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improvement of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, under the juris- 
diction of the Department of Parks, Borough of Brooklyn, and 
that when authority therefor shall have been obtained from the 
Board of Aldermen the Comptroller be and is hereby authorized 
to issue said corporate stock of The City of New York in the 
manner provided by section 169 of the Greater New York Char- 
ter, maturing not more than fifteen (15) years after date of issue, 
the proceeds thereof to the amount of the par value of the stock 
to be applied to the purposes aforesaid ; provided, however, that 
no encumbrance or expenditure by contract shall be made against 
the proceeds of corporate stock herein authorized nor shall bids 
upon such contracts be advertised for, until after approval by the 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the plans, specifications, 
estimates of cost, and forms of such contracts which shall be 
submitted to said Board by the Commissioner of Parks, Borough 
of Brooklyn, nor shall any architect, engineer, expert or depart- 
mental employee be engaged or employed as a charge against such 
proceeds except after approval by said Board of such employ- 
ment and of the fee or wage to be paid by preliminary and final 
contract, vouchers, or budget schedule which are to be similarly 
submitted, unless in the case of departmental employees, such 
employment is in accordance with schedules approved by said 
board. 
Henry H. Curran, 
JoHN DIEMER, 
F. H. STEVENSON, 
FRANK J. Dorz_er, 
Jesse D. Moore, 
F. H. Witmort, 
C. Aucustus Post, 
Francis P. KENNEY, 
Committee on Finance 
The Chairman pro-tem. put the question whether the Board 
would agree to accept said report and adopt said resolution. 
Which was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: 
A ffirmative-—Aldermen Bartscherer, Bedell, Brush, Carberry, 
Chorosh, Colne, Crane, Cunningham, Diemer, Donnelly, Dotzler, 
