The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-04
-FAIRMO UNIT PARK.
A New Act for the Extension of this
Resort.

A further Supplement to act entitled an act
appropriating ground for public purposes in the
day of March, A ID. 1867.
Section /. Be it enacted, ETC., That it shall be
lawful for the Fairmount Park Commissioners, in
the name of the city of Philadelphia, to prevent
and restrain the damage or destruction of any trees
and shrubbery, other property upon any premises
within the bounds described for the Paramount
Park by the supplement to the act creating said
Park, approved April A. 1868, although the COM
pensaton to the owners may not have been
Section q That the Paramount Park Commission
shall have power in behalf of the city Of Phila
dephia, to adjust the boundaries OF said ark with
railroad or canal company, whore track, tow-path
canal navigation lies within or is bordering upon
said Park, and with any other bounding upon the
Park, and to receive and make the proper convey
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be conceded TO any company or companies or indi-
viduas, or an exchange Of property be made, it
shall be at rate of compensation not less than the
cost of grounds, buildings and machinery paid by
saton @ shall be paid into the sinking fund Of said
city for the extinguishment of the Park loan.
Section g. That all moneys raised by the city Of
Philadelphia by loans for the purchase of grounds
for the Fairmount Park and the construction and
laying out of the same, shall be kept separately by
ated and paid for no other purpose.
Section 4. 1t shall be lawful for the said Park
of an intention so to do to take actual possession
of any lands or property ncosed within the bound
aries of the Park, although the compensation or
damages for the said grounds OF property may not
have been assessed or paid and the city OF Phila-
delphia shall thereupon become liable for the pay
ment of the compensation or damages which may
be awarded for taking such grounds, as of the date
| when said grounds and property were actually
taken into possession, and with interest from such
Section 5. That the said Park Commissioner
shall have power and authority in the laying out
the boundary avenues of the Park, as now author
lied by law, to make all necessary and proper
| changes in fixing the boundaries and to vary the
somei in conformity with the confguraton of the
grounds and typographical requirements of the
formation of the Park, and for that purpose to ne
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situated within or contiguous to said boundary
nues, to prices and conveyance thereof, with full
| powers in the premises, as now provided by law
| Provided, That nothing in this section contained
shall be construed to authorize an increase of the
| total area of the Park.
| Section 6. That il shall and may be lawful for
| the City Councils to confer upon said Park Com
mission and for the commission to accept the care
| and management, from time TO time, OF any other
ground now appropriated or hereafter to be appro-
prated for Park purposes within the city OF Phila-
delphia ,
| Section 7. No Park Commissioner and no soliC-
itor acting for said Commission and no person eX-
ercising any office or holding any appointment un-
der such Commission shall receive either directly
indirectly any compensation for any service rem
dered TO any party having any claim of any kind,
| whether for land damages or in any other manner
arising against Said Commission, or the city, exc
any attached to his office, and any offence against
| the provisions of this section shall be deemed
misdemeanor and punishable by expulsion from OF
| hce. >,
| Section g. The first section OF an act of Assembly
approved the 14th day of April, 1868, entitled "a
| supplement- 10 an ACT dSt app
ground for public purposes in the city OF Philadel-
| phia, approved 26th of March, 1867" shall be
| amended so that the same, in describing the boun-
daries of Farmount Park, shall read as follows;
beginning at point in the northeasteTly line 0t
property owned and occupied by the headihg hall-
road Company, near the city bridge over the river
Schuylkill at the falls, where said northeasterly
line would be intersected by the line dividing the
property of IL. Duhring from that of f. St@ver
and II. johnson if the same were extended; from
thence in southwesterly direction upon said d.
! yiding line and its prolongation to the middle OF
! the Ford road; and from thence the said boundary
line shall proceed in said first sections deseribed
and Furthermore, 1t is hereby declared to be the
true intent and meaning of the fifth section of said
act that all the grounds pertaining TO Fairmount
PaIk nae noned and described IN any Of the sections
Of said act Of Assembly shall be subject 70 al the