﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
  jj 
  

  

  Occupancy 
  and 
  Buildings 
  

  

  There 
  are, 
  at 
  present, 
  various 
  cases 
  of 
  occupancy 
  of 
  State 
  land. 
  

   In 
  some 
  instances 
  the 
  parties 
  living 
  on 
  the 
  land 
  have 
  a 
  title 
  which 
  

   must 
  be 
  given 
  fair 
  consideration, 
  while 
  there 
  are 
  other 
  cases 
  of 
  

   occupancy 
  where 
  the 
  occupants 
  have 
  no 
  rights 
  or 
  interests 
  worthy 
  

   of 
  any 
  consideration. 
  An 
  effort 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  recently 
  to 
  secure 
  

   reliable 
  first 
  hand 
  information 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  these 
  various 
  cases 
  and 
  

   have 
  it 
  available 
  when 
  required. 
  

  

  An 
  opinion 
  was 
  recently 
  handed 
  down 
  by 
  the 
  Attorney-General, 
  

   stating 
  that 
  buildings 
  on 
  State 
  land 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  sold 
  because 
  sell- 
  

   ing 
  such 
  buildings 
  would 
  mean 
  their 
  removal 
  and, 
  therefore, 
  the 
  

   removal 
  of 
  wood 
  from 
  State 
  land 
  in 
  violation 
  of 
  the 
  statute 
  de- 
  

   fining 
  a 
  trespass. 
  In 
  order 
  to 
  reduce 
  the 
  occupancies, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  de- 
  

   sirable 
  to 
  remove 
  or 
  destroy 
  the 
  buildings. 
  It 
  would 
  be 
  far 
  more 
  

   desirable 
  if 
  the 
  buildings 
  could 
  be 
  sold 
  to 
  the 
  best 
  advantage, 
  but 
  

   in 
  order 
  to 
  do 
  so 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  necessary 
  to 
  amend 
  sections 
  42 
  and 
  240, 
  

   chapter 
  24 
  of 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  1910. 
  

  

  Use 
  of 
  Forest 
  Territory 
  

   The 
  fact 
  that 
  approximately 
  1,600,000 
  acres 
  of 
  land 
  is 
  with- 
  

   drawn 
  from 
  any 
  use 
  except 
  as 
  a 
  protective 
  forest, 
  has 
  provoked 
  

   much 
  discussion. 
  There 
  are 
  those 
  who 
  advocate 
  leasing 
  camp 
  sites 
  

   of 
  limited 
  size 
  in 
  certain 
  localities; 
  others 
  desire 
  the 
  opening 
  up 
  

   of 
  the 
  great 
  forest 
  area 
  by 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  State 
  roads; 
  there 
  

   are 
  quantities 
  of 
  valuable 
  timber 
  and 
  wood 
  in 
  the 
  trees 
  killed 
  by 
  

   the 
  1908 
  fires 
  which 
  many 
  believe 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  utilized; 
  there 
  is 
  go- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  waste 
  vast 
  volumes 
  of 
  water 
  aggregating 
  thousands 
  of 
  horse- 
  

   power 
  which 
  ardent 
  advocates 
  believe 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  perform 
  

   its 
  intended 
  service 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  also 
  the 
  practice 
  of 
  forestry 
  upon 
  this 
  

   large 
  area 
  and 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  making 
  an 
  effort 
  to 
  both 
  improve 
  the 
  

   growth 
  and 
  secure 
  the 
  annual 
  increment 
  which 
  is 
  of 
  great 
  economi- 
  

   cal 
  importance. 
  The 
  time 
  has 
  come 
  when 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   must 
  carefully 
  study 
  these 
  problems 
  in 
  all 
  their 
  phases 
  and 
  formu- 
  

   late 
  opinions 
  that 
  a 
  definite 
  policy 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  this 
  great 
  

   forest 
  property 
  may 
  be 
  established. 
  

  

  