Annual ap- 
propriation for 
maintenance. 
L. 1897, ch. 509, 
as amended by 
L. 1906, ch. 618, 
amended. 
Site for botanic 
garden and 
arboretum. 
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said garden may require; and its educational and scientific 
privileges shall be open to all alike, male and female, upon 
such necessary regulations, terms and conditions as shall 
be prescribed by the board of trustees of said institute and 
approved by said board of commissioners of the depart- 
ment of parks. 
§ 4. The board of estimate and apportionment and 
the board of aldermen of the city of New York on the 
making of an agreement as provided in section two of this 
act, are hereby authorized on the recommendation of the 
said board of park commissioners, in their discretion, to ap- 
propriate annually a sum or sums of money, for the care 
and maintenance by said institute of said botanic garden 
and arboretum and of the planthouses and rooms for instruc- 
tionerected thereon. 
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately. 
Laws OF NEw York, 1911. Cap. 178. 
AN ACT to amend chapter five hundred and nine of the 
laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled 
“An act to provide for the establishment of a botanic 
garden and arboretum on park lands in the city of 
Brooklyn and for the care of the same,” generally. 
Accepted by the City. 
Became a law May 20, r911, with the approval of the 
Governor. Passed by a two-thirds vote. 
The People of the State of New York, represented im 
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: 
Srcrion 1. Chapter five hundred and nine of the laws 
of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled “An act to 
provide for the establishment of a botanic garden and 
arboretum on park lands in the city of Brooklyn and for 
the care of the same,” as amended by chapter six hundred 
and eighteen of the laws of nineteen hundred and six, is 
hereby amended so as to read as follows: 
§ 1. The park commissioner of the city of New York, 
having jurisdiction of the boroughs of Brooklyn and 
