IOO REPORT OF THE 



"An Act to widen, extend, lay out and open, and to improve 

 certain streets in the City of Brooklyn and the village of Flatbush," 

 as amended by chapter four hundred and forty-four of the laws 

 of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, is hereby amended so as to 

 read as follows : 



SECTION VI. For the purpose of acquiring title to such land 

 the head of said Department of Parks may make application in 

 the name of the County of Kings to the Supreme Court in the 

 Second Department at a Special Term of said court, for the ap- 

 pointment of Commissioners of Appraisal. Before making such 

 application a general notice directed to the owner or owners of 

 the land within the lines of the street or avenue laid out as pro- 

 vided by this act, and of such part or section of the same as is 

 sought to be condemned, and to all other persons interested 

 therein, or affected by the improvement authorized to be made 

 by this act, shall be published in three daily newspapers pub- 

 lished in said county for ten days, of the time and place when and 

 where the said application will be made. On presenting to the 

 Supreme Court, as aforesaid, proof by affidavit of the publication 

 of said notice or notices, the Court shall, if no sufficient cause be 

 shown against granting the application, make an order for the 

 appointment of three disinterested and competent persons, resi- 

 dents of and freeholders in said county, as Commissioners to 

 ascertain and appraise the compensation to be made the owners 

 of or persons interested in the real estate within the lines of the 

 street or avenue laid out, as provided by this act, or of such por- 

 tions or sections of the same as may be sought to be condemned 

 under the provisions of this section, and shall fix a time and place 

 for the first meeting of such Commissioners. The said Court may 

 also appoint another or others to act in the place of any one or 

 more of such Commissioners who may die, decline to serve, re- 

 move from the county, be or become interested in the improve- 

 ment, or from any cause may be or become disabled or incompe- 

 tent to serve. The said Commissioners of Appraisal shall be 

 sworn before a Justice of the Supreme Court faithfully and im- 

 partially to perform the duties which shall devolve upon them by 

 virtue of said appointment, and are hereby authorized to cause 

 such maps to be made as may be necessary in the performance 

 of their duties, and to employ competent persons therefor. On 

 such maps shall be designated by feet and inches, as near as may 

 be, the street or avenue laid out as provided by this act or such 

 portion or section thereof as such Commissioners are appointed 

 to appraise, and by numbers the several pieces of land and build- 

 ings necessary to be taken for the improvement, and the map or 

 maps so prepared when delivered shall form a part of the report 



