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thereof as to hitn may seem proper in furtherance of the objects set forth in said 

 plan and report. 



Section IV. Immediately upon the final confirmation and filing of the plan 

 and report hereinbefore provided for, the said commission provided for in the first 

 section of this act shall prepare plans and specifications for the development, lay- 

 iug out, ornamenting or otherwise improving the property set forth and desig- 

 nated in said plan and report, and upon the completion thereof the same shall be 

 certified to by said commission and filed in the Department of Parks of said city , 

 and the said plan and report shall be final and conclusive as to the matters therein 

 set forth. 



Section V. The Department of Parks of said city is hereby constituted a 

 Department of Parks of said county, and shall have and possess all the powers 

 and duties now held and exercised by said Department in relation to any park, 

 parkway, road, highway, boulevard or concourse in said county, over and relating 

 to the lands, highways, parkways, roads or other property, franchises or rights 

 authorized to be required by the provisions of this act. Upon the final confirma- 

 tion and filing of the plan and report, as provided in the third section of this act, 

 the said Department of Parks, or the officer at the head thereof, shall immedia- 

 tely proceed to acquire by purchase all lands, property, estate, riparian rights, in- 

 cluding lands under water, that may be necessary, or may be required in the 

 work of laying out, constructing or maintaining such public driveway and park- 

 way, wharves, piers, docks, with other appurtenances ; and in case he cannot ac 

 quire the same by purchase the officer at the head of said Department of Parks is 

 authorized to acquire the same by proceedings pursuant to Chapter Ninety-five of 

 the Laws of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety, entitled " An act to amend the Code of 

 Civil Procedure," known as the Condemnation law; and the Supreme Court may 

 make such order as to the manner of conducting such proceedings as shall be nec- 

 essary to render the same valid for the purposes required, and the said officer is 

 also authorized to agree with any owner or owners of any tenements, structures 

 or incumbrances upon the line of such driveway or parkway, or upon any of the 

 property authorized by this act to be taken for the purposes herein provided for, 

 in the removal of the same in case it shall be necessary, and to make compensa- 

 tion therefor out of the proceeds of the bonds authorized by this act. The lands, 

 property, estate and riparian rights thus authorized to be acquired shall vest in 

 and become the property of the said county, and said Department of Parks is 

 authorized to acquire a fee in all the lands so taken. Any proceedings that may 

 be necessary to be taken under the provisions of this section shall be conducted by 

 the attorney and counsel of the corporation of said city, in the name of said 

 county. 



Section VI. In order to provide the means to pay for the purchase of lands, 

 property, estate, riparian rights, including lands under water, authorized to be 

 acquired by this act, and any expenses which may be incurred in acquiring the 

 same, or for the payment of sucli lands, property, estate and riparian rights which 



