FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 124, 125. 1891. 739 the use and accommodation of the United States ost-office and other Government offices, in the city of Columbus and State of Georgia, the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heating and ven- °°"* tilating apparatus, elevators, and a proaches, complete, not to exceed the sum 0 one hundred thousand dollars. · Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited v *° ‘*° W _by pu lic advertisement in one or more of the newspapers of said ' city of largest circulation for at least twenty days prior to the date specified in said advertisement for the opening of said lproposals. Proposals made in response to said advertisement shal be addressed F¤¤¤<>¤¤¤¤· and mailed to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall then cause the said proposed sites, an such others as he may think plrpper to designate, to be examined in person by an agent of the easury nnmsmunm, ew., Department, who shall make written report to said Secretary of the "’T'°”‘"’ ‘g"“°‘ results of said examination, and of his recommendation thereon, and the reasons therefor, which shall be accompanied by the originalproposals and all map;, plats, and statements which shall have come into his possession re ting to the said proposed sites. If, upon consideration o said report and accompanying papers, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem further investigation necessary, he may appoint a commission of not more than three persons, one of ,,j*,{g_‘§_'j°¤°°“°°*°°¤*· whom sh be an officer of the Treasury Department, which commis- · sion shall also examine the said dproposed sites, and such others as the m¤ms¤•m¤.. Secretary of the Treasury may esignate, and grant such hearings in H<·>¤i¤z=-- relation thereto as they shall deem necessary; and said commission shall, within thirty days after such examination, make to the Secretary of the Treasury written report of their conclusion in the prem- report; ises, accompanied byall statements, maps, plats, or documents taken by or submitted to them, in like manner as hereinbefore provided in regard to the proceedings of said agent of the Treasury De artment; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall thereupon finally determine llcterminauouotlothe location of the building to be erected. °"°‘°“· The compensation of said commissioners shall be fixed by the Sec- mglelpgimarion or retary of e Treas1.gy, but the same shall not exceed six dollars per °"°”`· day and actual' tra cling `expenses: "Provided, however, That the P""'·’**°- number of said commission appointed: from the Treasury Depart- www ¤¤¤¤¤b¤r- ment shall be paid only his actual traveling expenses. `· . No mone s all be used or applied for the pprposes mentioned, vsyigmpeudgémunm until 3, vaiilmie to the site for said building S ; 1; be_vesta1.‘ in the °· ° ·· °°“°· United States, nor until the State of Creoigia shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, duriiig the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof; orallfpurposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said Sfdte _ __ and the service of civilprocess therein.` ‘_ ,‘ _‘_ ', _ _ ' The building herein providedrfor shall be unexposed to dai ger Own space-. from fire by an open space of at least forty feet, oneach sidefincluding streets and a cys. Approved, February 9, 1891. CHAP. 125.-An act to rovide for the chime of a site, and the erection of a . * public building thereon, atllockford, in thegrtate of Illinois. · I Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represcntcufives of the R¤¤r:em,u;.·_< ~t United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary *`“°"° "“*“‘*”=‘·°*°‘~ of the Treasury be, and he is ereby, authorized and directed to ae dire, by urchase, condemnation, 01* otherwise, a site, and cause Sire. tole erected) thereon a suitable building, including fire proof vaults, B¤u¢u¤g._ heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the DSG and accommodation of the United States posbonice `and other Government offices, in the city of Rockford and State of Illinois, the
