FOR EQUIPMENT AND CASE CONSTRUCTION 



LEGAL ENACTMENTS OF 1915 



By the Board of Estimate 



Resolved, That subject to concurrence herewith by the Board of 

 Aldermen, the resolution adopted by the Board of Estimate and Appor- 

 tionment on July 17, 1911, amended on February 21, 1912, and concurred 

 in by the Board of Aldermen on July 31, 191 1, and on March 12, 1912, 

 respectively, to read as follows : 



"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, and for architect's fees 

 for designing, planning, and supervising the work of constructing the 

 entire southeast wing and court building of the American Museum of 

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

 Boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond, and that when authority there- 

 for shall have been obtained from the Board of Aldermen, the Comp- 

 troller 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." 



— be and the same is further amended by adding after the words "Natu- 

 ral History" the words "to the extent of eighty-eight thousand one hun- 

 dred and ninety-one dollars and twenty-three cents ($88,191.23), and 

 for the purchase of cases, bookstacks and other equipment for said Mu- 

 seum, to the extent of one hundred and eleven thousand, eight hundred 

 and eight dollars and seventy-seven cents ($111,808.77) ; provided, how- 

 ever, that no encumbrances or expenditures shall be made against the 

 proceeds of corporate stock herein authorized, nor shall bids upon such 

 contracts be advertised for until after approval by the Board of Esti- 

 mate and Apportionment of the plans, specifications, estimates of cost 

 and forms of such contracts which shall be submitted to said Board by 

 the Commissioner of Parks, Boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond, 

 nor shall any architect, engineer, expert or departmental employee be 

 engaged or employed as a charge against such proceeds except after 

 approval by said Board of such employment and of the fee or wage to 

 be paid by preliminary and final contracts, voucher or budget schedule, 

 which are to be similarly submitted, unless in the case of departmental 

 employees, such employment is in accordance with schedules approved 

 by said Board; the amendment herein, having the effect of rescinding 

 $111,808.77 in the corporate stock authorization for the fund C. D. P. 

 3-B; which sum is herein reauthorized for another purpose. 



A true copy of resolution adopted by the Board of Estimate and 

 Apportionment, December 10, 1915. 



James Manchester, 



Assistant Secretary. 



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