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of the second part under the same terms and conditions in all 
respects as the lands leased by the party of the first part to the 
said party of the second part on December 28, 1909, and as in 
the amendment dated September 9, 1912, with the following 
exceptions and conditions: 
Right Reserved to Withdraw Strip for Roadway 
1. “That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The 
City of New York, on the recommendation of the Board of 
Commissioners of Public Parks of said City, reserves the right to 
withdraw from the lands hereinbefore described in this resolution, 
a strip of land across the southerly part of said lands from 
Washington avenue towards the Willink Entrance of Prospect 
Park for the construction by the Department of Parks, of a 
roadway thereon, the boundaries of said strip of land and the 
location of said roadway to be determined by said Board of 
Estimate and Apportionment on the recommendation of the 
said Board of Commissioners of Public Parks; and in laying 
out, grading and planting lands as hereinbefore described and 
bounded, due account shall be taken of the possible need of such 
roadway in the future.” 
Construction of Pathway Specified 
2. “The plans for the development and the use of these addi- 
tional lands shall include a pathway for pedestrians running 
across the lands from Washington avenue to a point on Flatbush 
avenue near the Willink Entrance to Prospect Park, and such 
pathway shall be kept open at such hours and times as shall be 
designated by the Park Commissioner of the Borough of Brook- 
lyn, or by his successor or successors.” 
Funds for Permanent Improvements and Annual Maintenance to 
be Provided by the City 
And the party of the first part herein agrees to provide such 
sum or sums of money as the Board of Estimate and Apportion- 
ment may deem necessary to cover the cost of necessary grading, 
soil additions and other permanent improvements, and also to 
cover the cost of the annual maintenance of the said lands in the 
same manner that it provides for other permanent improvements 
and for maintenance in the Botanic Garden and Arboretum here- 
