﻿FOR 
  THE 
  EQUIPPING 
  AND 
  FINISHING 
  OF 
  THE 
  

  

  BUILDING 
  AND 
  THE 
  CONSTRUCTION 
  OF 
  

  

  ADDITIONS 
  THERETO 
  

  

  LEGAL 
  ENACTMENTS 
  OF 
  1905 
  

  

  By 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Aldermen 
  

  

  An 
  Ordinance 
  providing 
  for 
  an 
  issue 
  of 
  Corporate 
  Stock 
  in 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  

   five 
  hundred 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  ($500,000), 
  to 
  provide 
  means 
  for 
  the 
  equipping 
  

   and 
  finishing 
  of 
  The 
  American 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History 
  in 
  Manhattan 
  

   Square, 
  Borough 
  of 
  Manhattan, 
  and 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  additions 
  thereto. 
  

  

  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 
  concurs 
  in 
  

   the 
  following 
  resolution 
  adopted 
  by 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Estimate 
  and 
  Apportion- 
  

   ment 
  March 
  16, 
  1905, 
  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 
  by 
  chapter 
  409 
  of 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  1904, 
  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 
  five 
  

   hundred 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  ($500,000), 
  to 
  provide 
  means 
  for 
  the 
  equipping 
  and 
  

   furnishing 
  of 
  The 
  American 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History 
  in 
  Manhattan 
  Square, 
  

   Borough 
  of 
  Manhattan, 
  and 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  additions 
  thereto, 
  and 
  that 
  

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

   the 
  Comptroller 
  is 
  authorized 
  to 
  issue 
  Corporate 
  Stock 
  of 
  The 
  City 
  of 
  New 
  

   York, 
  in 
  the 
  manner 
  provided 
  by 
  section 
  169 
  of 
  the 
  Greater 
  New 
  York 
  

   Charter, 
  to 
  an 
  amount 
  not 
  exceeding 
  five 
  hundred 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  ($500,000), 
  

   the 
  proceeds 
  whereof 
  to 
  be 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  purposes 
  aforesaid." 
  

  

  Adopted 
  by 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Aldermen 
  April 
  it, 
  1905, 
  a 
  majority 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  

   members 
  elected 
  voting 
  in 
  favor 
  thereof. 
  

  

  Approved 
  by 
  the 
  Mayor 
  April 
  18, 
  1905. 
  (Signed) 
  P. 
  J. 
  Scully, 
  Clerk. 
  

  

  Contracts 
  awarded 
  to 
  December 
  31, 
  1906. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  erection 
  of 
  Fire 
  Lines, 
  Sprinkler 
  System, 
  Fire 
  Escapes, 
  etc. 
  

   Contract 
  awarded 
  R. 
  J. 
  F. 
  Gerstle 
  Company, 
  November 
  26, 
  1905, 
  $19,838. 
  

   Completed 
  January 
  11, 
  1907. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  erection 
  and 
  completion 
  of 
  a 
  New 
  Wing, 
  to 
  be 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  South 
  

   Wing 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  Facade, 
  and 
  a 
  Permanent 
  Cellar 
  Passageway 
  running 
  there- 
  

   from 
  in 
  northerly 
  and 
  easterly 
  direction. 
  

  

  Contract 
  awarded 
  Guidone 
  & 
  Galardi, 
  May 
  22, 
  1906, 
  $325,000. 
  

  

  Completed 
  June 
  6, 
  1908. 
  

  

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