
  force, 
  no 
  matter 
  how 
  competent, 
  in 
  fully 
  

   protecting 
  the 
  State's 
  interest 
  when 
  the 
  lines 
  are 
  often 
  indistinctly 
  

   marked. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  bill 
  was 
  introduced 
  in 
  the 
  Assembly 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Shea 
  

   last 
  year 
  but 
  failed 
  to 
  pass. 
  The 
  necessity 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  law 
  is 
  ap- 
  

   parent 
  when 
  any 
  one 
  understands 
  the 
  conditions, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  hoped 
  

   that 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  passed 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  session. 
  

  

  " 
  Identification 
  and 
  establishment 
  of 
  boundaries 
  and 
  land 
  marks 
  

   in 
  forest 
  preserve 
  counties. 
  The 
  forest, 
  fish 
  and 
  game 
  commis- 
  

   sioner 
  may 
  cause 
  surveys 
  and 
  investigations 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  in 
  any 
  

   county 
  in 
  which 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  forest 
  preserve 
  is 
  located 
  for 
  the 
  

   purpose 
  of 
  identifying 
  and 
  establishing 
  boundaries 
  to 
  public 
  and 
  

   private 
  lands 
  therein, 
  locating 
  the 
  monuments 
  and 
  land 
  marks 
  indi- 
  

   cating 
  such 
  boundaries, 
  the 
  perpetuation 
  of 
  testimony, 
  field 
  notes, 
  

   maps, 
  information 
  and 
  other 
  data 
  relating 
  thereto, 
  and 
  the 
  erection 
  

   of 
  such 
  monuments 
  and 
  land 
  marks 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  necessary 
  to 
  per- 
  

   manently 
  locate, 
  mark, 
  identify 
  and 
  perpetuate 
  such 
  boundaries. 
  

   For 
  such 
  purpose 
  he 
  may 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  designate 
  such 
  civil 
  

  

  