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The Commissioners of Public Parks on June 21st, 1897, adopted 

 the following resolution : 



Resolved : — That the plans now before this Board, as prepared and 

 submitted by the Board of Managers of the New York Botanical 

 Garden, showing proposed buildings to be erected on the grounds 

 allotted for the use of the New York Botanical Garden in Bronx 

 Park, be and the same hereby are approved, reserving, however, 

 the right to determine as to a driveway entrance at Scott Avenue, 

 and the width thereof. 



The Commissioners of Public Parks on July 19th, 1897, adopted 

 the following resolutions : 



Resolved : — That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment be 

 and hereby is respectfully requested to authorize the Comptroller 

 to issue bonds to the amount of five hundred thousand dollars 

 ($500,000), in the manner provided by Chapter 285 of the Laws of 

 1 89 1 as amended by Chapter 717 of the Laws of 1896, in such sums 

 as may be from time to time required for the purpose of erecting 

 Museum and other buildings on the lands allotted for the use of the 

 New York Botanical Garden in Bronx Park. 



Resolved : — That the plans, specifications and forms of contract 

 this day received for the erection of a Museum building, power 

 house, stable, closet group and greenhouses in Bronx Park for the 

 purpose of the New York Botanical Garden be approved, and the 

 specifications and form of contract ordered printed, and when 

 printed and approved as to form by the Counsel to the Corporation, 

 and funds shall be available therefore, that an advertisement be 

 inserted in "The City Record" inviting proposals for doing 

 the work. 



Resolved : — That the selection by the Board of Managers of the 

 New York Botanical Garden of R. W. Gibson and Lord & Burnham 

 Company as architects of buildings to be erected on the grounds 

 set apart for the use of said Garden in Bronx Park, be and hereby 

 is approved, and that the compensation of said architects be and 

 hereby is fixed at 5% of the cost of the several works upon which 

 they may be respectively employed. 



All the steps preparatory to the erection of the buildings have 

 therefore been taken, and it is earnestly requested that the Board 

 of Estimate and Apportionment authorize the issue of the bonds 

 provided for, in order that the development of the institution may 

 go forward rapidly and economically. 



Yours very respectfully, 



N. L. BRITTON, 



Director-in- Chief. 



