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eighteen hundred and sixty-one, entitled " An Act to lay out a pub- 

 lic Park and Parade Ground for the City of Brooklyn, and to alter 

 the Commissioners' Map of said City, passed April seventeenth, 

 eighteen hundred and sixty-one," which relates to the redemption 

 of Bonds, and payment of awards, and improvements, and the crea- 

 tion and management of a Sinking Fund applicable thereto, shall 

 apply to and regulate all Bonds that may be issued for the purposes 

 of the said Improvement Fund ; and for the payment of all such 

 Bonds, issued and to be issued, with the interest to accrue thereon, 

 all lands within the boundaries of the said Park, are hereby specifi- 

 cally pledged. 



§ 7. In case the said Commissioners shall at any time require 

 money for immediate use, before it can be realized by a sale of 

 Bonds, the said Comptroller, on the request of the said Commission- 

 ers, may pledge such Bonds for a temporary loan of money thereon. 

 All money to be realized from sales or pledges of Bonds, shall be 

 immediately deposited with the Treasurer of the said City, to the 

 credit of the said Improvement Fund, and shall be held and used 

 for the construction, improvement and maintenance of the said 

 Park, and the adornment thereof. The said Board of Commission- 

 ers, through their President and Secretary, shall, from time to time, 

 make drafts upon the said Comptroller for such amounts as may be 

 required for the prosecution of the Park business, after the same 

 shall have been authorized by the Board ; each of such drafts shall 

 specify the object for which it is drawn, and the Treasurer shall pay 

 the same, on the order of the Comptroller, countersigned by the 

 Mayor and City Clerk. 



§ 8. In order to provide for the maintenance and general im- 

 provement of the said Parks, there shall be added to the general tax 

 to be levied in said City, in each and every year, such sum of money, 

 not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, in any one year, as the 

 said Board of Commissioners shall, from time to time, by resolution 

 determine to be necessary for the proper maintenance, improvement 

 and ornamentation of the said Parks. The Joint Board of Super- 

 visors and Common Council of the City of Brooklyn, shall annually 

 cause the amount so determined by the said Commissioners, to be 

 raised and levied in like manner as other taxes are raised and levied 

 in said City, and the same shall be promptly paid over to the said 

 Park Commissioners for the purposes aforesaid. 



§ 9. Eeal or personal property may be granted, conveyed, de- 

 vised or bequeathed to the said City, for the improvement or orna- 

 mentation of the said Parks, or either of them, or for the establish- 

 ment or maintenance within their limits, of museums, zoological or 



