326 Firrr-SEVENTH cosennss. sms. 1. on. msc. nm. _,j$;°_’$l’;§sf,*;°sP°¤· Sec. 20. That proposals for the sale of land suitable for all sites, or ` additions to sites, provided for in this Act, respectively, shall be invited by public advertisement in one of the newspapers of said cities, respectively, of largest circulation for at least twenty days (prior to the ate specified in said advertisement for the opening of said proposals. E¤•¢;·*’°¤°*P’** 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, and such others as he may think lproper to designate, to be examined in person by an agent of the reasury 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 b the original proposals, and all maps, plats, and statements which shall have come into his possession relating to the said proposed sites. °°¤*¤°°°· Sec. 21. That in all contracts entered into with the United States, after the date of the approval of this Act, for the construction or ‘ repair of any public building or public work under the control of mgm ***1*** the Treasury Ulepartment, a stipulation shall be inserted for liquiwedated damages for delay; and the Secretary of the Treasury is herebyauthorized and empowered to remit the whole or any part of Pmmdinss. such mages as in his discretion may be just and equitable; and in all suits hereafter commenced on any such contracts or on any bond given in connection therewith it shall not be necessary for the United States, whether laintid or defendant, to prove actual or specilic damages sustainedlby the Government by reason of delays, but such stipulation for liquidated damages shall be conclusive and binding u n a l rties. mcgggfrjgig tgnglgé PS12c. 22IiaThat the Secretary of the Treasury, the Postmaster-Genuulidmgs. P eral, and the Attorney-General of the United States shall cause to be 1°"*"·"‘"°· examined the Government buildings in the followirlrg cities, to wit: Watertown New York; Grand Rapids, Michigan; ouston, Texas; South Bend, Indiana; Duluth, Minnesota; Lima, Ohio; Jerse City, B¤P°¤"-* New Jerse ; Knoxville, Tennessee; Syracuse, New York, and? make reports to Congress at its next session showing in detail the condition of the building in each city named, whether of insufficient capacity to transact public business, and if so the most economical and best method ¥*$‘{=*{g;;{g,*; gl of affording relief. The reports should show the value of each build- Ednolnlu and mm, ing and site, the cost of purchasing additional ground and size thereof, §f‘“";}2,‘§{°“§‘,~§$,’{*Q',E; the cost of constructing an addition, if one is necessary, or the cost of N- Y- a near site; and bugldinglphqlwirge cost; of epchhseparately in cage thlat is the on y reme y, an the cre ry o the reasur is ere directed to investigate the postal situation at Honolulii and Hild; Territory of Hawaii: Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Yonkers, New York, and report to Congress at its next session the probable cost of a suitable site in said city u n which to erect a post-office building, and the Secretary of the Tlilzasury is hereby authorized to prepare plans and specifications for the enlargement of the United States postcoruunms. ohm office and court-house, or for the construction of a new post-office and court-house, at Columbus, Ohio. as he may deem advisable, at a cost _ not td exceed five thousand dollars. b‘;}$,;“§§,°{;c';L';,€ Sec. 23. That an Act to provide for the erection of a building in {agar pgggsgcg. D3- the city of Washington, District of Columbia, for the Department of p,-,,,;§;_ " °’Justice, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, is Qfggxgéghl?-bu,_ hereby repealed, and the Attorney`}General of the United States is gum- c<¤‘¤¤>d into hereby directed to cover into the ettsury of the United States the ”"°""’ balance of the appropriation carried in said Act and unexpended. and tile therewith an 1temized statement showing when and for what uremm. pose any portion of said hgppropriation was expended: Provided, Zaacmunamsepuun ever. That the Attorney eneral shall first level and otherwise make °“’°’· presentable the grounds belonging to the Government at the corner
