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dent of the Board of Aldermen, the Presidents of the Boroughs 
of Manhattan, Brooklyn and The Bronx, the Acting President 
of the Borough of Queens and the President of the Borough of 
Richmond—16. (City Record 43: 7526. 5 October 1915.) 
APPENDIX 10 
BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPORTIONMENT 
RESOLUTION APPROVING FORM OF CONTRACT FOR ARCHITECTS’ 
AND ENGINEERS’ SERVICES FOR COMPLETION OF BOTANIC 
GARDEN Buripincs. (From Minutes of Meeting 
of November 5, 1915.) | 
Department of Parks, Borough of a ea of Con- 
tract for Architectural Services (Cal. No. 19) 
The Setetany presented a communication, dated August 26, 
1915, from the Commissioner of Parks, Borough of Brooklyn, 
requesting approval of form of contract for architectural services 
at an estimated cost of $7,500; in connection with the completion 
of laboratory building and greenhouses, Brooklyn Botanic 
Gardens; and the following report of the Bureau of Contract 
Supervision recommending approval thereof: 
City or New York, Boarp oF EstimMATE AND APPORTIONMENT, 
MounicipaL Bur_pinc, Bureau oF CoNTRACT SUPERVISION, 
‘October 25, IQIS. 
To THE Boarp oF EstIMATE AND APPORTIONMENT: 
Gentlemen: On August 30, 1915, you referred to the Bureau of Con- 
tract Supervision a communication, dated August 26, 1915, from the Park 
Commissioner, Borough of Brooklyn, requesting approval of the form of 
final contract for the services of Messrs. McKim, Mead and White, archi- 
tects, for the completion of the Laboratory Building and greenhouses, 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Borough of Brooklyn. The architect’s con- 
tract for preliminary drawings, specifications and estimates of cost of 
the building, allowing a fee of $2,800, or I per cent. of $280,000, the total 
estimated cost of the building, was approved by the Comptroller of July 
22, 1913. On November 20, 1913, the Board of Estimate and Apportion- 
ment approved the architect’s final contract for the completion of the first 
part of the building, the fee being fixed at 4 per cent. of the total cost of 
