Allegany State Park Law 
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Law Establishing the Allegany State Park 
AN ACT to provide for the location, creation and management of 
the Allegany State Park in Cattaraugus county and for the pur- 
chase of lands; and making an appropriation therefor. 
Became a law May 2, 1921, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, 
three-fifths being present. 
The Profile of the State of Nczc York, represented in Senate and 
Assembly, do enact as follows: 
Section i. The Allegany State Park is hereby located and created 
within the county of Cattaraugus, state of Xew York, and shall 
include the lands owned or hereafter acquired by the state of New- 
York within the following described boundaries, to wit : Commenc- 
ing at a point in the town of Carrollton, where the western boundary 
of the right of way of the Erie Railroad Company intersects the 
state line between the states of New York and Penns\ lvania ; run- 
ning thence northerly along said western boundarv of said right 
of way to the southern boundary of the Allegany Indian reserva- 
tion ; thence along the said boundary of said reservation through 
the towns of Carrollton, Great \'alley, Salamanca, Red House, Cold 
Spring, Elko and South Valley, to the intersection of said boundary 
of said reservation with the said state line ; thence easterly along said 
state line to the place of beginning, excepting and reserving there- 
from any part of the city of Salamanca, and any part of the village 
of Limestone included in the land above descriljed. All of the lands 
hereinbefore described, and hereafter acquired by the state for such 
state park shall be forever reserved and maintained for the use of 
all the people, but the said Allegany State Park shall not constitute 
a part of the forest preserve. 
§ 2. Within thirty days after the going into efTect of this act 
there shall be appointed by the governor of this state, by and with 
the consent of the senate, five commissioners, who shall be citi- 
zens and residents of the state of New York, and who shall con- 
stitute, and are hereby appointed and constituted a board of com- 
missioners by the name and style of " commissioners of Allegany 
State Park." Such comtnissioners shall serve terms of from one 
to five years respectively, and the governor shall designate the terms 
.of each of said first appointed commissioners who shall hold office 
for the terms of their respective appointments, and until others are 
appointed in their places, and all such commissioners after the first 
appointment shall be appointed by the governor by and with the 
consent of the senate and shall hold office for the full term of five 
years and until others have been appointed in their places. Vacancies 
in the commission caused by death, removal, resignation, refusal 
or inability to act, or removal from the state shall be filled by the 
governor by appointment for the unexpired term only. No mem- 
ber of said board shall receive any compensation for his services 
