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Laws of 1886, Chapter 280, continued by Laws of 1892, Chapter 488, Laws of 1896, Chapter 908, and Consolidated Laws of 1909, Chapter 62, Section 22, required the tax assessors of towns in which forest preserve lands were located to file with the Comptroller copies of the assessment rolls for those towns. The forest preserve lands listed in those assessment rolls were assessed and taxed like other lands within the counties in which the towns were located. The forest preserve was established by Laws of 1885, Chapter 283, and comprised state-owned lands within designated mountainous counties. The forest preserve lands were situated within the Adirondack Park, established in 1892, and the Catskill Park, established in 1904."
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