DEPARTMENT OF PARKS. l6l 



8. To sell any buildings, improvements or materials within the 

 limits of the said last mentioned park and belonging to said city, 

 which in the judgment of said department shall not be required for 

 the purposes of said park, or for public use, and the proceeds of such 

 sales shall be deposited with the City Treasurer, to the credit of the 

 department, and devoted to the improvement of said Prospect Park. 



9. They may also, in the name of the city, or of the said depart- 

 ment, at their option, bring any action which they may deem proper 

 to recover damages for the breach of any agreement, express or im- 

 plied, relating to or growing out of the management or improvement 

 of the said parks, parkways or other places, territory or streets under 

 their control, for penalties for the violation of any ordinance ; or for 

 injuries to personal property appertaining to the said parks, places, 

 territory or streets, and to recover the possession of such property. 

 The said department shall have charge and management for the pur- 

 poses of police and improvement of the land in the Town of Flatbush, 

 in the County of Kings, taken pursuant to the statute for a parade 

 ground for the County of Kings. And all ordinances or rules which 

 said department shall at any time adopt for the regulation, use and 

 management of the said parks shall immediately thereafter be pub- 

 lished for at least ten days in two daily newspapers printed in said 

 city. 



Section III. This act shall take effect immediatelv. 



TO PURCHASE RAILROAD RIGHTS. 



CHAPTER 951. 



AN ACT in Relation to the Occupation of Fort Hamilton 

 Avenue in the City of Brooklyn by Railroads, and to 

 Authorize the City of Brooklyn to Provide for the 

 Removal of any Railroad now Occupying the Same. 



Accepted by the City. 



Became a law June 6, 1895, with the approval of the Governor. 

 Passed, two-thirds being present. 



The People of the State of Neiu York, represented in Senate and Assem- 

 bly, do enact as follows : 



Section I. No railroad company shall hereafter lay any tracks, 

 or maintain or operate any railroad, whether surface, elevated or 

 underground, along Fort Hamilton avenue, in the City of Brooklyn, 

 or any part thereof. 



Section II. The City of Brooklyn is hereby authorized to pay to 

 the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Company such sum of 



