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money as may be agreed upon between the directors of said Coney 

 Island and Brooklyn Railroad Company and the Park Commissioner 

 of said city, not exceeding the sum of ten thousand dollars, in con- 

 sideration of the surrender by said railroad company of whatever 

 franchise and right, if any, it may have to lay its tracks and main- 

 tain and operate its railroad on Fort Hamilton avenue in said city, 

 and said railroad company is hereby authorized to receive said sum 

 and to surrender any such franchise and rights Such surrender 

 shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing, executed by the 

 president and secretary of said company, under the seal of the cor- 

 poration, acknowledging the receipt of the money so authorized to 

 be paid, and relinquishing all right to lay railroad tracks and to main- 

 tain and operate a railroad upon, over, under or across said Fort 

 Hamilton avenue; which instrument shall also contain an agreement 

 on the part of said railroad company to remove all rails and other 

 appliances now maintained upon said avenue by said company, and 

 to refrain in the future from laying any rails or from maintaining or 

 operating any railroad thereon ; said instrument, when duly exe- 

 cuted, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State and a 

 duplicate thereof in the office of the County Clerk of the County of 

 Kings If no funds shall be otherwise available to make the pay- 

 ment so authorized by this act the necessary money for that purpose 

 shall be taken from the revenue fund of said city. 



Section III. This act shall take effect immediately. 



TO IMPROVE PARKWAYS. 



CHAPTER 1,000. 



AN ACT in Relation to the Improvement of Ocean Parkway, 

 Fort Hamilton Avenue and Bay Parkway, in the City 

 of Brooklyn. 



Accepted by the City. 



Became a law June 12, 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 follows : 



Section I. The City of Brooklyn is hereby authorized, as here- 

 inafter provided, to pave the west side road of Ocean Parkway, or any 

 portion of the same; Fort Hamilton avenue from Ocean Parkway 

 adjacent to Prospect Park to the Shore road, and Bay Parkway, from 

 Ocean Parkway to Gravesend bay; and for the purpose of such 

 pavement on Ocean Parkway to expend a sum not exceeding fifty 



