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NEW PARKS PURCHASED. 



Of the parks suggested by the Committee, I ultimately de- 

 cided to purchase the following: Dyker Beach Park, Bensonhurst 

 Beach, Lincoln Terrace, Canarsie Beach, Brooklyn Forest, New 

 Lots Playground, Cooper Park, Irving Square, and Saratoga 

 Square. 



In compliance with the law, I, upon the 24th of May, 1895, 

 presented the following report to the Supreme Court, Justice 

 Edgar M. Cullen presiding, and upon the 8th day of June, 1895, 

 argument was heard by Justice Charles F. Brown, who confirmed 

 the report, and authorized the purchase of the lands suggested. 



THE REPORT TO THE SUPREME COURT. 

 To the Supreme Court : 



I, Frank Squier, the Commissioner of Parks of the City of 

 Brooklyn, having been appointed by Chapter 461 of the Laws of 

 1892, and Chapter 474 of the Laws of 1895, a Commissioner to 

 select and locate such grounds in the county of Kings, or ad- 

 jacent thereto, as might in my opinion be proper and desirable, to 

 be reserved and set apart for a public park or parks, do respect- 

 fully report : 



First — On the sixteenth day of November, in the year 1894, I 

 caused to be published for ten days successively (except Sunda} r ), 

 in the Brooklyn Daily Times, the Brooklyn Citizen, the Standard- 

 Union, and the Brooklyn Freie Presse and Brooklyuer Zeitung, 

 and also for ten days successively in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 

 each of which was and is a daily newspaper published in the city 

 of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, the notice of hearing, re- 

 quired by section 3 of Chapter 461 of the Laws of 1892, as will 

 further appear by the affidavits of publication hereto annexed 

 and marked " Exhibits A, B, C, D and E." 



The following is a copy of such notice : 



PUBLIC I'ARKS IN THE COUNTY OF KINGS OR ADJACENT THERETO. 



To all whom it may concern : 



Take notice, that a hearing will be given at the Common Council Chamber, 

 in the City Hall, in the city of Brooklyn, on the third day of December next, 

 o'clock P. M., to all parties interested in a site or sites for a park or parks 

 t ) be located and established in the county of Kings or adjacent thereto. 



All persons appearing at said hearing with the intention to suggest a site or 

 are requested to bring with them and file with the Commissioner written 

 briefs containing a full description of the property suggested. This notice is 

 given in pursuanceof the provisions of Chapter 461 of the Laws of 1S92. 

 Dated Brooklyn, November 16, 1S94. 



FRANK SQUIER, 



Commissioner . 







