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PROVIDING GRANT AND SLOCUM MONUMENTS. 



CHAPTER 291, LAWS OF 1S95. 



AN ACT to Authorize the Erection of a Monument of 

 General Henry W. Slocum in the City of Brooklyn and 

 the Construction of a Proper Pedestal for a Monument 

 to General Ulysses S. Grant, and to Provide for the 

 Payment Therefor. 



Accepted by the City. 



Became a law April 11, 1S95, with the approYal of the Governor. 

 Passed, three-fifths being present. 



The People of the State of Neto York, represented in Senate and 

 Assembly, do enact as folloivs : 



Section I. The Mayor of the City of Brooklyn and the Com- 

 missioner of Parks of the said city, and their successors, are 

 hereby authorized to erect a monument of General Henry W. Slocum, 

 in the City of Brooklyn, upon such plans and at such location as they 

 may select, at an expense not to exceed the sum of thirty thou- 

 sand dollars ; and they are hereby further authorized to provide 

 and construct a suitable pedestal, with foundation, base and cop- 

 ing for the statue of General Ulysses S. Grant, upon the presen- 

 tation of the same to the City of Brooklyn by the Union League 

 Club of said city, at an expense not to exceed ten thousand dollars. 



Section II. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of 

 Section 1 of this act, the Mayor and Comptroller of said city 

 are hereby authorized to issue bonds of the City of Brooklyn, to 

 be known as " Memorial Monument Bonds," to be signed, sealed 

 and countersigned as other bonds of said city. None of said 

 bonds shall be sold at less than par, and they shall be issued in 

 such series and be made payable at such times as said Mayor and 

 Comptroller may determine. The proceeds from the sale of said 

 bonds, including any premium which may be obtained thereon, 

 shall be paid into the city treasury, to be expended from time to 

 time as may be required for the purposes of this act, upon the cer- 

 tification of said Mayor. 



Section III. This act shall take effect immediately. 



