Annual Report of the Buffalo Park CommissionersThe Commissioners, 1871 - Parks |
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... as giving the actual amount of these expenditures and the condition of the fund at the close of the year one thousand eight hun- dred and seventy - one : FINANCIAL STATEMENT . 1870 . Amount appropriated by Common Council 6.
... as giving the actual amount of these expenditures and the condition of the fund at the close of the year one thousand eight hun- dred and seventy - one : FINANCIAL STATEMENT . 1870 . Amount appropriated by Common Council 6.
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... condition . The most casual observer who visits the Park cannot fail to notice the improvement made in the general appearance of the grounds since the commencement of operations . The beautiful stretch of lawn dotted with full - grown ...
... condition . The most casual observer who visits the Park cannot fail to notice the improvement made in the general appearance of the grounds since the commencement of operations . The beautiful stretch of lawn dotted with full - grown ...
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... condition for use . graded . The drives and walks have not been The Front cannot fail to become a popular place of resort during the summer months , and it is the desire of the Commissioners to finish it as soon as possible . We think ...
... condition for use . graded . The drives and walks have not been The Front cannot fail to become a popular place of resort during the summer months , and it is the desire of the Commissioners to finish it as soon as possible . We think ...
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... condition of the masonry work of the Bridge , and the finishing and trimming up of the slopes , etc. , of the islands , promontories and banks , did not admit of the removal of the dike bank , and dam , at that time , and subsequently ...
... condition of the masonry work of the Bridge , and the finishing and trimming up of the slopes , etc. , of the islands , promontories and banks , did not admit of the removal of the dike bank , and dam , at that time , and subsequently ...
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... with these exceptions , the stock is in first rate condition , and has been maintained with a very moderate expenditure . A list of the stock is hereto appended . PORTABLE TRACK AND CARS . The Cars and Track which 24.
... with these exceptions , the stock is in first rate condition , and has been maintained with a very moderate expenditure . A list of the stock is hereto appended . PORTABLE TRACK AND CARS . The Cars and Track which 24.
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abutting acres adjacent amount ANNUAL REPORT asphalt August AUGUSTUS FUCHS bank Bennett Place Bidwell Bidwell Parkway BOARD OF PARK boat boat-house borders bridge BRITAIN HOLMES BUFFALO PARK COMMISSIONERS built Chapin City of Buffalo Common Council construction creek Day's Park Delaware street DENNIS BOWEN drive east EDWARD BENNETT feet wide Fillmore avenue Front Gala Water GEORGE URBAN graded grass gravel grounds grove Honorable Body Hort Humboldt Parkway hundred Improvement Fund inches JAMES JAMES MOONEY January JEWETT JOHN MAYER labor laid land Ledgewood Lincoln Parkway macadam maintenance manure MCMILLAN Meadow MICHAEL NELLANY opened Parade House Park approaches Park Lake paved pavement pay rolls picnic pipe plants Porter avenue portion repairs Respectfully submitted Richmond avenue road roadway Scajaquada Creek season Secretary and Treas Selkirk Seneca street sewer SHERMAN shrubs side sidewalk stone Terrace tion Total trees urer walks WARREN H WILLIAM MCMILLAN
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Page 40 - The said board of commissioners shall have sole and exclusive power, by contract or otherwise, to open, grade, construct, repair and maintain the roadways of said approaches, and the assent of adjacent property owners thereto shall not be necessary ; but no such work shall be done where any part thereof is assessable, as hereinafter provided, until notice of intention to order it shall have been published in the official paper of the city, by order of said board. at least twice a week for two consecutive...
Page 41 - Commissioner or other person who may have knowledge or information of the violation of this provision, forthwith to report the same to the Mayor of the City of Rochester who shall present the facts of the case to the Supreme Court of the State of New York. The said Court shall hear in a summary...
Page 49 - AN ACT to authorize the selection and location of certain grounds for public parks in the city of Buffalo, and to provide for the maintenance and embellishment thereof.
Page 46 - All property so devised, granted, bequeathed or conveyed, and the rents, issues, profits, and income thereof, shall be subject to the exclusive management, direction, and control of the said Board of Park Commissioners.
Page 42 - ... and the proceeds of such leases and sales shall be deposited with the Treasurer of said city, to the credit of the said the Park Commissioners, and used by them for the improvement of the said park or parks, approaches thereto, and streets connecting the same.
Page 47 - ... shall be punished by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment, not exceeding ninety days, or by both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
Page 23 - ... by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days or by both at the discretion of the court...
Page 26 - That the said company is, and at the times hereinafter mentioned was, a corporation organized pursuant to an act of the legislature of the state of New York, entitled 'An act to authorize the formation of corporations for manufacturing, mining, mechanical, or chemical purposes...
Page 46 - ... history, observatories or works of art, upon such trusts and conditions as may be prescribed by the grantors or donors thereof, and agreed to by the...
Page 48 - The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section thirty-eight of chapter five hundred and sixtynine of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety, known as the town law, is hereby amended so as to read as follows : § 38.