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A bequest of $1,000 for the scientific work of the Garden was 
included in the will of Miss Anna J. Pierrepont, of Brooklyn, 
for many years an annual member of the Garden. 
Capital Outlay Budget 
Requests for the fiscal year, 1941-1942, were submitted to 
the City Planning Commission in the summer of 1941 as follows: 
Pending Projects 
ike Scan of Reconstruction of Plumbing System = in 
reenhouses and Laboratory Building.............. $ 5,000.00 
Dr eeneeen of Reconstruction of Heating System in Green- 
houses and Laboratory Building.................-. 15,000.00 
New Projects 
1. Completion of Resurfacing of Paved Walks Sepa 7,500.00 
2. Reconstruction of Outside Public Comfort ony LELOUS se 8,000.00 
3. Completion of Treatment of Ceilings, Corridors and Rooms 
with Acoustical Covering, .. 0.0... 02.60 e vests es 2,760.00 
Capital Budget Action of Board of Estimate 
In the City Record for January 2, 1942, which carries in a 
yvecial section the Proposed Capital Budget for 1942, projects 
of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden for which appropriations were 
adopted by the Board of Estimate during 1941 are listed on 
page 6 as follows: 
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PV. 184 Completion of Reconstruction of Plumbing System, 
$ 5,000.00 
Laboratory Syste 
= 
PV. 185 Completion of Reconstruction of Heating System, Lab- 
OLALOGV. SNSUCMEr serge he Aies ae pire Cn mtg 15,000.00 
Other items REUHES TEE do not appear in the Board of 
Estimate repot 
Public and Private Funds, 1941 
The total operating budget for the year 1941 was as follows, 
with comparison for 1940 
1941 1940 Decrease 
Tax Budget Funds................. $ pence $100,786.10 $ 7,477.53 
aVAEee ERI Gl Sty Mid CES Ree etre tes 88,957.7 94,081.52 5,123.79 
SOtal Serene ee he UA ee ae $182,266. 30 $194,867. 62 $12,601. 32 
