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PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF 

 NEW YORK FOR MAINTENANCE 



§613. It shall be the duty of the commissioner for the boroughs 

 of Manhattan and Richmond to maintain the meteorological 

 and astronomical observatory, the Museum of Natural History, 

 the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Central Park, the Aquarium 

 in Battery place, and such other buildings as now are or may 

 hereafter be erected in such parks or in any other park, square or 

 public place under his jurisdiction by authority of the board of 

 aldermen. It shall be the duty of the commissioner for the 

 boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens to maintain the Brooklyn 

 Institute of Arts and Sciences, and such other buildings as now 

 are or may hereafter be erected in any park, square or public 

 place under his jurisdiction by authority of the board of aldermen. 

 It shall be the duty of the commissioner for the borough of 

 The Bronx to maintain the New York Botanical Garden and the 

 buildings appurtenant thereto, and such other institutions or 

 buildings as may be established or erected in any park, square 

 or public place in his jurisdiction by authority of the board of 

 aldermen. It shall be the duty of the several commissioners to 

 provide the necessary instruments, furniture and equipments for 

 the several buildings and institutions within their respective 

 jurisdictions, and, with the authority of the board of aldermen, 

 to develop and improve the same, and to erect additional build- 

 ings; but the maintenance of all such buildings and institutions 

 shall be subject to the provisions of the acts incorporating said 

 institutions, or either of them, and the acts amendatory thereof, 

 and to the powers of said corporations thereunder, and of the 

 boards by such acts created or provided for; and shall also be 

 subject to and in conformity with such contracts and agreements 

 as have heretofore been made with such institutions respectively, 

 and are in force and effect when this act takes effect, or as may 

 be hereafter made by the authority of the board of aldermen, 

 and no moneys shall be expended for such purposes unless an 

 appropriation therefor has been made by the board of estimate 

 and apportionment and the board of aldermen. Out of the 

 moneys annually appropriated for the maintenance of parks each 



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