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tionment, party of the first part, and the Brooklyn Institute of 
Arts and Sciences, party of the second part, WITNESSETH : 
Authorizing Legislation 
Wuereas, by an act of Legislature of the State of New York, known 
as Chapter 618 of the Laws of 1906, entitled “An Act to amend Chapter 
509 of the Laws of 1897,” entitled “An Act to provide for the establish- 
ment of a botanic garden and arboretum on park lands in the City of 
Brooklyn, and for the care of the same,” the party of the first part, acting 
by its Board of Estimate and Apportionment, is expressly authorized to 
enter into a contract, on the recommendation of the Board of Commis- 
sioners of Public Parks of said City of New York, with the said Brooklyn 
Institute of Arts and Sciences, party of the second part, for the establish- 
ing and maintaining by said Institute of a botanic garden and arboretum 
on any or all of certain lands described and set forth in said act, and 
Private Endowment 
WuenreEas, the party of the second part has raised or secured by private 
subscription, the sum of Fifty thousand dollars within one year from the 
passage of said act, the principal of which sum, or the income thereof, is 
to be set apart and used exclusively by said Institute, party of the second 
part, for the purchase of plants, flowers, shrubs and trees to be set out 
in said botanic garden and arboretum; and 
WueErEAs, the party of the first part desires that the party of the second 
part shall have charge of the establishment, development and administra- 
tion of said botanic garden and arboretum for the benefit of the residents 
of said city; and said party of the second part is willing to take charge 
of the establishment, development and administration of said botanic 
garden and arboretum upon the terms and conditions herein set forth; 
Now, THERFORE, in consideration of the actions already taken under said 
Chapter 618 of the Laws of 1906, and in consideration of the mutual agree- 
ments herein contained, it is agreed by and between the said parties as 
follows; viz.: 
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Lease and Boundaries of the Garden 
First.—That the party of the first part has granted and demised and 
doth by these presents grant, demise, and let unto the said party of the 
second part the park lands lying between Eastern Parkway on the north; 
Washington Avenue on the east; the line of division between the old town 
of Flatbush and the old City of Brooklyn on the south; and Flatbush 
Avenue on the west (excepting therefrom lands reserved for the Prospect 
Heights Reservoir; lands leased to the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and 
Sciences for museum purposes; lands designated as a site for a public 
library, under Chapter 503 of the Laws of 1905, and land designated and 
set apart by the party of the first part as a site for an astronomical obser- 
vatory, under Chapter 637 of the Laws of 1906), bounded and described 
