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Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the President of the Staten Island 

 Chamber of Commerce appoint a committee of twenty-five residents 01 

 property owners in the Borough of Richmond — five members to be selected 

 from each of the five Wards, to select suitable sites for public Play Grounds, 

 Parks, and Parkways in the Borough of Richmond; 



Be it further Resolved, That the selections so made by the Committee 

 be approved by a majority vote at a public meeting to be held in each of 

 said Wards ; and 



Be it fit) tin-) Resolved, That said committee then present a list of the 

 sites so selected to the municipal authorities, and on their approval to take 

 necessary measures to acquire the property at the earliest date possible; and 



Be it Resolved, That the Commissioner of Parks of the Borough of 

 Richmond, Hon. William R. Willcox, the President of the Borough of 

 Richmond, the Commissioner of Public Works for Richmond, the President 

 of the Richmond County Park Commission, and the President and Secretary 

 of the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce be added to the Committee as 

 ex-officio members ; and 



Be it further Resolved, That the Committee be known as the " Com- 

 mittee on Parks " of the Chamber of Commerce, and that the Committee 

 report as speedily as possible the result of its work to the Directors of the 

 Chamber of Commerce. 



Respectfully submitted, 



(Signed) CHARLES H. BLAIR, 



(Signed) GEO. S. HUMPHREY, 



(Signed) BENJAMIN BROWN. 



After the reading of the above report, an address was made 

 by the Hon. W. R. Willcox, Park Commissioner, expressing his ap- 

 proval of the movement for the establishment of parks in the 

 Borough of Richmond, and promising his support. 



Interesting remarks were also made by Dr. Arthur Hollick, 

 1 'resident of the Richmond County Park Commission (known as 

 the Silver Lake Park Commission) and others, and after a full 

 discussion the report was accepted and approved, and the reso- 

 lutions recommended in the report adopted. 



In accordance with the above resolution, yon 

 named the following members of the Committee on 

 Parks : 



Ex-offich > Mi 'in hers. 



Hon. William R. Willcox, Commissioner of Parks for 

 Manhattan and Richmond. 



Hon. George Cromwell, President of the Borough of Rich- 

 mond. 



