FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FOUNDATION 



FOR THE SOUTHEAST WING AND COURT 



BUILDING OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM 



OF NATURAL HISTORY 



LEGAL ENACTMENTS OF 191 1 

 By the Board of Aldermen 



An Ordinance providing for an issue of corporate stock of The 

 City of New York in the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, to pro- 

 vide means for additions to Museum of Natural History, under the 

 jurisdiction of the Department of Parks, Manhattan and Richmond. 



Be it Ordained by the Board of Aldermen of The City of New 

 York as follows: 



Section i. The Board of Aldermen hereby approves of and con- 

 curs in the following resolution adopted by the Board of Estimate and 

 Apportionment July 17, 191 1, and authorizes the Comptroller to issue 

 corporate stock of The City of New York to the amount and for the 

 purposes therein specified: 



"Resolved, That, pursuant to the provisions of section 47 of the 

 Greater New York Charter, as amended, the Board of Estimate and 

 Apportionment hereby approves of the issue of corporate stock of The 

 City of New York to an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand 

 dollars ($200,000), to provide means for the construction of a founda- 

 tion for the southeast wing and court building of the American Mu- 

 seum of Natural History, under the jurisdiction of the Department of 

 Parks, Boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond, and that when authority 

 therefor shall have been obtained from the Board of Aldermen, the 

 Comptroller be and is hereby authorized to issue said corporate stock 

 of The City of New York in the manner provided by section 169 of 

 the Greater New York Charter, the proceeds thereof to the amount of 

 the par value of the stock to be applied to the purposes aforesaid." 



Adopted by the Board of Aldermen July 31, 1911, a majority of all 

 the members elected voting in favor thereof. 



Received from his Honor, the Mayor, Sept. 19, 191 1, without his 

 approval or disapproval thereof ; therefore, as provided in section 40 of 

 the Greater New York Charter, the same took effect as if he had 

 approved it. 



(Signed) P. J. Scully, Clerk. 



APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES THEREON TO 

 DECEMBER 31, 1915 



Receipts : 



By Direct Appropriation (C.D.P. 3b) $200,000 00 



Expenditures : 



Phillips & Worthington (boring for foun- 

 dation) $448 83 



Engineers' Services 89 26 



Benedetto & Egan Construction Co. 



(excavating) 49,796 00 



Architects' Fees (reserved) 37,857 14 88,191 23 



Balance December 31, 1915 $111,808 77 



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