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7, The board of park commissioners in any such city of the
<br /> first class, in the name of the city, may bring any action which it deems
<br /> proper, to recover damages for the breach of agreement,, expressed or
<br /> implied, relating to or grain out Of the ,mantgement or improvement of
<br /> the parks, streets, boulevards, er driveways under its control, and for
<br /> penalties for the -violetior. of any ordibames, and for injs �-
<br /> to the per
<br /> soaal' or real preperrty appertaining to the parks, streets, boulevards,
<br /> driveways, or ether grounds belonging theta**, and to recover possession
<br /> of any such property, .Ail rules and regulations whichne id board shall
<br /> at nny time adopt, under. abd in pursuance of the provisions herein cony
<br /> twined., 0a11 be publ *ed for at least -ten -days in a newspaper of
<br /> general Otto lction printed tri4kOritoity. A. tar of nine cents On each
<br /> one hundred dollars of taxableproperty in such city, as the same appears
<br /> on the tar duplicate, which shall be in addition to other taxes of the
<br /> city, ;shall be levied annually"b the common council for park purposes,
<br /> and the city treasurer aih 1 collect the same as other city taxes are
<br /> collected, and shall, bet* en the first and fifth days of each month,
<br /> notify thelerrtit of park mmi;ssioners of the amount of snob taxes.
<br /> oofleoted for park purpose, during the preceding month; and, 'upon the
<br /> date of notification above referred to, the oity. treasurer shell credit
<br /> the park fund with such amounts of taxes for park purposes as may have
<br /> been collected at that time. The said board shall have full, complete
<br /> and excluei're authority to expend for and on behalf of such City all gums
<br /> of ;cony thus reelized, and also that may be realized by such board of
<br /> park commissioners from the sale of privileges in the parks of such city,
<br /> from the sale of bonds of the city for park purposes, and from any other
<br /> soxrge#. All gifts, deflations or paytents whatsoever, which .are given
<br /> or paid to such city for park purposes, shall belong to the .general park
<br /> fund to be used by the said board of park commissioners in the same man-
<br /> net `et hereinbefore stated,Provided, That warrants for such expenditures
<br /> shall be dram by' the Controller of such city for expenditures, upon a
<br /> voucher of such board, signed by the president or vide-president and
<br /> secretary, The common council of each city May borrow money for the use
<br /> of such department, and may issue the bonds of the city therefore, in
<br /> the mantel now or hereafter to be provided by law'or the issue of bonds for t
<br /> the general purposes of such city, but the said board shall have no
<br /> power to contrast _debts beyond the amount of its annual income and the
<br /> amount available from the sale of bonds or other sources. All money re-
<br /> maining in the treasury to the credit of the board of park commissioners
<br /> at the end of the calendar year shall still belong to the general park
<br /> fund, ' to be used by the-said board of park commissioners for park pur-
<br /> poses. No `franchise shall be granted by the City authorities for the-
<br /> construction or maintenance of any railways, of any class or character,
<br /> or telephone, telegraph, pipe or conduit line, upon, across, over or •
<br /> through any park, parkway, park boulevard or boulevard, or driveway,
<br /> under control of the board of park commissioners; Without the consent of
<br /> the board of park commissioners,
<br /> 3, if such board, of park commissioners in any city of the first
<br /> class should wish to sell any part of the Park lands now owned by such
<br /> city or that may hereafter be acquired, it is hereby authorised to prey
<br /> pare an ordinance authorizing Such sale and submit the saps to the pity
<br /> council, If the council shall pass such ordinance, such lends shall be
<br /> sold as other rands of the city are sold, and the proceeds Os much sale
<br /> shall be credited 'to the department of public parks and expended in the
<br /> improvement of the remaining park lands or in the-putebase 431 other lands
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