the opening and widening of streets or avenues in the city of Brook- 

 lyn, subsequent to the appointment of Commissioners of Estimate, 

 and the proceedings thereon, and the duties of the several persons to 

 he employed therein, substituting the said Park Commissioners in 

 place of the Common Council and Street Commissioner of said City, 

 and substituting also the Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment 

 in place of the Board of Assessors of the said city, and including the 

 levy and collection of the assessments for such improvements and 

 the lien thereof, so far as they are not inconsistent with the pro- 

 visions of this act, shall apply to and regulate all duties arising out 

 of, or proceedings that may be had or taken under this act. But such 

 proceedings shall continue to be under the direction of the said Park 

 Commissioners, "who shall act when required as the Common Council 

 and Street Commissioner of said city would be required to act in re- 

 lation thereto, and who shall employ an attorney and counsel, and 

 all such surveyors, clerk, appraisers, and other agents as may be re- 

 quired for the purpose of the said proceedings. 



§ 4. The Commissioners of Prospect Park now in office shall 

 continue to hold office for four years after the expiration of their 

 present term of office, and until others are appointed in their places, 

 and from and after the passage of this act, the Mayor of Brooklyn shall 

 be ex-officio a Commissioner of Prospect Park. They shall together 

 constitute a Board of Commissioners to be hereafter known as " The 

 Brooklyn Park Commissioners," a majority of whom, for the time 

 being, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If 

 any of the said Commissioners shall not reside in the city of Brook- 

 lyn, or shall neglect to attend the meetings of the board, for three 

 monthly meetings, consecutively, after having been duly notified of 

 the time and place of meeting, his office shall be deemed to have 

 been vacated ; and after the present number of Commissioners shall, 

 for any reason, have been reduced to eight, each succeeding vacancy 

 shall be filled for the residue of the term then vacant, by a majority 

 of the ballots of the remaining members of the board ; and upon such 

 ballotings it shall be no objection to a candidate that he has once 

 been a member of the board. 



£ "). The said board shall, in the month of January, of every 

 year, make and render to the Common Council of said city a full re- 

 port of their proceedings during the preceding year, with a detailed 

 statement of their receipts and expenditures. And all ordinances or 

 rules which they shall at any time adopt for the regulation, use and 

 management of the said parks, shall immediately thereafter be pub- 

 lished for at least ten days, in two daily newspapers printed in said 

 city. No member of the said board shall receive any compensation 

 for his services ; and it shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by fine 

 and imprisonment, for any Commissioner to be in any way, directly 

 or indirectly, interested in any contract for services to be rendered, 

 or materials to be furnished for or on account of the said parks, or 

 either of them. 



§ 6. For the purpose of providing the means of laying out, con- 

 structing and improving Prospect Park, the Mayor, Comptroller, 

 and City Clerk of the said city are hereby authorized and required to 



