Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 26.djvu/759

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706 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 44-46. 1891. rreasmy member. member of said commission appointed from the Treasury Department shall 'be paid onl his actual traveling expenses. Ns>¤x¤¤¤di¤¤r¤ until No money shail be used for the purpose mentioned until a valid mud °m°'°t°"p°°°' title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, ' nor until the State of Missouri 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 except the administration of the criminal laws of said State an the service of civil process therein. <>p¤¤¤p¤¤¤- The building shall be unexposed to danger from tire by an open space of at least forty feet on each side, inc uding streets and alleys. Approved, January 2, 1891. January 2, 1891. CHAP. 45.-An act providing for a public building in South Bend, Indiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the g¤b*,}£¤¤nd·r Mm United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary ’of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to ur— chase, procure by condemnation proceedings, or otherwise provide a sane. site. and cause to be erected thereon, in the city of South Bend, in Building. the State of Indiana, a suitable building for the use and accommodation of the postoffice and other Government offices in said city, with fire proof vaults. The site and the building thereon, when completed Hmm according to plans and specifications to be previously approved by 0¤¤¤· the Secretary of the Treasury, not to exceed the cost of seventy-tive f*~·>i·•<>- thousand do lars: Provided, hat there shall be an open s ace of not °°“" s’°°°` less than forty feet upon every side of said building, including streets 1~{¤et{p:¤dit¤r¤¤¤¤¤¤ and alleys, and that no part of said sum shall be ex ended until a "M valid tit e to said site shall be vested in the United States and the State of Indiana shall cede to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of any civil process therein. Approved, January 2, 1891. January 2.1891. N 4i§.—An act to provide for the erection of a public building at Reidsville ort aro ma. be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representati·ves of the gf;*¤1l¤h N"·¤- m United States ofrlmerica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary ‘of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pur- S*°°· chase or otherwise provide a suitable site for and cause to be erected B““'“”¤· thereon a substantial and commodious building, with fire proof vaults extending to each story, for the use and accommodation of the post office, the United States courts, custom—house, internalrevenue offices, a11d other Government offices, at Reidsville, in the State of North Carolina. The site and building thereon, when completed upon plans and specifications to be previously made and C°“*· approve by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed in cost ufgfmd the sum of twenty-tive thousand dollars; nor shall any site be purmates approved. chased until estimates for the erection of a building w ich 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 Eilld paid for. Limitation shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury; and no pprchase of site nor plan for said building shall be approved by the cretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the