SECOND ANNUAL REPORT 



COMMISSIONERS OF PROSPECT PARK. 



To tue Common Council of the City of Bkooklyn: 



In conformity with the provisions of the law, the Board 

 of Commissioners of Prospect Park herewith submit their 

 Second Annual Report. 



In the first report, which the Commissioners had the 

 honor to submit to your honorable body in the month of 

 January, 1861, allusion was made to the probable necessity 

 of some additional legislation, especially in reference to 

 the mode of appointing Commissioners of Estimate and 

 Assessment. 



In presenting this matter to the Legislature, other altera- 

 tions and improvements in the law were suggested, which 

 resulted in the passage of an amended act, which, while it 

 was entirely satisfactory to the Commissioners, rendered 

 the law likeAvise satisfactory to a portion of our fellow- 

 citizens, who discovered in the old law some objectionable 

 features. 



An iucrease in the number of the Commissioners from 

 seven to eleven, giving to this Board additional strength 

 and efficiency, was among the important amendments era- 

 braced in this act. 



The 14th section of the Act of 1861 authorizes the 

 Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment to employ an 



