apply to and regulate all Bonds thai may be issued for the purposes of 

 thesaid [mprovemenl Fund ; and for the payment of all such Bonds, 

 issued and to be issued, will) the interesl to accrue thereon, all lands 

 within (he boundaries of the said Park, arc hereby specifically pledged. 



§ 7. Iii case the said Commissioners shall at any time require money 

 for immediate use, before it can he realized by a sale of Bonds, tin- 

 said Comptroller,on the request of the said Commissioners, maypledge 

 such Bonds for a temporary loan of money thereon. All money to he real- 

 ized from sales or pledges of Bonds, shall he immediately deposited with 

 the Treasurer of the said City, to the credit of the said Impi'o\ emeiit 

 Fund, and shall he held and used for the construction, improvement 

 and maintenance of the said Park, and the adornment thereof. The 

 said Board of Commissioners, through their President and Secretary, 

 shall, from time to time, make drafts upon the said Comptroller, for 

 such amounts as may he required for the prosecution of the Park busi- 

 ness, after the same shall have been authorized by the Board ; each of 

 such drafts shall specify the object for which it is drawn, and the Treas- 

 urer shall pay the same, on the order of the Comptroller, countersigned 

 by the Mayor and City Clerk. 



§8. [n order to provide for the maintenance and general improve- 

 ment of said Parks, there shall he added to the general tax to be levied 

 in said City, in each and every year, such sum of money, not exceeding 

 one hundred thousand dollars, in any one year, as the said Board of 

 Commissioners shall, from time to time, by resolution determine to be 

 necessary for the proper maintenance, improvement and ornamentation 

 of the said Parks. The Joint Board of Supervisors and Common 

 Council of the City of Brooklyn, shall annually cause the amount so 

 determined by the said Commissioners, to be raised and levied in like 

 manner as other taxes are raised and levied in said City, and the same 

 shall he promptly paid over to the said Park Commissioners for the 

 purposes aforesaid. 



§ 9. Real or personal property may be granted, conveyed, devised or 

 bequeathed to the said City, for the improvement or ornamentation of 

 the said Parks, or either of them, or for the establishment or mainte- 

 nance within their limits, of museums, zoological or other gardens, col- 

 lections of natural history, observatories or works of art, upon such 

 terms and conditions as may he agreed upon by and between the grant- 

 ors or donors thereof, and the said Board of Commissioners. But all 

 property so to be granted, conveyed, devised or bequeathed, and the 

 rents, issues and profits thereof, must be subject to the management 

 and control of the said Board, and may be improved and added to in 

 its discretion, and shall he protected, preserved and arranged by the 



