line of West Thirty-eighth street with the westerly line of Sixth avenue; thence northerly along the westerly line of Sixth avenue to the corner formed by the intersection of the westerly line of Sixth avenue with the southerly line of West Forty-second street; thence westerly, along the southerly line of West Fortysecond street, distance forty feet; thence northerly, at right angles to the southerly line of West Forty-second street to a point in the northerly line of West Forty-second street; thence easterly, along the northerly line of West Forty-second street to the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly line of West Forty-second street with the westerly line of Sixth avenue; thence northerly, along the westerly line of Sixth avenue to the corner formed by the intersection of the westerly line of Sixth avenue with the southerly line of West Fifty-third street; thence westerly, along the southerly line of West Fifty-third street to the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly line of West Fifty-third street with the easterly line of Eighth avenue; thence southerly, along the easterly line of Eighth avenue, distance sixty feet; thence westerly, at right angles to the easterly line of Eighth avenue to a point in the westerly line of Eighth avenue; thence northerly along the westerly line of Eighth avenue to the corner formed by the intersection of the westerly line of Eighth avenue with the southerly line of West Fifty-third street; thence westerly, along the southerly line of West Fifty-third street to the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly line of West Fifty-third street with the casterly line of Ninth avenue; thence westerly, along the prolongation of the southerly line of West Fifty-third street, distance fifteen feet; thence northerly, at right angles to the southerly line of West Fifty-third street, distance sixty feet; thence easterly, along the prolongation of the northerly line of West Fifty-third street, distance fifteen feet, to the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly line of West Fiftythird street with the easterly line of Ninth avenue; thence easterly, along the northerly line of West Fifty-third street to the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly line of West Fiftythird street with the westerly line of Eighth avenue; thence northerly, along the westerly line of Eighth avenue, distance sixty feet; thence easterly, at right angles to the westerly line of Eighth avenue to a point in the easterly line of Eighth avenue; thence southerly, along the easterly line of Eighth avenue to the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly line of Eighth avenue with the northerly line of West Fifty-third street; thence easterly, along the northerly line of West Fifty-third street to the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly line of West Fifty-third street with the westerly line of Sixth avenue; thence southeasterly deflecting to the right thirty-four degrees thirtyone minutes and fifteen seconds, distance forty-nine feet five inches; thence southerly deflecting to the right fifty-five degrees twenty-eight minutes and forty-five seconds, distance twenty-two feet, eight and one-half inches; thence southeasterly deflecting to the left forty-five degrees, distance thirteen feet one and elevensixteenths inches; thence easterly deflecting to the left, forty-five

degrees, distance fifty feet, to the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly line of West Fifty-third street with the easterly line of Sixth avenue; thence southerly, along the easterly line of Sixth avenue to the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly line of Sixth avenue with the northerly line of West Fortysecond street; thence easterly along the northerly line of West Forty-second street, distance forty feet; thence southerly, at right angles to the northerly line of West Forty-second street to a point in the southerly line of West Forty-second street; thence westerly, along the southerly line of West Forty-second street to the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly line of West Forty-second street with the easterly line of Sixth avenue; thence southerly, along the easterly line of Sixth avenue to the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly line of Sixth avenue with the northerly line of West Thirty-eighth street; thence easterly, along the northerly line of West Thirty-eighth street, distance forty feet; thence southerly, at right angles to the northerly line of West Thirty-eighth street to a point in the southerly line of West Thirty-eighth street; thence westerly, along the southerly line of West Thirty-eighth street to the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly line of West Thirty-eighth street with the easterly line of Sixth avenue: thence southerly, along the easterly line of Sixth avenue to the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly line of Sixth avenue with the northerly line of West Twenty-eighth street; thence easterly, along the northerly line of West Twenty-eighth street, distance forty feet; thence southerly, at right angles to the northerly line of West Twenty-eighth street to a point in the southerly line of West Twenty-eighth street; thence westerly along the southerly line of West Twenty-eighth street to the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly line of West Twenty-eighth street with the easterly line of Sixth avenue: thence southerly, along the easterly line of Sixth avenue to the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly line of Sixth avenue with the northerly line of West Twenty-third street; thence easterly, along the northerly line of West Twenty-third street, distance forty feet; thence southerly, at right angles to the northerly line of West Twenty-third street to a point in the southerly line of West Twenty-third street; thence westerly, along the southerly line of West Twenty-third street, to the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly line of West Twenty-third street with the easterly line of Sixth avenue; thence southerly, along the easterly line of Sixth avenue to the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly line of Sixth avenue with the northerly line of West Eighteenth street; thence easterly, along the northerly line of West Eighteenth street, distance forty feet; thence southerly, at right angles to the northerly line of West Eighteenth street to a point in the southerly line of West Eighteenth street; thence westerly, along the southerly line of West Eighteenth street to the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly line of West Eighteenth street with the easterly line of Sixth avenue; thence southerly, along the east

