IIO REPORT OF THE 



CHAPTER 804, LAWS OF 1896. 



AN ACT to Amend Chapter Seven Hundred and Fifty- 

 eight of the Laws of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety- 

 four, Entitled "An Act to Provide for the Selec- 

 tion, Laying out, Construction and Maintenance of 

 a Public Driveway and Parkway, and for the Acqui- 

 sition of Riparian Rights in Connection Therewith 

 in any County of this State which Contains a City, 

 the Population of which 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 Payment 

 Therefor, and Maintenance Thereof, and Creating 

 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 21, 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 follows : 



SECTION I. Section six 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 

 acquisition 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 bound- 

 aries of which city are not coterminous with those of said county ; 

 and also providing the means of payment therefor, and mainten- 

 ance thereof, and creating 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, is hereby amended so as to 

 read as follows : 



SECTION VI. In order to provide the means to pay for the 

 purchase of lands, property, estate, riparian rights, including lands 

 under water, authorized to be acquired by this act, and any 

 expenses which may be incurred in acquiring the same, or for the 

 payment of such land, property, estate and riparian rights, which 

 may be acquired by the proceedings authorized in this act, in case 

 the same cannot be purchased by agreement, the County Treas- 

 urer of the said county is hereby authorized and directed, from 



