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AMENDMENT TO THE ACT OF INCORPORATION. 
CHAPTER 717. 
(LOCAL. ) 
An Act Zo amend chapter two hundred and eighty-five of 
the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled ‘An 
act to provide for the establishment of a botanic garden and 
museum and arboretum, in Bronx Park, in the city of New 
York, and to incorporate the New York Botanical Garden for 
carrying on the same,” as amended by chapter one hundred 
and three of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-four. 
Accepted by the city. 
Became a law May 19, 1896, with the approval of the Governor. 
assed, three-fifths being present. 
The People of the State of New York, represented in 
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: 
SECTION I. Section five of chapter two hundred and 
eighty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-one, 
entitled «* An act to provide for the establishment of a botanic 
garden and museum and arboretum, in Bronx Park, in the 
city of New York, and to incorporate the New York Botani- 
cal Garden for carrying on the same,” as amended by chapter 
one hundred and three of the laws of eighteen hundred and 
ninety-four, is hereby amended to read as follows: 
SEecTION 5. Whenever the said corporation shall have 
raised or secured by subscription a sum sufficient, in the judg- 
ment of the board of commissioners of the department of 
public parks in the city of New York, for successfully estab- 
lishing and prosecuting the objects aforesaid, not less, how- 
ever, than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, within seven 
years from the passage of this act, the said board of commis- 
sioners is hereby authorized and directed to set apart and ap- 
propriate, upon such conditions as to the said board may seem 
expedient, a portion of the Bronx Park, or of such other of 
