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upon the said city of Brooklyn, and upon the owners of and 

 persons interested in the lands and premises mentioned in said 

 report, and also upon all other persons whomsoever ; and upon 

 the confirmation of any such report, and upon payment being 

 made to the owners of the lands in such report mentioned, or 

 upon their assent thereto by deed duly executed, the said lands 

 shall vest forever in the said city of Brooklyn for the uses and 

 purposes in this act mentioned ; and whenever and as often as 

 the title shall have been perfected in said city to the lands 

 embraced in the park and public place provided for in the first 

 section of this act, the Common Council of said city shall forth- 

 with declare and establish said lands to which the title shall 

 have been thus perfected, as a public park, or place, as herein 

 provided, (and may make any improvements thereon, as such 

 park and public place, which they may deem proper) . In case 

 any party, officer or person who is by this act directed or author- 

 ized to apply for the appointment of Commissioners, or for the 

 confirmation of any report made by such Commissioners, shall 

 neglect to make any such application in the manner and within 

 the times in this act limited, such application may be made by 

 any resident of the city of Brooklyn, being an owner of real 

 estate in the said city, and the Court shall proceed thereon as if 

 the same had been made by the person or officer hereinbefore 

 authorized and directed to make the same. 



Damages— § 11. For the purpose of paying for the land mentioned in 

 how paid. the £ rg {. sec t; on f this act, and for the regulation and improve- 

 ment of the same as in this act provided, the bonds of the city of 

 Brooklyn, to such an amount as shall be necessary for that pur- 

 pose, shall be issued by the Mayor, Comptroller and Clerk of 

 said city, from time to time, as the same shall be required for 



City bonds the purposes aforesaid ; which bonds shall be issued in the man- 

 ' ner, and shall be in the form of the bonds issued by said city 

 under the provisions of an act entitled " An act to provide for 

 the supply of the city of Brooklyn with water," passed Febru- 

 ary eleventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, except as herein 

 otherwise provided ; and said bonds shall be payable in not less 

 than forty-five, nor more than sixty years from the date thereof, 

 and shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum, 

 payable half-yearly, on the first day of January and July, in 

 each year ; and the said bonds and the proceeds of the sale 

 thereof, shall constitute the fund for paying the costs of the 

 lands in the first section of this act mentioned, and for the im- 

 provement of the same. And as the said bonds are from time 



