154 REPORT OF THE 



A PEDESTAL FOR GENERAL WARREN. 

 CHAPTER 542. 



AN ACT to Authorize the Building and Construction of a 

 Proper Pedestal for a Monument to General Gouverneur 

 K. Warren, and to Provide for the Payment Thereof. 



Accepted by the City. 



Became a law May 3, 1895, with the approval of the Governor. 

 Passed, three- fifths being present. 



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

 Assembly, do enact as follotvs : 



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

 sioner of Parks of said city, and their successors, are hereby author- 

 ized to provide and construct a suitable pedestal with foundation, 

 base and coping for the statue of Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren, upon 

 the presentation of the same to the City of Brooklyn by the Gouver- 

 neur K. Warren Post, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of 

 New York, and of said city, at an expense not to exceed four thou- 

 sand dollars. 



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

 section one 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 counter- 

 signed as other bonds of said city. None of such 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 certification of said Mayor. 



Section III. This act shall take effect immediately. 



