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said Prospect Park shall be adopted or undertaken by the Commis- 

 sioners thereof, of which the entire expense shall exceed the sum of 

 five hundred thousand dollars, nor shall they expend more than ten 

 thousand dollars during either of the years eighteen hundred and 

 sixty-one or eighteen hundred and sixty-two. But the Common 

 Council of the City of Brooklyn may, on the application of said 

 Commissioners, authorize said expenditures to be increased to 

 twenty thousand dollars in either or both of said years, by a vote 

 of not less than two-thirds of the members elected to said Common 

 Council. Bonds shall be issued, sold and disposed of as directed in 

 this act, for the purpose of providing such sums of money as shall 

 be from time to time required by said Board of Commissioners 

 having the government of said Park, subject to the limitation in 

 this section prescribed. 



§ 23. The money to be raised from the bonds referred to in 

 the preceding section shall be deposited as fast as the same shall 

 be realized, with the Treasurer of the city of Brooklyn, who shall 

 keep a separate account of all moneys received by him for the 

 improvement of the said Park. He shall hold such moneys on 

 account of and for the purposes of the said improvement, and shall 

 pay them out as provided in this act, and not otherwise. The said 

 Board of Commissioners shall draw their drafts upon the Comp- 

 troller of the city, signed by their President and Secretary, for all 

 claims, charges, and expenses to be authorized or incurred by them 

 in the performance of their duties under this act, specifying in such 

 drafts the purpose for which they are drawn ; and the Treasurer 

 shall pay the same out of the said improvement moneys, on the 

 draft of the Comptroller, countersigned by the Mayor and City 

 Clerk. (As amended by chap. 599, laws of 1865.) 



§ 24. None of the said Commissioners, nor any person, whether 

 in the employ of said Commissioners or otherwise, shall have the 

 power to create any debt obligation, claim or liability for or on 

 account of said Board, or the moneys or property under his control, 

 except with the express authority of said Board, conferred at a 

 meeting thereof duly convened and held. 



§ 25. The office of either of said Commissioners who shall not 

 attend the meetings of the Board for three successive months after 

 having been duly notified of said meetings, without reason therefor 

 satisfactory to said Board, may be, by said Board, declared va- 

 cant. 



§ 26. Real and personal property may be granted, devised, be- 

 queathed or conveyed to the said city of Brooklyn for the purpose of 

 improvement or ornamentation of said Park, or for the establish- 

 ment or maintenance, within the limits of said Park, of museums, 

 zoological or other gardens, collections of natural history, observ- 

 atories or works of art, upon such trusts and conditions as may be 

 prescribed by the grantors or donors thereof, and agreed to by the 

 Mayor and Common Council of said city. And all property so 

 devised, granted, bequeathed or conveyed, and the rents, issues, 

 profits and income thereof, shall be subject to the exclusive manage- 

 ment, direction and control of these Commissioners. 



