REPORT OF CONSERVATION BUREAU, ATTOR- 

 NEY-GENERAL'S OFFICE, RELATIVE 

 TO LITIGATIONS. 



As provided by section 9 of chapter 647 of the Laws of 1911, 

 the Conservation Commission transmitted to the Attorney-General 

 all orders to bring actions, suits and proceedings which the Com- 

 mission was authorized to institute and maintain, and transferred 

 to him all the unfinished work of the legal department of the 

 Forest, Fish and Game Commission as it existed prior to the enact- 

 ment of the Conservation Law. 



When the Conservation Commission took over the legal work of 

 the Forest, Fish and Game Commission, there were pending one 

 hundred and sixty actions which had been commenced prior to 

 the enactment of the Conservation Law, many of which had 

 been pending for years and had been brought by counsel desig- 

 nated by the Commission. These were transferred to the 

 Attorney-General who was substituted as attorney of record for 

 the State and proceeded to close the litigations without further 

 delay. Of this large number of litigations, the Attorney-General, 

 since the 12th day of July, 1911, has disposed of all except 

 twenty-six which remain pending, and except fifty- three actions 

 in ejectment involving title to land in township 15, Totten and 

 Crossfield's Purchase, Hamilton county, which will shortly be 

 concluded. 



In addition to the litigations transferred to this bureau above 

 mentioned, two hundred and thirty-seven orders to prosecute for 

 various causes were transmitted by the Conservation Commission 

 for action by the Attorney-General's office. 



The following cases are pending: 



Trespass 9 



Ejectment 55 



Fire 3 



Fish and game 11 



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