Objects of 
the Garden. 
Laying out of 
the Garden. 
Approach to 
Museum 
building. 
Means, how 
provided. 
Repeal. 
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and Sciences, and as have been set apart and designated by the 
mayor and park commissioner of the city of Brooklyn as a site 
for the Brooklyn Public library, for the establishing and main- 
taining thereon of a botanic garden and arboretum for the 
collection and culture of plants, flowers, shrubs and trees, the 
advancement of botanical science and knowledge, and_ the 
prosecution of original researches therein and in kindred subjects; 
for affording instruction in the same, and for the prosecution 
and exhibition of ornamental and decorative horticulture and 
gardening, and for the entertainment, recreation and instruction 
of the people, and the said lands so set apart and appropriated 
shall be used for no other purposes than those authorized by 
this act. 
§ 2. The said park commissioner or his successor or successors 
is hereby authorized and directed to cause said lands, bounded 
and described in section one of this act, to be laid out as a botanic 
garden and arboretum, and as a proper approach. to the Museum 
building of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, by a 
competent landscape gardener, and on plans approved by the 
said park commissioner or his successor or successors, and said 
proper approach to the Museum building shall be subject to the 
approval of the board of trustees of said institute. And means 
for the proper construction, planting, equipment, and main- 
tenance of said garden and arboretum shall be provided in the 
same manner as for the support and maintenance of other park 
lands in the city of Brooklyn or its successor. 
§ 3. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are 
hereby repealed. 
$4. This act shall take effect immediately. 
Laws or New York, 1906. CHAPTER 618 
An Acr 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.”’ 
Became a law, May 24, 1906, with the approval of the Governor 
(Charles E. Hughes). Passed, three-fifths being present. 
Accepted by the city. 
