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health and pleasure, and as forest lands necessary to the preservation 

 of the headwaters of the chief rivers of the state, and a futuie timber 

 supply, and shall remain part of the forest preserve. 



§ 121. Powers and duties of forest commission. The forest commis- 

 sion shall have the care, custody, control, and superintendence of the 

 Adirondack park, and within the same and with reference thereto and 

 to acts committed therein and to persons committing the same, all the 

 control, powers, duties, rights of aciion and remedies belonging to such 

 commission or the commissioners of the land office within and with ref- 

 erence to tb.4 forest preserve as to acts committed therein and persons 

 committing the same. The forest commission shall have power: 



1. To contract as herein provided for the purchase of land t-ituated 

 within the bounds of 'he park as defined in the preceding section; if 

 any such lands can not be purchased on advantageous terms unless 

 subject to leases or restrictions, or the right to remove soft wood tim- 

 ber, the contract m^y provide accordingly; but not for any such right, 

 lease or restriction after ten years from the date of the contract, nor 

 for the right to remove any such trees with a diameter of le>s than 

 twelve inches at the height of three feet from the ground. 



2. To contract as herein provided, on giving notice by publication 

 for at least thirty days in at least two newspapers published in the 

 county where the lands are situated, to sell and convey any part of the 

 forest preserve within the counties of Clinton, Fulton, Lewis, Oneida, 

 Saratoga, Washington, Saint Lawrence, Franklin (except the town of 

 Harrietstown), Herkimer (except the town of Wilmurt), Essex (except 

 the towns of N wcomb and North Elba) and Warren (except the 

 islands in Lake George and land upon th *. shore thereof), the ownership 

 of which is not in the opinion of the commission needed to promote 

 the purposes of this or the preceding article. All such sales shall be 

 made on sealed bids and to the highest bidder; but the commissioners 

 must reserve the right to reject all bids. 



3. To contract with owners of land situated within the bounds of 

 the park that such lands may become part of the park and subject to 

 the provisions of this article, in consideration of the exemption of such 

 lands from taxation for state and county purposes, which contract shall 

 contain a provision that the owners of such land and their grantees shall 

 refrain forever from removing any of the timber thereupon, except 

 spruce, tamarack, or poplar timber, twelve inch* s in diameter at a height 

 of three feet above the ground; or fallen, burned, or blighted timber, 

 and such other and further conditions as to the right of occupancy of 



