ing monthly to tlio Board tlie exact condition of its finances. To 

 the second, was committed the general management of the work 

 ordered by the Board, and the purchase and disposition of all 

 property pertaining to the commission. While to the third, Mas 

 allotted the task of auditing all bills and claims for services and mate- 

 rials, with the supervision of its books of account. The executive 

 departments of the work were organized, by appointing a comp- 

 troller, who also acts as counsel to the Board ; and by selecting the 

 landscape architects, above referred to, as superintendents of the 

 work, under the direction of the Executive Committee. The 

 latter gentlemen were at the same time instructed to prepare the 

 details of the plan which had been adopted, and to organize a 

 working force sufficient for the execution of the plan. The Board 

 also appointed Mr. Joseph P. Davis, of the Nassau Water Works, 

 as Engineer in charge of operations on the Park, and Mr. John 

 Bogart and Mr. John Y. Culyer, his principal Assistants. 



After any given measure has been discussed and determined 

 upon by the Board, its execution is referred to the appropriate 

 committee, which personally supervises the performance of the 

 duty, by the department charged with the work. Purchases of 

 tools and materials are made by agents selected with special refer- 

 ence to their experience in obtaining the article required, under the 

 direction of the Executive Committee and the Superintendents. 

 The market is canvassed for the lowest cash price — quality consid- 

 ered. The articles purchased, are weighed, counted or measured, 

 and delivered at the Park office, where a full register is kept of 

 everything received and given out for use on .the Park ; and the 

 bills, after having been duly certified, are forwarded to the office of 

 the Comptroller. 



No bills are paid without : First, a certificate of the Superin- 

 tendents that they have been authorized by the Executive Committee 

 to make the purchase : second, a certificate of the purchasing agent 

 that he made the purchase under the direction of the Superin- 

 tendents, at the prices named in the bill : third, a certificate of the 

 officer charged with the safe keeping of the property of the com- 

 mission, that the articles in question have been received in good 

 condition, and that the bill has been compared with the register of 

 bills kept in his office, and the extensions and footings examined 

 and found correct : and, lastly, a certificate of the Comptroller that 

 the expenditure has been authorized by a resolution of the Board 



