152 REPORT OF THE 



THE COUNTY PARKS. 



CHAPTER 474- 



AN ACT to Amend Chapter Four Hundred and Sixty-one ok 

 the Laws of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-two, Enti- 

 tled "An Act for the Establishment and Government 

 of a Public Park or Parks in the County of Kings, or 

 Adjacent Thereto, and Providing that the Same shall 

 be a Public Work of the County of Kings, and to Au- 

 thorize said County to Provide for the Means Therefor 

 by the Issue of Bonds." 



Accepted by the City. 



Became a law May 1, 1895, with the approval of the Governor. 

 Passed, three-fifths being present. 



The People of the State of A r e7c> York, represented in Senate and 

 Assembly, do enaet as follows : 



Section I. Section four of chapter four hundred and sixty-one 

 of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled "An act 

 for the establishment and government of a public park or parks in 

 the County of Kings, or adjacent thereto, and providing that the 

 same shall be a public work of the County of Kings, and to authorize 

 said county to provide for the means therefor by the issue of bonds," 

 is hereby amended to read as follows : 



Section IV. Upon the confirmation of said report the Park Com- 

 missioner of the City of Brooklyn, acting as a commissioner, as des- 

 ignated and appointed by the first section of this act, shall have 

 power, as such, to purchase and acquire in fee the lands and premises 

 described in said report, or the portion thereof constituting any of 

 the parks so selected and located. And all lands so purchased and 

 acquired shall be taken and held in the name of the County of Kings, 

 and used as public parks of said county. Such Park Commissioner 

 may expend the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, or 

 such part thereof as he deems proper and advantageous, in improv- 

 ing for park purposes any of the lands so acquired. The said lands 

 and premises so taken, and such improvement thereof, shall be a 

 public work of the County of Kings. 



Section II. Section six of said act is hereby amended to read as 

 follows : 



Si. 1 tion VI. The said commissioner shall from time to time certify 

 to the County Treasurer of Kings County the amount of money then 

 required and necessary to defray the expenses of acquiring said land 

 and premises, or any portion thereof, by purchasing or otherwise, as 

 aforesaid, and the expenses of all proceedings connected therewith. 

 In the amount so at any time certified, such commissioner may 



