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The owner has a guarantee that only the land value will be 

 assessed ; and that no higher valuation can be placed upon it, than 

 upon other lands of the same character in the same tax district. 



The provisions are State wide. There is no necessity for the 

 State's financing the tax payments, as contemplated in other pro- 

 posed tax laws. 



RESERVATIONS 



There are two reservations, namely the St. Lawrence and Cuba, 

 the lands of which are under the jurisdiction of this division. The 

 following reports are submitted in regard to these reservations. 



St. Lawrence 



The parks of this reservation have been added to by the pur- 

 chase of Long Point on Chaumont Bay in Jefferson county. This 

 parcel of land consists of eleven and sixty-three hundreds acres 

 and was purchased from Thomas Emery and others, the purchase 

 price being $1,500. 



The dock on Canoe Point was very badly wrecked last spring; 

 about sixty feet of the outer end was carried away and is now 

 about two miles down the river anchored to the north shore of Wells 

 Island. Temporary repairs were made to that portion of the dock 

 which remains in position and the sunken portion buoyed as a 

 matter of precaution. There is much navigation of waters in this 

 locality by .small power boats, and, unless measures are taken to 

 reconstruct the dock, damage to small craft may occur. The 

 dock is used very much and should be reconstructed. We regret 

 to say that funds are not available for the work. The docks at 

 Wattersoii Point and Mary Island need rebuilding from the 

 water line up, and some minor repairs are needed to the other 

 docks. All of the pavilions and outhouses are very much in need 

 of painting. 



Cuba 



An act of the Legislature, chapter 738 of the Laws of 1912, 

 placed " The Cuba or Oil Creek Keservoir " under the care and 

 control of this Commission to be preserved and maintained for 

 reservoir purposes for the benefit and profit of the people of the 

 State. This statute further provided that the lands were not to 



