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1092 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Suss. II. Cris. 556, 557. 1891. rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may make to .r·m»:.mn carry out the provisions of this act: Provided, That the right of way s ‘C°“‘¥""*‘°“· herein granted shall be lost and forfeited by said company unless the road is constructed and in running order through said reservation within three years from the assage of this act; Provided further, _ Station at rmnem That when said railroad shall have been constructed to the south end ‘I*"“°· of said Flathead Lake said company may establish a temporary ter- , minal station on the shore of said lake, on grounds not exceeding three thousand feet square, and, pending completion of said railroad, may utilize the waters of said Flathead Lake for transportation purposes. M¤¤<=¤<1¤>¤¤t ¤¤¤- thSEO. 4. That Congress may at any time amend, alter, or repeal is act. Approved, March 3, 1891. March 3, 1891. CHAP. 557.-An act to provide for the urchase of a site, and the erection of a

  • ··‘—;‘_ public building thereon, at Clarksville, in the State of Tennessee; *

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

 Tenn United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary

P“u‘° °“m'“" of the Treas1u·y be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acssm. quire, by urchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site, and cause to be erected) thereon a suitable building, including fire-proof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and ap roaches, for _ the use and accommodation of the United States post-o£ce and other Government offices in the cit of Clarksville and State of Tennessee, cm. the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heating and . ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of thirty-five thousand ollars. P,,,,,,,,],, ,,0 b,, M. Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited

  • ¤¤‘¤¤¤¤f¤¤‘· 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 proposals. nsspnnnen 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 roper to Examination by designate, to be examined in person by an agent of the Treasury

  • -Mm ¤¤¤¤*· 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 by the original proposals and all maps, plats, and statements which shall have come into his possession re ating to the said proposed sites. uippezntmenzos If, upon consideration of 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 whom s all be an officer of the Treasury De artment, which rmminemn. commission shall also examine the said proposed) sites, and such others as the Secretary of the Treasury ma designate, and grant nw-ings, such hearings in relation thereto as they shall, deem macessary ; and said commission shall, within thirty days after such examination, anepon. make to the Secretary of the Treasury written report of their conclusion in the premises, accom anied by all statements, maps, plats, or documents taken by or submitted to them, in like manner as hereinbefore provided in regard to the proceedin s of said agent of the Treasury epartment; and the Secretary of Sie Treasury shall mggwmmmmdb thereupon finally determine the location of the building to be erected. ' 0.,§,,,,,,,m°,, of The compensation of said commissioners shall be fixed by the Secre-

  • =<>¤¤¤¤*¤¤¤¤· tary of the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars per

` P¤>v¤·¤- day and actual traveling expenses: Provided, however, That the ¤‘r¤•¤u·ymcmb¤r- member of said commission appointed from the Treasury Department shall be paid only his actual traveling expenses.