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892 SIXTY·THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 77. 1915. . 5· CHAP. .-— ` le ation rovidi for the ac uisition M!lgih5§°g31 of a site anldzlie ldd1nslli·iic§gn8d1fi1ub1uil)i11iiitgDi?herep:i1 for th}; acconilfnodation ofqthe poet [Public, No. ass.] office, UnitpdH§tates conariésgrcgiatglmgilpppseécsznd other governmental offices at Honolulu, Territory o wan, an . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United H¤¤¤1¤1y¤, H¤W¤ii· States of America in Congress assembled, That the Acts of June thireuSi1aiA°§,S£:iYZ»ir`ii§ii° tieth, nineteen hundred and six (Thirty-fourth Statutes, page seven V°*-*”·PP·m·’°‘· hundred and e` hty-two), June thirtieth, mneteen hundred and six (Thirty-fourth Statutes, page seven hundred and nmety-four), May v¤L as. pp. ew, sa, thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight (Thirty-fifth Statutes, page four

    • 5* hundred and ninety), May thirtieth, nineteen hundred an eight,

(Thirty-fifth Statutes page five hundred and forty-one), March fourth, v¤1.ae,pp.m, xm nineteen hundred and nine (Thirty·6fth Statutes, page mne hundred and fifty-one), June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundre and ten (Thirty- sixth Statutes, p six hundred and ninety-six), March fo1u·th, nineteen hundred anfdgzleven (Thirty-sixth Statutes, page thirteen hunvoh av. p. we dred and seventy-three), March fourth, nineteen hun red and thirteen ‘"‘“* p' 21°‘ (Thirty-seventh Statutes, page eight hundred and snxty-six), and October twenty-second, nineteen hundred and thirteen, providing for the acquisition of a site, the enlargement thereof, and the construction of a building thereon for the accommodation of the post office, United States courts, customhouse, and other governmental olilices at Honolulu, Territori of Hawaii, be, and the same are hereby, amended so as to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury, in lieu of enlargingthe site heretofore for said building, to eel] and convey, by usual quitclaim d , said site to the highest bidder, at public or private sale, after giving notice adyertisement for thirty days in at least two newspapers pubhs ed m said city of

  • ,{g=;g>§_;¤§11gg¤¤¤?mn_ Honolulu, at a minimum price of not less than $165,000; and the

irributorstc improving Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to arr e for the "“‘ reimbursement of the contributors to the opening and ciggcation of Bishop Street adjoining said site, through any relivponsible fiscal agent Premise. _ in Honolulu whom he may designate: Provided, at the agent serves ,t£°"°‘" ‘""‘ °g°””’ without compensation; and the Secretary of the Treasmy is authorized to deposit with such agent $35,000 of the amount realized from the sale of the present site, and take a bond from the agent for the full deposit; and the agent shall ascertain the names of the contributors, and the amounts contributed, and shall reimburse them, takin receipt in each case, the reimbursement to be the amount contributed without interest; and the receipt obtained by the fiscal agent shall be considered as evidence of the reimbursement, and the persons so D¤¤rf¤¤¢i<>¤- reimbursed shall have no further claim. The appointment of the Hscal agent and the conditions imder which the reimbursement is to be arranged shall be advertised in at least two local newspapers of wide circulation a stated number of times, and no one of the original contributors shall be entitled to reimbursement unless the claim is filed with the ent within one year after the last time the matter referred to is aildvertised. The difference between the amount obtained for the sale of the site and $35,000 shall be deposited in the Treasug as a miscellaneous receipt, and any balance of the $35,000 which e designated fiscal agent is unable to return to the original contributors shall also be turned into the Treasury as a miscellaneous m-Qgg‘L=,;¤jg_e wr Sita receipt; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to acquire, bty purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a new and conveniently ocated site of ample area for said authorized building, and to enter into contract, within the limit o'f cost of $275,000, for the mmimcm acquisition of such new site and for the erection and completion of Former ggjmpph. the heI‘et9forB_8l1th0mzed: Provided, That the cost of such “°”’°""“‘ - new site and of said bmlding shall not exceed the total of the limits of cost heretofore ixed, to wit, $1,325,000: Promkled further, That all