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a special term thereof, to be held in the second judicial district, 

 upon a notice to be published for ten days successively in the cor- 

 poration newspapers, for the appointment of three Commissioners 

 to estimate the expense thereof, and the amount of damages to be 

 sustained by the owners of property, or other persons to be affected 

 thereby, and to apportion and assess the same as hereinafter des- 

 cribed, and the Court shall thereupon proceed to make such ap- 

 pointment. 



§ 3. The Commissioners so to be appointed, shall, after having 

 been duly sworn, proceed to estimate such expenses and damages ; 

 and after their report thereon shall have been confirmed by the 

 said Court, they shall apportion and assess the same, upon the lands 

 and premises benefitted by the said improvements within the dis- 

 trict of assessment, to be fixed by the Park Commissioners, in the 

 same manner as the Board of Assessors of the said city are by law di- 

 rected to make similar assessments. And all laws now in force re- 

 lative to the opening and widening of streets or avenues in the City 

 of Brooklyn, subsequent to the appointment of Commissioners of 

 estimate and the proceedings thereon, and the duties of the several 

 persons to be employed therein, substituting the said Park Com- 

 missioners in place of the Common Council and Street Commis- 

 sioner of said city, and substituting also the Commissioners of Es- 

 timate 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 provisions of this act, shall apply to and regu- 

 late 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 relation thereto, and who shall 

 employ an attorney and counsel and all such surveyors, clerks, ap- 

 praisers, and other agents as may be required 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 here- 

 after known as " The Brooklyn Park Commissioners," a majority of 

 whom, for the time being, shall constitute a quorum for the trans- 

 action of business. If any of the said Commissioners shall not re- 



