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guarded for the interests of the city, and at the same 

 time ample enough for the purposes of the contem- 

 plated improvements. 



As the law expressly forbids the adoption "of any plan 

 for the laying out, regulation and government of said 

 park, of which the entire expense, when funded, shall 

 require for the payment of the interest thereon, a greater 

 sum than $30,000 per annum," it became necessary for 

 the Commissioners, at the very commencement of their 

 duties, to obtain some definite information on the subject 

 of the ultimate cost of the improvement. To this end, 

 the services of an accomplished and experienced 

 engineer were secured, and instructions were given 

 for minute and accurate surveys, general plans and 

 careful estimates of the entire work. 



The report of the engineer, to which the careful at- 

 tention of the citizens of Brooklyn is earnestly invited, 

 is embodied herein and submitted as a part of the pro- 

 ceedings of the Commissioners. 



The application for the appointment of Commissioners 

 for Estimate and Assessment is now pending in the 

 Supreme Court. Some question having arisen as to the 

 constitutionality of the law in relation to this subject, 

 the Commissioners suggest the propriety of such an 

 alteration in the act as will meet the real or supposed 

 constitutional difficulty. 



This delay on the part of the Supreme Court need not 

 be regarded by the friends of the park improvement as 



