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336 · FOBTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 260-262. 1885. shall have been purchased to cause plans and specification of said building to be prepared,which said plans and specifications shall not involve an expenditure in the erection and completion of said building exceeding the portion of one hundred thousand dollars remaining after the site of said building shall have been paid for._ No plan shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving_au expenditure exceeding the sum which remains after paying for the site of said build- Prooiao. ing: Provided, That the site shall leave the building unexposed to danger from nre in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than _ fifty feet, including streets and alleys; and that no money appropriated T‘*’l°· for this purpose shall be available until a valid title to the site for sa1d building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the of Wisconsin shall have ceded to the United States exclusive Jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owners thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein. Appropriation. Sec. 2. That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the purpose of carrying into eifeet the provisions of this act. Approved, February 28, 1885. CHAP. 2 —An not to authorize the creta of the Treas to erect a ublic

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Kev wm, p·;,_ States of America. in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Public building. ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to select, of the lands Site- owned by the United States in the city of Key West, Florida, a suitable building site, and to cause to be erected thereon a suitable brick or stone building for the use a·nd accommodation of the United States district and circuit courts, custom·house, post—oiIice, and other Government C°°“· offices in that city, at a cost not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars; and the building hereby authorized shall be so erected as to aford an open space of not less than forty feet between it and any other build- _ _ ing; and the sum of one hundred thousand dollars is hereby appro- APP¤‘j>P¤¤*¤°¤· printed, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, ?j‘°¤‘¤°· for the purpose herein mentioned: Provided, That no money appro- T¤*l¤- priated for said building and land shall be available until a valid title to the site selected is vested in the United States, nor until the State of Florida 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, February 28, 1885. hymn., 28, 1885 CHAP. 262.-—-An act for the erectiotpnpfua public building at Sacramento, Cali- Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 R?>·esentat€ves 0 t ' Snci·nmengo,Qal. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary off this §£>'h¤ b¤¤id¤¤s· my be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site for and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with ilre-proof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the post-office landomce internalrevenue office, signal-office, and other G-ovunmeht ohlces, at - Plans, cm, etc. the city of Sacramento, California. The plans, specillcutions and full estimates for said building shall be previously made and approved ao-