or implied, relating to or growing ont of the management or improve- 

 ment of the said Parks ; for penalties for the violation of any ordi- 

 nance ; or for injuries to personal or real property appertaining to the 

 said Parks ; or to recover the possession of any such property. 



The land taken (and set apart for a parade ground for the County of 

 Kings), shall be the property of said County, as and for a Parade 

 Ground ; and shall be under the exclusive charge and management of 

 the Commissioners of Prospect Park, in the City of Brooklyn, for the 

 purposes of police and improvement as such parade ground. — An Act 

 to provide a Parade Ground for the County of Kings, passed April 

 27, 1868. Sec. 7, 



The several pieces and parcels of ground, parks and squares in the 

 City of Brooklyn, and the sidewalks, fences and trees adjacent thereto 

 and being between any part of the same hereinafter mentioned, shall 

 hereafter be under the care, management and control of the Commis- 

 sioners of Prospect Park, as fully and completely as Prospect Park is 

 or may hereafter be under their control, care and management. — An 

 Act in relation to Parks in the City of Prooklyn, passed May 9th, 

 1868. Sec. 1. 



The Parks and Squares aforesaid, are "Washington Park, City Park, 

 City Hall Park and Carrol Park. — Same Act. Sec. 2. 



The joint board of Aldermen and Supervisors of the City of Brooklyn 

 shall annually cause to be levied and raised the requisite amount of 

 moneys for carrying this act into effect and for the purposes thereof; 

 and such money shall be promptly and regularly paid over to the said 

 Park Commissions for said purposes. — Same Act. Sec. 5. 



The Brooklyn Park Commissioners are hereby authorized to 

 seize and impound any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, geese, or 

 other animals found running at large upon any of the Public Parks in 

 the City of Brooklyn ; to impose a penalty of not exceeding five dollars, 

 with reasonable expenses, upon each animal so seized ; and to enforce 

 payment thereof in such manner as they shall by ordinance direct. — 

 Act of May Qth, 1868. 



§ 2. "Whenever the Board of Commissioners shall by resolution direct 

 the streets or avenues specified in the preceding section of this act to 

 be opened or widened, they shall fix a district of assessment beyond 

 which the assessment for such opening or widening shall not extend. 

 They shall then apply to the Supreme «Court, at a special term thereof 

 to be held in the second judicial district, upon a notice to be published 

 for ten days successively in the corporation newspapers, for the appoint- 

 ment of three Commissioners to estimate the expense thereof, and the 



