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CHAPTER 235. 



AN ACT to provide for enlarging the building situated in Central park, in the 

 city of New York, and occupied by the American Museum of Natural 

 History, for the purpose of furnishing proper facilities for increased exhi- 

 bition. 



Accepted by the city. 



Became a law April 4, 1895, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, 

 three-fifths being present. 



The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, 

 do enact as follows : 



Section i . The department of public parks in the city of New York, with 

 the concurrence of the board of estimate and apportionment, is hereby author- 

 ized to erect and equip an addition to the building situated in that part of 

 Central park, formerly known as Manhattan square, and which is now in the 

 possession and occupation of the American Museum of Natural History, under 

 and in accordance with a contract made in pursuance of chapter one hundred 

 and thirty-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-six, chapter two 

 hundred and seventy of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and 

 chapter thirty-one of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Said 

 addition shall include in its halls for public exhibition suitable space for the 

 proper display of the specimens of the museum. The trustees of said museum 

 shall select the architects to prepare under their direction the plans, and to 

 superintend under the direction of the commissioners of parks the construction 

 of said addition. Said plans, when completed, shall be submitted by said 

 trustees to the commissioners of said department for their approval, and may 

 include any alteration of the present building made necessary by the enlarge- 

 ment, and such improvements and repairs to it as the commissioners of said 

 department and the trustees of said museum may agree are proper and neces- 

 sary. The commissioners of said department shall provide for the compensa- 

 tion of the architects out of the fund hereby provided for the erection of said 

 addition. Said equipment shall include all the cases and fittings required for 

 the preparation, exhibition and preservation of the specimens, books and other 

 property of the museum. 



§ 2. For the purpose of providing means for carrying into effect the pro- 

 visions of this act, it shall be the duty of the comptroller, upon being thereunto 

 authorized by the board of estimate and apportionment, to issue and sell, but 

 not at less than their par value, bonds or stocks of the mayor, aldermen and 

 commonalty of the city of New York, in the manner now provided by law, 

 payable from taxation, but not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of five hun- 

 dred thousand dollars, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding four per centum 

 per annum and redeemable within a period of time not exceeding thirty years 

 from the date of their issue. 



§ 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act 

 are hereby repealed. 



§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately. 