erly line of Sixth avenue to the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly line of Sixth avenue with the northerly line of West Fourteenth street; thence easterly along the northerly line of West Fourteenth street, distance forty feet; thence southerly at right angles to the northerly line of West Fourteenth street to a point in the southerly line of West Fourteenth street, thence westerly along the southerly line of West Fourteenth street to the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly line of West Fourteenth street with the easterly line of Sixth avenue; thence southerly along the easterly line of Sixth avenue to the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly line of Sixth avenue with the northerly line of West Eighth street; thence easterly along the northerly line of West Eighth street, distance forty feet; thence southerly at right angles to the northerly line of West Eighth street to a point in the southerly line of West Eighth street; thence westerly along the southerly line of West Eighth street to the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly line of West Eighth street with the easterly line of Sixth avenue; thence southerly, along the easterly line of Sixth avenue to the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly line of Sixth avenue with the northerly line of West Third street; thence easterly, along the northerly line of West Third street to the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly line of West Third street with the easterly line of West Broadway; thence southerly, along the easterly line of West Broadway to the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly line of West Broadway with the northerly line of Bleecker street; thence easterly, along the northerly line of Bleecker street, distance fifteen feet; thence southerly, at right angles to the northerly line of Bleecker street to a point in the southerly line of Bleecker street; thence westerly, along the southerly line of Bleecker street to the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly line of Bleecker street with the easterly line of West Broadway; thence southerly along the easterly line of West Broadway to the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly line of West Broadway with the northerly line of Grand street; thence easterly, along the northerly line of Grand street, distance twenty feet; thence southerly, at right angles to the northerly line of Grand street, to a point in the southerly line of Grand street; thence westerly, along the southerly line of Grand street to the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly line of Grand street with the easterly line of West Broadway; thence southerly, along the easterly line of West Broadway to the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly line of West Broadway with the northerly line of Franklin street; thence easterly along the northerly line of Franklin street, distance twenty feet; thence southerly, at right angles to the northerly line of Franklin street to a point in the southerly line of Franklin street; thence westerly, along the southerly line of Franklin street to the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly line of Franklin street with the easterly line of West Broadway; thence southerly, along the easterly line of West Broadway to the corner

