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Section VIII. Any person offending against any ordinance which shall be 

 adopted pursuant to the authority conferred in this act shall be guilty of a mis- 

 demeanor, and shall be punished, upon conviction before any court of competent 

 jurisdiction in said county, by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or, in default of 

 payment, by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days. 



Section IX. It shall not be lawful for any surface, depressed or elevated 

 railroad to be constructed upon, along or across, either directly or diagonally, 

 such public driveway or parkway. 



Section X. It shall be the duty of the officer at the head of the Department 

 of Parks to annually certify to the local board of officers of said city and county, 

 charged with the duty of making annual estimates, or if there be no such board, 

 then to the board of supervisors, a statement, in detail, of the amounts which, in 

 his judgment, will be required for the maintenance of said driveway and parkway, 

 including the appurtenances thereto, and any pier, wharves or docks under the 

 control of said department, for the year commencing the first day of January 

 thereafter ; and the said local board or the board of supervisors, as the case may 

 be, shall include in its annual estimate whatever sum shall, in its opinion, be nec- 

 essary for such purpose ; and the same shall constitute a county charge to be 

 raised in the ensuing tax levy for the purposes aforesaid. 



Section XI. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby 

 repealed. 



Section XII. This act shall take effect immediately. 



BONDS FOR NEW PARKS. 



CHAPTER 352, LAWS OF 1894. 



An Act in Relation to the Acquisition of Land for Public Parks 



by the City of Brooklyn, and to Provide the 



Means of Payment Therefor. 



Became a law April 24, 1894, with the approval of the Governor. 



Tlie People of the State of JSfew York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact 

 as follows : 



Section I. The Mayor, Comptroller and the City Clerk of the City of 

 Brooklyn, are hereby authorized, from time to time, to prepare and issue bonds 

 of said city, to be called "Park Purchase Bonds of the City of Brooklyn," 

 signed, sealed and countersigned in the same manner as other bonds of the said 



