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are sufficient unencumbered balances in the accounts to which this work 
is to be charged to meet the expenditure. 
The adoption of the attached resolution will grant the requested ap- 
proval at an estimated cost of $6,550. 
Respectfully, 
Peter J. McGowan, 
Acting Director. 
The following resolution was offered: 
Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment here- 
by approves the forms of contracts, and the plans and specifica- 
tions, both as amended, and estimates of cost aggregating six 
thousand, five hundred and fifty dollars ($6,550) for the con- 
struction of a Children’s Garden House in the Brooklyn Botanic 
Garden, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks, 
Borough of Brooklyn, as follows: 
(Oley eerie kori tee ee es ae Bunn anon ro tooo $5,800 
1D hehieloviaks" Shon ab ob on ah ee pet ded UO Oud o aoe Oro Coda 750 
—the cost to be charged as follows: One half (%) to the cor- 
porate stock fund entitled “C. D. P. 200oM—Improvement of 
Botanic Garden,” and one half (14) to the fund entitled “ S566— 
Suspense Account, Contribution for Brooklyn Botanic Garden 
Improvement Fund”; provided, however, if no bids are received 
for both items of said work within the aggregate estimated cost, 
the amount of such estimated cost upon the bids so received may 
be reconsidered in its discretion by the Board of Estimate and 
Apportionment, or by any official designated by the Board, pro- 
vided that the aggregate of the bids is within the amount author- 
ized and available for said work. 
Which was adopted by the following vote: 
Affirmative—The Mayor, the Comptroller, the Acting Presi- 
dent of the Borough of Manhattan, and the Presidents of the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Richmond—13. 
Negative—The President of the Board of Aldermen—3. 
(City Record 44: 2872. 14 April, 1916.) 
