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and the proceedings thereon, and the duties of the several per- 

 sons to be employed therein, substituting the Commissioners 

 of Prospect Park in the place of the Common Council, and 

 also in the place of the Street Commissioner of said city, and 

 substituting the said Commissioners of Estimate and Assess- 

 ment, in place of the Board of Assessors of said city, so far as 

 relates to the opening of streets and avenues, including also 

 payment for the work, and the levy and collection of the assess- 

 ments for such improvements, and the lien thereof, so far as 

 they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall 

 apply to and regulate all proceedings that may be had or 

 taken under this act. But such proceedings shall continue to 

 be under the direction of the Commissioners of Prospect Park, 

 who shall stand in the place of and act when required as the 

 Common Council of the city, or the Street Commissioner there- 

 of, would be required to act in the premises ; and they shall 

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

 and other agents as may be required for the purposes of this 

 act. s 



§ 8. The said Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment 

 shall be allowed to make use of any maps on file in any of the 

 public officers of the said city; and shall each receive five dollars 

 a day for every day actually spent in the discharge of his duty. 

 t Which expenses and compensation, together with the room 

 hire, stationery, and other necessary expenses of the said com- 

 missioners, as well as the expenses .and compensation of all 

 other persons necessarily employed under the foregoing provis- 

 ions of this act, shall be included in the general expenses to be 

 incurred herein. 



§ 9. The streets specified in the first and second sections of 

 this act shall be laid out according to a plan to be devised or 

 adopted by the said Park Commissioners. The said streets 

 shall also be graded, paved, curbed, and guttered, in such man- 

 ner as the said Park Commissioners shall direct, and may be 

 re-named, and planted with suitable shade trees, or otherwise 

 improved, in their discretion ; and they may construct such 



