...concur), That section seven of article seven of the constitution be amended to read as follows : § 7. The lands of the state, now owned or hereafter acquired,...lands. They shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or to be taken by any corporation, public or private, nor shall the timber thereon be sold, removed or...

...acquired, constituting the forest preserve as now SECTIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO RAILROADS. 241 fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest...the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed. ARTICLE VIII.- — SECTION 1. Corporations may be formed under general laws; but shall not be created...

...Constitution : The lands of the State, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the Forest Reserve, as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild...the timber thereon be sold, removed, or destroyed. Despite this, some of the State lands have been illegally lumbered over, and too many acres have been...

...those lines. We start in with the Constitution of the state of New York (article 7, § 7), which says: "The lands of the state now owned or hereafter acquired,...the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed." Section 222 of the forest, fish and game law (Laws 1902, p. 896, c. 334), as amended by Laws 1905,...

...point. [6] Second: "It violates section 7 of article 7 of the state Constitution, which provides that the lands of the state now owned or hereafter acquired,...fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lauds and shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or taken by any corporation, public or private."...

...constituting the forest preBI rve as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. Tliry shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or be taken...the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed." These lands are not therefore subject to be In ken by this railway company, and the plaintiff is entitled...

...owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve as now fixed by law, shall forever be kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be leased,...corporation, public or private, nor shall the timber be sold, removed or destroyed." A literal reading of the law would clearly include the lands here under...

...have challenged it." This brings us to the real point in the discussion. The forest preserve lands " shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or be taken...the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed." It is now proposed to construct 'State highways upon rights of way heretofore described by statute...

...legal disability, the claim may be presented within two years after such disability is removed. Sec. 7. The lands of the State, now owned or hereafter acquired,...the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed. Sec. 8. The Legislature shall not sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the Erie canal, the Oswego canal,...

...disability, the claim may be presented within two years after such disability is removed. Section 7. The lands of the State, now owned or hereafter acquired,...exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public or prirate, nor shall the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed. Section 8. Tb« Legislature shall...