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Buffalo avenue, to East New York avenue, and Eastern Parkway, or 

 either of them, and for that purpose the officer at the head of said 

 department is authorized to make contracts for such grading, paving 

 and improvement. 



Section III. Section four of said act is hereby amended so as to 

 read as follows : 



Section IV. Whenever the officer at the head of said department 

 shall determine to act under the powers conferred upon said depart- 

 ment by this act, he shall cause a map or maps to be made showing 

 the proposed extension and improvement of the Eastern Parkway 

 and of the widening and improvement of Buffalo avenue, and shall 

 file said map or maps, duly certified by him, in the office of the Regis- 

 ter of the County of Kings and of the County Clerk, and shall also 

 transmit a copy of said map or maps to the Department of City Works 

 of the City of Brooklyn, and thereupon said streets shall be deemed 

 to be extended, widened and laid out in conformity with said maps. 



Section IV. Section five of said act is hereby amended so as to 

 read as follows : 



Section V. '1 'he said Department of Parks shall have power to 

 acquire title in fee of the land within the lines of the streets or ave- 

 nues laid out as provided in the preceding sections in the manner 

 and by the special proceedings prescribed in this act, and the officer 

 at the head of said department is hereby authorized to employ a 

 competent person to act as counsel in conducting any legal proceed- 

 ings required to be taken under this act and to fix his compensation, 

 and the title to such land when acquired shall vest in the County of 

 Kings. 



Section V. Section six of said act is hereby amended so as to 

 read as follows : 



Section VI. For the purpose of acquiring title to such land the 

 head of said Department of Parks may make application in the name 

 of the County of Kings to the Supreme Court in the Second Depart- 

 ment, at a special term of said court, for the appointment of commis- 

 sioners of appraisal. Before making such application a general notice 

 directed to the owner or owners of the land within the lines of the 

 street or avenue laid out as provided by this act, and of such part or 

 section of the same as is sought to be condemned, and to all other 

 persons interested therein or affected by the improvement authorized 

 to lie made by this act, shall be published in three daily newspapers 

 published in said county for ten days, of the time and place when 

 and where the said application will be made. On presenting to the 

 Supreme Conn, as aforesaid, proof by affidavit of the publication of 

 said notice or notices, the court shall, if no sufficient cause be shown 

 against granting the application, make an order for the appointment 