formed by the intersection of the easterly line of West Broadway with the northerly line of Chambers street; thence easterly along the northerly line of Chambers street, distance ten feet; thence southerly at right angles to the northerly line of Chambers street to a point in the southerly line of Chambers street; thence westerly along the southerly line of Chambers street to the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly line of Chambers street with the easterly line of West Broadway; thence southerly along the easterly line of West Broadway to the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly line of West Broadway with the northerly line of Murray street; thence easterly, along the northerly line of Murray street to the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly line of Murray street with the easterly line of Church street; thence southerly, along the easterly line of Church street to the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly line of Church street with the northerly line of Park place; thence easterly, along the northerly line of Park place, distance sixty feet; thence southerly, at right angles to the northerly line of Park place to a point in the southerly line of Park place; thence westerly, along the sortherly line of Park place to the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly line of Park place with the easterly line of Church street; thence southerly, along the easterly line of Church street to the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly line of Church street with the northerly line of Cortlandt street; thence easterly, along the northerly line of Cortlandt street, distance twenty feet; thence southerly, at right angles to the northerly line of Cortlandt street to a point in the southerly line of Cortlandt street; thence westerly, along the southerly line of Cortlandt street to the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly line of Cortlandt street with the easterly line of Church street; thence southerly along the easterly line of Church street and continuing southerly along the easterly line of Trinity place to the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly line of Trinity place with the northerly line of Rector street; thence easterly, along the northerly line of Rector street, distance twenty-five feet; thence southerly, at right angles to the northerly line of Rector street to a point in the southerly line of Rector street; thence westerly, along the southerly line of Rector street to the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly line of Rector street with the easterly line of Trinity place; thence southerly, along the easterly line of Trinity place to the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly line of Trinity place with the northerly line of Morris street; thence southerly, at right angles to the northerly line of Morris street to a point in the southerly line of Morris street; thence westerly, along the southerly line of Morris street to the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly line of Morris street with the easterly line of Greenwich street; thence northerly railroad in a straight line to the point or place of beginning; the elevated structures, railroad structure, tracks, stations, platforms, stairways and extinguish appurtenances now existing within said parts of said streets, and franchises, also to acquire the right to extinguish all rights, easements and

elevated

and to

rights and

operate

franchises of every nature whatsoever, by whomsoever owned, under which said elevated railroad structure, tracks, stations, platforms, stairways and appurtenances were constructed and are maintained; and also to extinguish all rights, easements and franchises, by whomsoever owned, to further maintain said elevated railroad structure, tracks, stations, platforms, stairways and appurtenances in said parts of said streets and to operate and to cars or trains of any kind whatsoever thereon or thereover upon cars. making compensation, including such costs and additional allow- Compensaances not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of one hundred thou- tion to sand dollars, as the court in its discretion may grant in proceedings instituted under this act, to the owners or parties interested therein, and said city may, pursuant to the provisions of title four of chap- Assessment ter seventeen of the Greater New York charter as amended, assess all or any part of the cost, expense, compensation and damages benefited. incurred for or on account thereof, upon real property benefited as a result thereof including such costs and additional allowances as shall have been granted and allowed by the court to the claimant or claimants in the proceeding.

owners.

of cost on property

property

in city

decree.

case

§ 2. Should the board of estimate and apportionment deem it When in the public interest that title to said rights, easements, fran- may vest chises and property of every nature and description authorized prior to by this act to be acquired, should become vested in the city of final New York prior to the entry of the final decree in the proceeding to ascertain the compensation and damages sustained by the owners and parties interested therein by reason of such acquisition and extinguishment of rights therein, said board, at any time after the entry of the order of the supreme court granting the application of said city to condemn the same, may, by a three-fourths vote, and without the consent or approval of the transit commission, direct that title to said rights, easements, franchises and property shall be and become vested in the said city upon a specified date, and upon the date specified the said city shall be and become seized of said rights, easements, franchises and property. In case title to said rights, easements, franchises and property In such shall vest in said city pursuant to a resolution of said board prior interest to to the entry of the final decree in the proceeding to acquire the be added to same, interest at the legal rate upon the sum or sums to which the owners or parties interested are justly entitled, upon the date of the vesting of title in said city, from said date to the date of the final decree of the court shall be awarded by the court, as part of the compensation to which such owners are entitled and included in the assessments for benefit. In case title shall not vest in said city prior to the entry of the final decree, it shall become vested on the entry of the said final decree. Upon the vesting of Sale of title in said city the commissioners of the sinking fund of said city shall cause said elevated railroad structure, tracks, stations, platforms, stairways and appurtenances to be offered for sale at public auction, notice of which shall be published in the City Record for ten consecutive days. The said commissioners may reject any Removal or all bids received at such sale. In case no bids shall be received when no at such sale, or in case all of the bids received shall be rejected received.

award.

structures.

bids