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304 FOBTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. ll. Gm.59, 64, 60. 1885. Ccmmisswp <·>r¤ of Columbia. are hereby authorized and required to malac all reasonable °f "h° p*’“"°“ °f and needful rules and regulations for preserving pqblxc order and pro- Exlmmgs g;;;? tccting life and property and fog regulpting and iixing l31'€B by pubI1c mg puuuc order convcyauccs during the aforesand penod any pexisou vmlalzing any of and to r¤g¤1¤·§<> such rules and regulations shall be liable to a line 111 the pohcc court of £° °L£:b1‘° the District of Columbia not to exceed twenty-ilvc dollars. Pxnlnsy. Approved, February 13th, 1885. . February 14 ] 8S5 CHAP. 64.- An not be provide fzr th8m N0 of a public buildihg in tho city of · i... Ilglll B. Bo it enacted by the Senate and Hmm: of Representatives of the United Au ¤. Me. States of America in Congress assembled, That. the Secretary of the Treas- Puglllztbmiipz- ury bc, and ho hereby is, authorized and directed to purchase or other- P“°h”° °f"“*°· wisc provide a suitable site, and cause to be erected thereon, at the city of Augusta, in the State of Maine, a substantial and commodious public building, with tim-proof vaults, ibn- tho use and accommodation of tha pcstroffice, United States courts, internal-revenue oillco, pension offico, and for other Government uses. The sito, and the building thereon, when completed according to plans and specifimtions to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, CM- shall not exceed the cost of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and it shall be the duty of tho Socmmry of the Treasury, after the site Uhm- for said building shall have been purchased, to cause a plan and speciications of said building to be prepared, which plan and specifications shall not involve au expenditure, in the erection and completion of said building and the approaches thereto, exceeding the portion of said one hundred and fifty thousand dollars remaining after the site of said building shall have been paid for; and 110 plan for said building shall be approved by the Secretary of the Tmasmy involving sm expenditure exceeding the sum so remaining after paying br the site of said building; and the site purchased shall leave tho building uncxposod to danger from tim in mliacout buildings by au open space of at least ilfty feet, including streets and alleys; and for tha purposes herein men- Appmpunim. tioucd the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars is hereby uppropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treaspm,;,.,, ury: Provided, That no pmt of said sum shall be expended until as rms, valid title to the said site shall be vested in the United States, and the State of Maine shall ceda to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owners thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of any civil process therein. Approved, February 14th, 1885. February 14, 1885. CRAP. 65.-—~An not for the emotion of a public building at Tray New York. Ba it enacted by the Senate and House o Rapremstatiua q/'tI•• United Troy! N. Y. States of America in Congress asmnblcdf That the Secretary of the

 Treasury bc, and he is hereby authorized and directed to purchase a
‘ sntc for, and muse to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with timproof vaults therein,for the accommodation of the Post Oman, internal- ·

revenue odlces, United States courts, and other Government omccs, at Hm;. the city of Troy, New York, The plans, specifications, and full esti mates for said building shall be previously made and approved accord- Cust. ing to law, and shall not exceed for the site and building and spproachcs complete the sum of two hundred thousand dollars: .Pb·oo£d•d,