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eighteen hundred and sixty-si \, are hereby discharged from the perform- 

 ance of all further duties under thai acl ; and all services, acts and du- 

 ties which are thereby directed t<> be done and performed by the said 

 commissioners, and which remain unperformed by them in relation to 

 assessments for benefit or otherwise, are hereby devolved upon, and shall 

 be performed (reference being had to the principles of assessmen.1 indi- 

 cated in the last preceding section of this act) by the commissioners who 

 are to be appointed under this act. The expenses, lees and compensa- 

 tion, winch the said Commissioners and other persons employed under 

 that act, may be entitled to receive thereupon shall be added to and paid 

 as part of the general expenses incurred and to be incurred for the open- 

 ing of the said park ; and the Comptroller and Treasurer of the said city 

 are hereby directed to pay the same, alter they shall have been adjusted 

 and taxed, in the manner directed by the said last mentioned act, and 

 after the same shall have been duly certified by the counsel of the 

 Park Commissioners. And for the purpose of making such pay- 

 ments, so many and such an amount of additional park bonds as 

 may he necessary, may he issued and sold by the said city au- 

 thorities. 



§ G. The Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment who are to be 

 appointed under this act shall, except so far as otherwise directed by this 

 act, have the same powers, discharge the same duties, and be entitled to 

 the same compensation, that are conferred by, or imposed upon, or 

 allowed to, the Commissioners referred to in the act specified in the last 

 preceding section of this act. But the Board of Commissioners of Pros- 

 pect Park shall employ an attorney, clerk, appraisers and surveyor for 

 the purposes of this act, whose compensation shall be included in the 

 general expenses to be incurred under this act. And the awards for 

 lands taken under this act shall be payable upon the certificate of the 

 counsel of the said board. 



§ 7. The payment of all damages to be awarded, as well as the general 

 expenses to be incurred in pursuance of this act, shall become due and 

 payable immediately after the confirmation of the said commissioners' 

 reports thereon; but no expenses or compensation to persons who are 

 to be employed under this act shall be allowed or paid, unless the same 

 shall have been first duly taxed and certified as directed in the fifth 

 section of this act. For the payment of the said awards and expenses, 

 the bonds of the city shall, from time to time, be issued and sold in the 

 manner directed by the act entitled " An act to extend the boundaries 

 of Prospect Park, in the City of Brooklyn,' 1 passed April 30th, 1866. 

 Such bonds shall bear a similar interest, and be paid in the same man- 

 ner, and within a like period, as the bonds referred to in that act ; and 



