DEPARTMENT OF PARKS. 107 



THE SHORE DRIVE. 



Bay Ridge Parkway, or Shore Drive, by an act of the Legis- 

 lature, passed in May, was taken from under the control of the 

 Park Department to some extent and placed in the hands of a 

 commission. The law doing this was as follows : 



CHAPTER 857, LAWS OF 1896. 



AN ACT in Relation to the Construction and Man- 

 agement of the Public Driveway and Parkway in 

 the City of Brooklyn, Authorized and Acquired 

 Under and in Pursuance of the Provisions of 

 Chapter Seven Hundred and Fifty-eight of the 

 Laws of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-four, En- 

 titled " An Act to Provide for the Selection, 

 Laying out, Construction and Maintenance of a 

 Public Driveway and Parkway, and for the Acqui- 

 sition of Riparian Rights in Connection There- 

 with in any County of this State which Contains 

 a City, the Population of which City is in Excess 

 of Eight Hundred Thousand, and the Boundaries 

 of which City are not Coterminous with those of 

 Said County, and also Providing the Means of Pay- 

 ment THEREFOR, AND MAINTENANCE THEREOF, AND CRE- 

 ATING a Department of Parks for said County," as 

 Amended by Chapter Nine Hundred and Thirty- 

 one of the Laws of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety- 

 five. 



Accepted by the City. 



Became a law May 22, 1896, 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 follozvs : 



SECTION I. The commission appointed under and in pursu- 

 ance of the provisions of Chapter seven hundred and fifty-eight 

 of the Laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled " An 

 Act to provide for the selection, laying out, construction and 

 maintenance of a public driveway and parkway, and for the ac- 

 quisition of riparian rights in connection therewith, in any county 

 of this State which contains a city, the population of which city 

 is in excess of eight hundred thousand, and the boundaries of 



