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Common Council of said city, on or before the first day of November 

 next, and also to the next Legislature, upon the assembling thereof. 



§ 2. The said Commissioners shall receive no compensation for 

 their services, under this act, but they are hereby authorized to pro- 

 cure maps and plans of the grounds so selected and located, and to 

 employ surveyors for that purpose at an expense of not exceeding 

 the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ; and the same shall be a 

 charge upon the said city of Brooklyn, and shall be paid as other city 

 charges. 



§ 3. The said Commissioners shall make such selection and loca- 

 tion, in view of the present condition and future growth and wants of 

 said city ; and the first meeting of the Commissioners shall be held 

 on the first Monday of May next, at twelve o'clock at noon, at the 

 Mayor's office, in the City Hall in said city. 



§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately." 



The gentlemen named in the above act entered upon the 

 discharge of their duties, with that earnest interest in the wel- 

 fare of the city which had previously distinguished most of them 

 in other public positions. 



On the 9th of February, 1860, they submitted to the Legis- 

 lature, through his Excellency, Governor Morgan, the following 

 report, signed by all the gentlemen named in the act of 1859, 

 except Messrs. Humphrey, Wall and Briggs : 



" The undersigned Commissioners, appointed by an act of the 

 Legislature of the State of New York, entitled ' An act to authorize 

 the selection and location of certain grounds for Public Parks, and 

 also for a Parade Ground for the city of Brooklyn,' passed April 18, 

 1859, respectfully 



EEPORT : 



That, after a most careful consideration of the subject, aided by 

 the suggestions and advice of many of their fellow-citizens, who were 

 invited to submit their opinions to the commission, and in view, both 

 of the present condition and the future ' growth and wants of the city 

 of Brooklyn,' as expressly directed by the act creating the commis- 

 sion, they recommend that the lands hereinafter described, be re- 

 served and set apart for public parks and a parade ground for said 

 city, viz. : 



1. That piece of land situated on what is commonly called Pros- 

 pect Hill, lying chiefly in the Eighth and Ninth wards of the city, a 

 small part being in Flatbush, adjacent to the city, and particularly 

 described as follows, viz. : Commencing at the intersection of Dou- 

 glass street and Washington avenue ; running thence southerly along 

 Washington avenue to the city line, at Montgomery street ; thence 

 southwesterly in a straight line to the intersection of the city line and 

 Ninth street ; thence northwesterly along Ninth street to Tenth 

 avenue ; thence northerly along Tenth avenue to Third street ; thence 



