DEPARTMENT OF PARKS. 



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THE PETITION, 



SUPREME COURT— KINGS COUNTY. 



"\ 



The People ex rel. Timothy L. Wood- 

 ruff, as Commissioner of Parks of the 

 City of Brooklyn, 



against 



Frank Squier, formerly Commissioner 

 of Parks of said City. 



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The petition of Timothy L. Woodruff respectfully shows to 

 the Court : 



i. That on or about the first day of February, 1896, he was duly 

 appointed Commissioner of Parks of the City of Brooklyn, pursu- 

 ant to the provisions of Chapter 583 of the Laws of 1888 (Title 

 III., Section 2), and that thereupon and on or about the first day 

 of February, 1896, he duly qualified as such Commissioner, and 

 entered upon the performance of the duties of said office, and 

 has since that date continued to perform the same. 



2. That the said Frank Squier was, prior to the said first day 

 of February, 1896, the Commissioner of Parks of said City of 

 Brooklyn, duly appointed and qualified. 



3. That on or about the third day of May, 1892, an act was 

 duly passed by the Legislature of the State of New York, en- 

 titled "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 the said county to provide the means 

 therefor by the issue of bonds," which act is known as Chapter 

 461 of the Laws of 1892, to which act and the provisions thereof 

 your petitioner refers with like force and effect as if the same had 

 been set forth at length herein. 



4. That subsequently thereto, and on or about the first day of 

 May, 1895, an act was duly passed by the Legislature of the 

 State of New York, entitled " An Act to amend Chapter 461 of 

 the Laws of 1892, entitled 'An Act for the establishment and 



