THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 242. 1854. 571 by authorized to pay the same to said Rives, to be applied by him for that purpose. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Trea- Public Buildsury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be con- l'!S*‘··i¤m`°’°¤* structed the following buildings: At Ellsworth, Maine, for the accommo- °m°” md °°w°°‘ dation of the custom-house and post-ofiice, a building of brick, with fireproof floors, constructed of iron beams and brick work, iron roof, shutters, sills, &c., twenty-five feet by thirty, and twenty-tive feet in height from the foundation, to cost not more than ten thousand dollars; At Belfast, Maine, for the accommodation of the custom—house and post-office, a building of like materials, forty-five feet by thirty-two, and thirty-two feet high and to cost not more than twenty thousand dollars; At Gloucester, Massachusetts, Toledo, Ohio, Burlington, Vermont, and Sandusky, Ohio, for the accommodation of the custom-house and post-oflice, a building of like materials, sixty feet by forty-five feet, and thirty-two feet from the foundation, and to cost not more than forty thousand dollars for each building; At Milwaukie, Wisconsin, for the accommodation of the P08b P- 60* custom—house, post·oflice, and United States courts, a building of like material, sixty feet by forty-five feet, forty-eight feet in height from the foundation, to costnot more than fifty thousand dollars ; At New Haven, Connecticut, Newark, New Jersey, Buffalo, New York, Oswego, New York, Wheeling, Virginia, Chicago, Illinois, and Detroit, Michigan, each for the accommodation of the custom·house, post·ofiice, United States courts, and steamboat inspectors, a building of stone, of like floors, beams, roofs, shutters, &c., eighty-five feet by sixty feet, sixty feet in height from the foundation, to cost not more than eighty-eight thousand dollars for each building; the PM, p- 674- building at Detroit to be erected upon a water lot, belonging to the United States; At Galveston, Texas, for the accommodation of the custom-house, post-oflice, and United States courts, a building of brick, of like floors, beams, roofs, shutters, &c., forty-five feet by seventy feet, forty-eight feet high from the foundation, with a portico on two sides, and to cost not more than one hundred thousand dollars; At Petersburg, Virginia, for the accommodation of the custom-house and post-office, a building of stone, of like floors, beams, roofs, shutters, &c., sixty feet by forty- five feet, thirty-two feet high from the foundation, to cost not more than sixty-two thousand dollars. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the several sums mentioned in Provisions no the preceding section of this act, as the cost of the buildings therein au- §!§’§°?;‘,§,°,‘f]§,"&_ thorized to be constructed, together with ten per cent. thereon, to cover ings. the compensation of architects, superintendents, advertising, and other contingent expenses, and so much as may be required to purchase suitable sites for said buildings, be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for the purposes aforesaid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That no money hereby appropriated pm,;,,, ,,,, to shall be used or applied for the purposes mentioned, until a valid title to ¤it¤¤- the land for the sites of such buildings, in each case, shall be vested in the United States, and until the State shall also duly release and relinquish to the United States the right to tax, or in any way assess said site, or the property of the United States that may be thereon, during the time that the said United States shall be or remain the owner thereof Sec. 4. And be it further enacted That the Secretary of the Trea- Mum map;. sury be, and he his hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be con- WB- structed the following buildings: At New Orleans, Louisiana, a marine hospital, to cost not more than two hundred and forty-eight thousand dollars; and when said hospital shall have been completed, the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause the old hospital at New Orleans to be sold, and the proceeds thereof to be placed in the Treasury of the United States.
