40 New Yoek at the Woeld's Columbian Exposition. 



§ 6. The members of the committee as appointed by the mayor shall 

 serve until the 1st day of March, 1893, or until their successors are 

 appointed, and such successors shall be appointed by the mayor of the city 

 of New York within five days after the creation of a vacancy in said 

 committee. 



§ 7. It shall be lawful for said committee on the celebration of the dis- 

 covery- of America, with the written permission of the mayor of said city 

 and upon such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, to use between 

 the 8th day of October and the I7th day of October, 1892, such streets, 

 avenues, squares and parks, in the city of New York, as may be specified 

 in such permit for the erection and maintenance therein of such structures 

 as may be approved of by the said mayor, the superintendent of build- 

 ings and the fire department of said city, to be used and employed solely 

 for the purposes of such celebration and for such parades as said com- 

 mittee may provide for, and the said committee, upon receiving such per- 

 mit, shall be entitled to erect and maintain such structures on such por- 

 tions of said streets, avenues, squares and parks for and during the period 

 of time above specified, and shall be entitled to the exclusive possession 

 and use of the same for the purposes aforesaid. Such permit shall be 

 subject at any time to revocation by the said mayor. 



§ 8. The use of said streets, avenues, squares and parks for the above- 

 mentioned purpose is hereby declared to be a public use and consistent 

 with the public purposes for which said streets, avenues, squares and 

 parks are held by the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of 

 New York. 



§ 9. The board of estimate and apportionment of the city of New 

 York is hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate a sum not 

 exceeding $50,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended 

 by and under the direction of said committee for the celebration of the 

 discovery of America, which sum is to be employed in decorating the City 

 Hall and other buildings of the city, for a display of fireworks in the sev- 

 eral parks and places of the city and for other expenses of the said com- 

 mittee in connection with said celebration, and upon such appropriation 

 being made the comptroller of the city of New York is hereby directed 

 to issue and sell revenue bonds of said city for the purpose of providing 

 funds on account of such appropriation. 



§ 10. The committee aforesaid shall immediately appoint after its 

 organization an auditing committee of three members, whose duty it shall 

 be to audit all bills payable on behalf of the city on account of said com- 

 mittee, and. the- comptroller, is hereby directed to pay out no moneys on 

 account of such celebration unless vouchers therefor are properly passed 



