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On the passage of this law, the Common Council of 

 the city of Brooklyn passed a resolution endorsing the 

 action of the Legislature as being in accordance with 

 the generally expressed wishes of the citizens. 



Under the provisions of this act of the Legislature, 

 the undersigned Commissioners named therein, formally 

 organized the Board by the election of James S. T. 

 Stranahan, as President, and R. H. Thompson, as 

 Secretary. 



The location of Prospect Park having been selected 

 and fixed by law, to the undersigned were confined its 

 control and management, with power to lay it out and 

 regulate it. In entering upon the discharge of duties 

 so honorable and so important, the Commissioners deter- 

 mined that the whole subject, in all its general aspects, 

 and in all its details, should receive their most careful 

 and deliberate consideration ; and while they felt reluc- 

 tant, in any way, to delay the progress of so important a 

 work, urged on by the great mass of the citizens of 

 Brooklyn, they deem it but common prudence, and emi- 

 nently due to the tax-payers of the city, that their 

 actions should be cautious and their movements well 

 considered. Much attention was given to the subject of 

 the boundaries, and an earnest investigation as to 

 whether those designated in the act, were the best 

 which, under the circumstances, could be adopted. 

 They directed their inquiries also to the practical bear- 

 ing of the laws relating to the park, and endeavoring to 

 ascertain whether their provisions were sufficiently 



