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698 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 32, 33. 1890. and for other Government uses. The site and building thereon, . when completed upon plans and specifications to be previously made and a proved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed in Cost. cost the sum of fifty thousand dollars ; nor shall any site be purchased No puigcbase of site until estimates for the erection of a building which will furnish _§‘{1,s*§,'}§},‘}g$§dF"" sufficient accommodations for the transaction of the public business, and which shall not exceed in cost the balance of the sum herein 1·¤¤i¤¤¤¤¤- limited after the site shall have been purchased and paid for, shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury ; and no purchase of site nor plan for said building shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the Promo. said sum of fifty thousand dollars for site and buildin : Provided, _va1fig*L§]’g¤g;;“’°P8“:;*“ That no money to be appropriated for said building shall be used ’ "until a valid title to the site selected, which site shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an ‘0i¤=¤ mw- open space of at least nfty feet, including streets and alleys, shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Wisconsin shall have ceded jurisdiction over the same for all purposes, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, except for the enforcement of the criminal laws of the State and the service of civil process therein, ’ Approved, December 24, 1890. December 25, 1890- CHAP. 33.-An act authorizing the city of Albany, i the county of Linn, State "_‘—"_" of Oregon, to construct a bridge across the Willamette giver, in said State, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 0,{,‘lf“,$,,{$,L{,“g‘§’fg’; United States of America Congress assembled, That the city of Xiflmegc River at Albany, in the county of Linn, State of Oregon, be authorized and w,;;,, 3,% fmt, 0, permitted to build a wagon and foot bridge across the Willamette ‘:;;$,°ghf,°é>;·¤d **8* iver, at such point as may be selected opposite the said city, and ` between the counties of Linn and Benton, in said State of Oregon. _ Such bridge may also, at the option of said cit , be so constructed as P*‘””"°· to be available as a railroad bridge: Provided? That in either case FM “*“8°**°¤· said bridge shall not interfere with the free navigation of said river, uugsmm. . and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction, or alleged obstruction, to the free navigation of said river by reason of the construction of said bridge, the cause may be tried before the circuit court of the United States in and for the district in whose jurisdiction any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be. _"__f3_,¤¤¢¤¤¢¤i¤¤ vv- Sec. 2. That such bridge, built under the provisions of this act, ' may, at the option of the city of Albany, be built as a draw-bridge, homme. or with unbroken, continuous spans, provided if such bridge shall Sims. be made with unbroken, continuous sans the main s an shall be over the main channel of such navigable river, and shalil be of such width and the lowest part of the superstructure shall be of such height above extreme high-water mark as the Secretary of War may ram. prescribe, and such bridge shall be at right angles to, and its piers _ parallel with, the channel or current of said river. And if such ,¤g’°"·'>¤**G¢ ·>P¢¤· ridge, built under this act, shall be constructed as a draw—br1dge the same shall be constructed with the o ening over the center or wmntew. channel of the river, and shall be of such) width and character of ram. construction as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, and the piers Im"- of such bridge shall be parallel with the current, and the draw of _ such bridge shall be over the main or deep channel of the river: OP°m¤8 0* hw- Provided_ also, That said draw shall be opened promptl u on a I‘€·3— sonable signal for the passage of boats, and in no case shall) unneces- _ sary delay occur in o ening said draw. ugmr °°°· And said cit_y of Albany shall maintain at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on such bridge as the