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§ 8. All such proceedings as are provided for in the fifth section 

 of an act entitled " An act to provide for the opening of Washing- 

 ton Park, on Fort Greene, in the city of Brooklyn," passed April 

 twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, shall be had for 

 the confirmation of said report, and for the revision and correction 

 thereof, until a report shall be made or returned in the premises, 

 which the court shall confirm. And every such report, when con- 

 firmed by the said court, shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of 

 the county of Kings, and shall be final and conclusive upon the city 

 of Brooklyn, and upon the owners of and persons interested in the 

 lands and premises mentioned in said report, and upon all other per- 

 sons whomsoever. Upon the confirmation of any such report, the 

 title to the lands and premises therein described shall vest for ever 

 in the said city of Brooklyn. 



§ 9. In case any party, officer or person who is by this act 

 directed or authorized to apply for the appointment of Commission- 

 ers, or for the confirmation of any report made by such Commission- 

 ers, shall neglect to make any such application in the manner and 

 within the times in this act limited, such application may be made 

 by any resident of the city of Brooklyn, being an owner of real 

 estate in the said city, and the court shall proceed thereon as if the 

 same had been made by the person or officer hereinbefore authorized 

 or directed to make the same. 



§ 10. For the purpose of paying for the land mentioned in the 

 first section of this act, (and for the services of the said Commissioner 

 and expenses of the attorney and counsel, surveyors, appraiser and clerk 

 of said Commissioners, appointed by virtue of section 3 of this act, and 

 of stationery, and room hire as amended by chap. 409, laws of 1864), 

 and for the regulation and improvement of the same as in this act 

 provided, as well as for the payment of such interest as may accrue 

 upon any bonds to be issued by virtue of this act, prior to the collec- 

 tion of said interest on the annual tax of said city, in the year eighteen 

 hundred and sixty four, the bonds of the city of Brooklyn, to such 

 an amount as shall be necessary for that purpose, shall be issued by 

 the Mayor, Comptroller and Clerk of said city from time to time as 

 the same shall be required for the purposes aforesaid ; which bonds 

 shall be issued in the manner, and shall be in the form of the bonds 

 issued by said city under the provisions of an act entitled, " An Act 

 to provide for the supply of the city of Brooklyn with water," passed 

 February eleventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, except as herein 

 otherwise provided ; and said bonds shall be payable in not less 

 than forty-tive nor more than sixty years from the date thereof, and 

 shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum, payable 

 half yearly, on the first day of January and July in each year, and 

 the said bonds, and the proceeds of the sale thereof, shall constitute 

 the fund for paying the cost of the lands in the first section of this 

 act mentioned, and for the improvement of the same ; and as the 

 said bonds are from time to time issued, the Mayor, Comptroller 

 and Clerk shall each cause to be kept in his office, in a book to be 

 provided for that purpose, a true and correct statement and account 

 of each and every bond by him executed, showing the number of 

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