Chapter 126. 



AN ACT to authorize further appropriations for the maintenance of the Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History in the city of New York. 



Accepted by the city. 



Became a law March 23, 1899, 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 board of estimate and apportionment, upon the requisition 

 of the department of parks, is hereby authorized to include annually in its final 

 estimate of the amounts required to pay the expense of conducting the public 

 business of the city of New York, in addition to the sum or sums now provided 

 by law by the terms of chapter three hundred and seventy-eight of the laws of 

 eighteen hundred and ninety-seven for the maintenance of the American Museum 

 of Natural History, such further sums not exceeding forty thousand dollars as 

 the said board of estimate and apportionment may appropriate. 



§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 



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