;§ 1448]                      Proceedings Exempted.                           695

ceedings for the purpose of opening any streets, avenues or public
jjlaces, parks or parkways, or to any proceedings for the improve¬
ment of or in connection with the water supply of The City of New
York, or for the acquisition of lands for sewers or drains as pro¬
vided in section five hundred and sixty-one of this act, or for the
acquisition of wharf property for the improvement of the water¬
front of said city, or to any proceedings, of any nature, instituted
jjrior to the time of the taking effect of this act, and such pro¬
ceeding shall be conducted in all respects as if this act had not
'been passed.
See L. 188S, ch. 410, §§ 1448, 1934-1935.