DEPARTMENT OF PARKS. 



THE DECISION. 



After a hearing at which no defence was put in, Justice Clem- 

 ent handed down the following decision : 



At a Special Term of the Supreme Court held in 

 and for the County of Kings, at the Court House in 

 the City of Brooklyn, on the twenty-sixth day of Feb- 

 ruary, 1896. 



Present: Hon. NATHANIEL H. CLEMENT, Justice. 



A 



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 the said City. 



A motion having been made by the relator herein, that a per- 

 emptory writ of mandamus issue out of and under the seal of this 

 Court, requiring the defendant to pay and turn over to the said 

 relator, Timothy L. Woodruff, as Commissioner of Parks of the 

 City of Brooklyn, all moneys now in his hands or under his 

 control which may have been paid to him as the former Commis- 

 sioner of Parks of the City of Brooklyn, acting as the head of the 

 Department of Parks of the County of Kings, pursuant to the 

 provisions of Chapter 461 of the Laws of 1892, as amended by 

 Chapter 474 of the Laws of 1895, and said motion having come 

 on to be heard, 



Now, on reading and filing the notice of motion herein dated 

 the nineteenth day of February, 1896, the petition of Timothy 

 L. Woodruff, verified the nineteenth day of February, 1896, 

 and the exhibits thereto attached, and the affidavit of Frank 

 Squier, verified the twentieth day of February, 1896; and after 

 hearing Joseph A. Burr, Esq., in behalf of the said motion, the 

 said Frank Squier appearing but not opposing, and due delibera- 

 tion having been had ; 



Now, on motion of Joseph A. Burr, Esq., attorney for the 

 relator, it is 



