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to the enclosure of copies of the commission’s letters of 
June 18 and June 20, 1903, stated: 
“The freeholders, acting under Chapter 234 of the laws 
of 1903, have transferred to this commission the care, cus- 
tody and control of Park avenue throughout its entire 
length. Our views concerning Park avenue are fully ex- 
pressed in our letter of June 18, 1903, and concerning 
Central avenue in our letter of May 20, 1903.” 
To this communication the Mayor on November 14 made 
answer: 
“Gentlemen—I beg to acknowledge the receipt of yours 
of the twelfth instant. Your letter does not give me all 
that I requested. I would like to know whether the ordi- 
nance in relation to Park and Central avenues, of which 
you have a copy, is acceptable to you in its present shape.” 
On November 24, 1903, the commission replied that “the 
meeting that day was the first held since the receipt” of his 
letter, and then this followed : 
“The attitude of the Park Commission in regard to Park 
and Central avenues is fully stated in the report of the 
commission for 1901 on pages 15 et seq., as we have here- 
tofore stated to your honor. 
“It is unnecessary to discuss the form of the ordinance 
transmitted to us by your honor, as we observe by the public 
prints that your honor has vetoed it.” 
Mayor Stetson’s veto was announced November 23, the 
day previous. The alleged reasons, as stated in the message, 
were, as before, that the Common Council had “no author- 
ity” to make the transfer ; that the replies of the Park Com- 
mission to his inquiries had been “evasive and unsatisfac- 
tory”; that “it seems to me, so far as Central avenue is 
concerned, the Park Commission does not particularly de- 
sire the care, custody, and control of the thoroughfore; and 
that, in any event, it is not advisable to make a parkway 
of Central avenue” on account of the heavy traffic there, ete. 
It required two-thirds, or eleven of the sixteen votes, of 
the City Council members to override the veto. The veto 
message came before the council for action December 7, 
