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ten days consecutively in two newspapers printed and published in 

 the said City, for the appointment of three Commissioners to estimate 

 the expense of such opening, and the damages to be sustained by any 

 person interested therein, as well as by the reason of the said taking, 

 as by the creation of the restriction or easement upon the land speci- 

 fied in the second section of this act, and to apportion and assess the 

 same upon the property to be in their judgment benefited by the said 

 improvement within the district of assessment so to be fixed by the 

 said Park Commissioners, and the Court shall thereupon proceed to 

 make such appointment. 



Sec. 4. Upon the appointment of such Commissioners, they shall, 

 after having been duly sworn, proceed to make the said estimate and 

 assessment, and after their report thereon shall have been confirmed 

 by the said Court, the said Park Commissioners shall cause the said 

 street to be graded, paved, curbed, and guttered, and shade trees 

 planted thereon, using such pavements and materials of construction 

 as they shall deem best, and shall certify the costs and expenses 

 thereof to the Board of Assessors of the City of Brooklyn. The said 

 Board of Assessors shall thereupon apportion and assess the said costs 

 and expenses upon the property to be benefited thereby, within the 

 district of assessment so to be fixed by the said Park Commissioners. 



Sec. 5. After the appointment of Commissioners of Estimate and 

 Assessment, all the provisions of the act entitled " An Act to open 

 and widen portions of Sackett, Douglass and President streets, and 

 otherwise alter the Commissioners' map of the City of Brooklyn," 

 passed May sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and of the acts 

 herein referred to which relate to the duties and emoluments of Com- 

 missioners of Estimate and Assessment to be appointed under that 

 act, and the confirmation of their reports by the Supreme Court, or 

 which relate to and prescribe the powers and duties of the said Park 

 Commissioners in reference to the subject-matters of that act, and to 

 the levy and collection of all assessments and the lien thereof, and to 

 payment for improvements and work done thereon ; or which relate 

 to and prescribe the duties of the said Board of Assessors ; and all 

 other provisions of laws referred to in that act, so far as they are not 

 inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall apply to regulate 

 and govern all the powers, duties, and proceedings of all persons, 

 officers, and Boards of Commissioners or Assessors who shall or may 

 be employed or appointed under this act, or who are designated or 

 referred to in this act. 



Sec. 6. This act shall take effect immediately. 



