New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-31
AMENDMENT NUMBER
THIRTEEN

CoNcrnRrNr RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND
AssEMRLY PRoroslNo AN AMENDMENT TO
SECTION SEVEN OF ARTIcLN SEVEN or THE
CONSTITUTION. IN RELATION TO THE FoREsr
Section 1. Resolved Nr tn, Assembly con
curl, Tint section seven OF article seven of
the constitution be amended to read fol-
lows.
:. Tho lands of the state. now owned or
hereafter acquired. constituting the forest pre-
serve now fixed BY law. shall he forever
kept Wild forest lands. They shall not be
leased, sold or exchanged to he taken by
my corporation. public or private. nor shall
the timber thereon be sold, removed or de-
stroyed. Nothing contained In this section
shall prevent the state from constructing q
state highway from Sarnnac Lake in Franklin
county to Long Lake in Hamilton county aud
thence to ora Forge in Herklmer county ny
way Of Blue Mountain lake ond Rsquette lake.
The legislature may ~ fsenerri laws pTo-
centum Of such lands for the foltotctng pnr-
poses: for thu con strnction and maintenance Of
reservoirs for municipal water supply, or the
canals Of the state and to regulate the flow
OF streams. ard MAY fWther prortde FOR me
Development of irGter potcfr and for rights Of
l1aV for electric Transmission lines. al Of
rhicA are herc6D declared to be pubic uses.
lines shall he constructed. owned and con
troiled by the state, Int such work shall not
high flow lines thereof shall have .been accu-
rately surveyed and fixed, and after public
notice hearing and determine ton that such
lands are required for such public uses. The
expense OF any such improvements shall be
apportoned on the public and private proNer'y
and municipalities beneited to the extent Of
the benefits received Any such reservoir shHil
always be operated hy the stale and the ltglS-
Gturr shall provide for charge upon the
property and Municipalities benefited for
rcnsonahle return to the state uDon the value
OF the rights and property Of the state used
leased and the services Of the state rem
de-cd in thn CONSTRUCTION. control end nnfrd-
ton NJ s0id rcs0rroirs lcofer po'r"rs and trans-
rrissto, Nnes. which charge shall he h1ed for
terms Of not exceeding ten years AN be 70
Adjustable Mt the end Of any terml. Ann such
irGtcr pOrCr mag De leased TOR terra nj MT
crcecdirq ten gears Uhsan.tary conditions
shall lot he created or continued by any such
public works violation Of any of the pro
visions Of this section may ne restrn'ned ~
the snit Of the people or with the consent Of
tn" supreme court in appellate DIVISION on
notice to the attorney general at the suit Of
Resolvod a. tNe assembly concrr)
That the foregoing amendment be referred 70
tho leg'slnt ure TO he chosen nj the n"1t Con
rrel election cf senators and. in conformity
with s'ction one OF article fourteen OF the
constitution, he nuhi'sned for three months
STATE OF NEW YORK
IN SENATE
The foregoing resolution was ID duly " passed.. .
majority Of all the Senators elected voting IL
favor thereof
HARRY WALKER,
President.
STATE OF NEW YORK
IN ASSEMBLY.
4nr %. 1920.
TIL, FOREGOING resolution duly passed =
majority Of Nil The mcmhers elected to the
Assembly vo-ing in favor thereof.
BY order ~ tho Assembly.
THADDEuS c. SWEET
STATE OF NEW YORK. 80.
OFFICE ov THE SECRETARY OF STATE I 3d.
hnve compared fhe preceding copy of con
current resolution With the original RESOLUTION
~ dic In This Office. AMI do hereby certify that
the same Is a correct transcript therefrom and
Of the who'e hereof
GIVEN rnfer my hand ard the scal 81
Office Of the Secretary OF State. at t'le
II. s. city Of Albany. this first day ~ July
in the verr ono thousand nine
hundred and twenty
FRANCIS VI. HUGO,
Secretary Of state.
FOURTEEN
Observation-Disclosures in italics Is
matter IN brackets is Did law to BE- omitted
STATE OF NIW YORK,
OFFICE or THE Sc RITARY pF STATE.
ALBANY july !. 1920.
Pursuant to The prov isou5 IT section one u
article fourteen or the Constitution Of the Stals
~ New York. and serti0n TWO huadred min y
ave OF the Election Iaw. notice "a hereby CIV. u
that the following proposed amendment 10 sec
ton light Of article seven Of the Constitution
Of the State of New York IS referred II the
legislature 10 be chosen at the next general
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