250 Report of the Forest Commission. 



may deem proptr, belonging to the state in the Catskill region, now 

 constituting a part of the forest preserve, for the purpose of breeding 

 deer and wild game. The commission shall purchase an 1 turn out 

 upon such lands such deer or <.ther game as they may think proper, 

 and establish all proper rules for the protection of such land and the 

 game thereupon. No game shall be killed, pursued, trapped or in any 

 way destroyed within the limits of such land so set apart for the period 

 of five years from the time that such lands shall have been so set 

 apart. The forest commission may receive private subscriptions of 

 money, and expend the same for the purposes specified in this section. 



§ 116. Powers and duties of commissioner of agriculture as to forest 

 preserve. On the expiration of the terms of office of the forest com- 

 missioners appointed pursuant to this chapter, the forest commission 

 shall cease and determine, and all its powers and duties shall devolve 

 on the commissioner of agriculture. 



ARTICLE VIII 

 Adirondack Park. 



Section 120. Adirondack park. 



121 . Powers and duties of forest commission. 



122. Contracts and conveyances. 



123. Proceeds of lands sold and payment for lands purchased. 



124. Foresters and employes to act as game protectors. 



125 . Annual report . 



126. Laws repealed . 



127. When to take effect. 



§ 120. Adirondack park. All lands now owned or hereafter acquired 

 by the state within the county of Hamilton; the towns of Newcomb, 

 Minerva, Schroon, North Hudson, Keene, North Elba, Saint Armand, 

 and Wilmington, in the county of Essex; the towns of Harrietstown, 

 Santa Clara, Altamont, Waverly, and Brighton, in the county of Frank- 

 lin; the town of Wilmurt, in the county of Herkimer; the towns of 

 Hopkinton, Colton, Clifton, and Fine, in the county of Saint Law- 

 rence; and in the towns of Johnsburgh, Stony Creek, and Thurman, 

 and the islands in Lake George, in the county of Warren, except such 

 lands as may be sold as provided in this article, shall constitute the 

 Adirondack park. Such park shall be forever reserved, maintained, 

 and cared for as ground opt*n for the free use of all the people for their 



