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120 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. L Ons. 291, 292. 1890. nupmsa Proposals made in response to said advertisement shall be addressed and mailed to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall then cause the said proposed sites, an such others as he may think riroper to n¤mm¤m,ew.,¤r designate, to be examined in person by an agent of the reasury “°°°"g°"°‘ Department, who shall make written report to said Secretary of the results of said examination, and of his recommendation thereon, and the reasons therefor, which shall be accompanied by the original propo®s and all maps, plats, and statements which shall have come mto his possession re ating to the said proposed sites. If, upon consideration of said report and accompanying papers, the_Secretary of the Treasury shall deem further investigation nec- Examiningcommis- essary, he may} appoint a commission of not more than three per- “°“· sons, one of w om shall be an officer of the Treasury Department, which commission shall also examine the said proposed sites, and such others as the Secretary of the Treasury maly designate, and grant such Burman hearings in relation thereto as they sha] deem necessary; and said commission shall, within thirty days after such examination, make Commission report. to the`Secretary of the Treasury written report of their conclusion in the premises, accompanied by all statements, maps, plats, or documents takenelgr or su mitted to them, in like manner as herein- · before provid in regard to the proceedings of said agent of the ' Treasury Department; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall theremnndetermmstion. upon iinally determine the location of the building to be erected.

¤’°°¤· The comlpensation of said commissioners shall be fixed lay the Sec-

' retary of e Treasury but the same shall not exceed six ollars per

              • 0- day and actual traveling expenses ; Pro vided, however, That the

T¤¤•i*·•¤::m;; *° member of said commission appointed- from the Treasury Depart- ' ment shall be paid only his actual traveling expenses. _£ m¤ No money s all be used for the p·urp<;ses mentioned, until a valid mm ,,5 j""" title to the site for said building shall vested in the United States nor until the State of Pennsylvania shall have ceded to the United ‘ States exclusive ’urisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, or all purposes i except the administration of the criminal laws of said State an the service of civil process therein. 01»¤¤1=¤¤¤- The building shall be unexposed to danger from fire by an open space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys. Approved, May 24, 1890. my “‘·m°· CHAP. 292.-An act to amend an act entitled "An act to aid vesmls wrecked or disabled in the waters conterminous to the United States and the Dominion of Canada," approved June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the omuum nuns, United States of America in Congress assemble , That an act enti- °*§;, ,,,1 v,,,,,,, di, tled "An act to aid vessels wrecked or disabled in the waters conter-

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t*:‘;ig;>·{eggi minous to the United States and the Dominion of Canada,” approved

smeaew. June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, be, and the _,,Yj§;M’f°· F ‘"’· same is hereby, amended so that the same will read as follows: "That Canadian vessels and wrecking appurtenance may render aid and assistance to Canadian or other vessels and property wrecked, disabled, or in distress in the waters of the United States contiguous hmm. to the Dominion of Canada: Provided, That this act shall not take nwpmuy. effect until fproclamation by the President of the United States that the privilege o aiding American or other vessels and property wrecked, isabl , or in distress in Canadian waters contiguous to the United States has been extended by the Government of the Dominion of Canada to American vessels and wrecking appliances of all descri - nmmmn. tions. This act shall be construed to aplply to the Welland Canal. the canal and improvement of the waters etween Lake Erie and Lake Huron, and to the waters of the Saint Mary’s River and canal: And O