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158 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 782, 797, 798. 1886. July 26, 1886. CHAP. 782.-Au act appropriating money for the completion of the public build— ———···—t· ing at Greensborough, North Carolina. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Greensborough, States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of nine thousand Nigm. b Mm dollars be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury, not other- '° P - g' wise appropriated, for the purpose of completing the public building at ,.,€‘..‘§.‘i'.§2’.§Z"“*’°“‘° emsssimtugt, smh emma,. V¤1-22»1·-9* Appmi-sn, July 26, isse. July 28, 1886, CHAP. 'l9'I.—Au act for the erection of a public building at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Oshkosh, Wis. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Public l>¤iIdi¤g· ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase by private site. sale or condemnation a site for, and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with iire-proof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the United States district and circuit courts, postoftice, and other Govp;,,,,,_ ernment offices, at the city of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The plans, specifi- - _ cations, and full estimates for said building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed for the site and building complete the sum of one hundred thousand dollars; nor shall Estimates. any site be purchased until estimates for the erection of a building which will furnish sufficient accommodations for the transaction of the public business, and which shall not exceed in cost the balance of the sum herein limited after the site shall have been purchased and paid for, Promo. shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury : Provided, That the site shall leave the building unexposed to danger from nre in Open space. adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet, including streets and alleys; and that no money appropriated for this purpose Title. shall be available until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor uniil the State of Wisconsin shall have · ceded 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 Appropriation. and the service of civil process therein. For the purposes of this act the sum of one hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. Approved, July 28, 1886. July 28, 1886. CHAP. 198.--Au act for the relief of the board of Held odloero of the Fourth ··""‘*"""‘ Brigade of South Carolina Volunteer State Troops. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Fourth Brigade, States of America in Congress assembled, That the Court of Claims shall, S011th C¤·¤¤ ¤¤¤ notwithstanding the bar prescribed by any statute of limitation, hear, Egg:;"' S“*° determine, and adjudge any claim or claims of the board of ileld officers 0;,,;,,, of 5,,],1 of the Fourth Brigade of South Carolina Volunteer State Troops, a omcers for mmm- municipal corporation of the State of South Carolina, against the

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Cl'"""' by them, prior to the twenty-first of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and subsequent to July first, eighteen hundred and sixty- eight, of certain buildings on Citadel Green, in the city of Charleston, after the legal termination of the late war; and that any judgment in favor of the claimant rendered hereunder be paid as other judgments of the said court are paid. Approved, July 23, 1886.