SECOND ANNUAL KEPORT 



COMMISSIONERS OF PROSPECT PARK. 



To the Common Council or tiie City of Brooklyn: 



In conformity with the provisions of the law, the Board of 

 Commissioners of Prospect Park herewith submit their Second 

 Annual Report. 



In the first report, which the Commissioners had the honor 

 to submit to your honorable body in the month of January, 

 1861, allusion was made to the probable necessity of some 

 additional legislation, especially in reference to the mode of 

 appointing Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment. 



In presenting this matter to the Legislature, other altera- 

 tions in the law were found to be necessary, which resulted in 

 the passage of an amended act ; which, while it was entirely 

 satisfactory to the Commissioners, rendered the law likewise 

 satisfactory to a portion of our fellow-citizens, who discovered 

 in the old law some objectionable features. A copy of the act 

 is appended. 



An increase in the number of Commissioners from seven to 

 eleven, giving to the Board additional strength and efficiency, 

 was among the important amendments embraced in the act. 

 At the same time, the supposed constitutional objection of lay- 

 ing out a parade ground for the county by the same Commis- 

 sioners who were appointed to lay out a park for the city, 

 referred to in our former report, was obviated by leaving out 

 all that relates to the parade ground. 



The 14th section of the Act of 1861 authorizes the Com- 

 missioners of Estimate and Assessment to employ an attorney 

 and surveyor, and fixes the per diem compensation of the 



