P A I! K It I) I N A N C E 



No. 3. 



An Ordinance for the better Government of the Public Parks, now 

 under ///< control of the Commissioners of Prospect Park. Passed 

 August 1st, L867. 



The Commissioners of Prospect Park, in the City of Brooklyn, by virtue 

 of the authority conferred upon them by the Act of the Legislature under 

 which they were appointed, and the several acts amendatory thereof do 

 order and direct as follows : 



1. The Superintendents, under the direction of the Executive Committee 

 of the Board, are hereby authorized and directed to assign to police service 

 so many and such men as shall, from time to time, be found necessary for 

 the proper management and good government of the several Parks now 

 under charge of the said Commissioners. 



2. The station houses of the said force, wherever they shall be located, 

 may be used as places of temporary detention for persons who may be ar- 

 rested upon either of the said Parks. 



3. A suitable badge and uniform shall be provided for each person so to 

 be employed or appointed, and shall be displayed by him at all times when 

 engaged in the discharge of police duty. 



4. Whenever any person so employed or appointed, shall display his 

 badge upon either of the said Parks, in the discharge of his duty, he shall, 

 for all purposes of maintaining order ami enforcing the rules, regulations, 

 and ordinances of the Park Commissioners, be invested with all the powers 

 and authority conferred upon members of the police force of the Metropo- 

 litan Police. District, by an act entitled "An act to establish a Metropolitan 

 Police District and to provide for the management thereof, passed April 

 loth, 1857," and the several acts amendatory thereof. 



