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544 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Gus. 363-365. 1887. minutes west, ninety-two links; thence north thirty-six degrees and forty-iivo minutes west, three chains and forty-eight ]lDkS ; thence north sixtyscvou degrees and forty-tivo minutes west, 0I18 0]]i1l11 3ll(l thirty- two links; thence north thirtymwo degrees and tlurty minutes west, three chains and sixty-eight: links; thence north twenty degrees and forty-five minutes west, five chains and fifty links; thoncc north twelve degrees and fifteen minutes east, two chains and forty links; thence north sixty-four degrees and thirty minutes cast, one cl1aiu a.ud thirty- six links; thence south eighty-seven degrees and thirty minutes east, one chain and fiftythreo links to place of beginning, containing, in all of above description, tivo and seventeen one-hundredths acres of land ; variation five degrees cast. Patent to issue. Sec. 2. That upon the approval of this act the Commissioner of tho General Land Oilioo shall issue: :1 patent for said land to said city of Aurora, and said patent shall iuuro to said city of Aurora and its successor forcver. Approved, March 3, 1887. Mah 3 lS87 CHAP. 364.-A11 act making appropriations to pay pensions to soldiers and sailors .-.-4; of the Mexican war, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appropriations States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby appro-

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W2 Ptf““"?““· for the paymentof the pensions provided for under the act entitled “An n , p. 371. . . . . . act granting pensions to tho soldiers and sailors of the Mexican war,. and for other purposes/’ approved J amuary twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, as follows: For tho balance of the Hscul year ending J uno thirtiotb, eighteen hundred and oigl1ty-sevo¤, two million three hundred thousand dollars; for the fiscal ycarcuding J unc thirticth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, tour million six hundred thousand Pmma. dollars; in ull, six million nine hundred thousand dollars: Provided, Avuimne until That the whole sum herein appropriated shall be available for expendi- Jmw 30, 1888. ture until the close of the tiscal year ending Juno thirtieth. eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. Approved, March 3, 1887. Mum 3 18572 CHAP. 365.-Au acts to provide for tho erection of a public building in the nityor .4 Duytou, Ohio. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Dayton, Ohio. Stntes of America in Congress assembled,' That the Secretary of the Trous- Pubiic \>¤i1<ii¤g· ury bo, and ho hereby is, authorized and directed to purchase or other. Sm. wisc provide sx suitable site, and cause to be erected thereon, uu the city of Ihyton, in tho State of Ohio, 21 substantial and commodious public building, with hroproof vaults, for tho uso and acommodution of the post-officc, internal-revenue office, pension offncc. uml for other Government uses. The sito, and tho building thereon, when completed accord- Plans, etc. ing to plans aud spaciiications to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed the cost of one hundred Limit and fifty thousand dollars; nor shall any site be purchased until esti. mates ior tho erection of u building which will furnish suhicicut accommodatious for tho transaction of the public business, and which shall not exceed in cost tho balance of thu sum herein limited atter tho site · shall have been purchased and paid for, shall have been approved by tho Secretary of the Treasury; and the site purchased shall leave the Qpqu 8pm_ building unexposad to danger from Bro in adjacent buildings by an open space of at least fifty feet, including streets and alleys; and for the pur- Appmpdatiom poses herein mentioned the sum of 0110 hundred and fifty thousand do1· lars is hereby appropriated, out ofauy moneys in the Treasury not other-