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time pay to the said Commissioners of the Sinking Fund the amount 

 so to be assessed thereon, with interest to the time of payment ; and 

 thereupon his said lands shall be discharged from the said assess- 

 ment. — As amended by Act of May 14th, 1872. 



§ 5. The Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment heretofore 

 appointed in pursuance of an act entitled " An act to extend the 

 boundaries of Prospect Park in the city of Brooklyn," passed April 

 thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, are hereby discharged from 

 the performance of all further duties under that act ; and all serv- 

 ices, acts and duties which are thereby directed to be done and per- 

 formed by the said Commissioners, and which remain unperformed 

 by them in relation to assessments for benefit or otherwise, are here- 

 by devolved upon, and shall be performed (reference being had to 

 the principles of assessment indicated in the last preceding section 

 of this act) by the Commissioners who are to be appointed under 

 this act. The expenses, fees and compensation which the said Com- 

 missioners, and other persons employed under that act, may be en- 

 titled to receive thereupon shall be added to and paid as part of the 

 general expenses incurred and to be incurred for the opening of the 

 said park ; and the Comptroller and Treasurer of the said city are 

 hereby directed to pay the same, after they shall have been adjusted 

 and taxed, in the manner directed by the said last mentioned act, and 

 after the same shall have been duly certified by the counsel of the 

 Park Commissioners. And for the purpose of making such pay- 

 ments, so many and such an amount of additional park bonds as 

 may be necessary may be issued and sold by the said city au- 

 thorities. 



§ 6. The Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment who are to 

 be appointed under this act shall, except so far as otherwise directed 

 by this act, have the same powers, discharge the same duties, and be 

 entitled to the same compensation, that are conferred by, or imposed 

 upon, or allowed to, the Commissioners referred to in the act speci- 

 fied in the last preceding section of this act. But the Board of Com- 

 missioners of Prospect Park shall employ an attorney, clerk, ap- 

 praisers and surveyor for the purposes of this act, whose compensa- 

 tion shall be included in the general expenses to be incurred under 

 this act. And the awards for lands taken under this act shall be 

 payable upon the certificate of the counsel of the said board. 



§ 7. The payment of all damages to be awarded, as well as the 

 general expenses to be incurred in pursuance of this act, shall become 

 due and payable immediately after the confirmation of the said Com- 

 missioners' reports thereon ; but no expenses or compensation to 

 persons who are to be employed under this act shall be allowed or 

 paid, unless the same shall have been first duly taxed and certified 

 as directed in the fifth section of this act. For the payment of the 

 said awards and expenses, the bonds of the city shall, from time to 

 time, be issued and sold in the manner directed by the act entitled 

 " An act to extend the boundaries of Prospect Park, in the city of 

 Brooklyn," passed April 30th, 1866. Such bonds shall bear a simi- 

 lar interest, and be paid in the same manner, and within a like 

 period, as the bonds referred to in that act ; and for the redemption 



