I 14 . FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 215, 216. 1890. west ; thence west along the line between townships twenty-four and twenty-five when extended to the Pacino Ocean; thence south along the western coast of the State to the place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby, constituted a new lan district, to be called the Che- 0;;,,,; 0;,,,,;, halis land district of the State of Washington, and the land office for said district shall be located at the city o Olym ia. Columbia, lgggd dlp Sec. 2. That all that portion of the State of g7Vashington begin-
- '*;M__,__ ning at a point on the northern boundary of the State where the
Columbia guide meridian, when projected, will intersect the said northern boundary of the State; thence west along said northern boundary to a point where the same intersects the summit of the Cascade range of mountains; thence south along the summit of said . Cascade range to a point where the fifth standard parallel north when projected wi 1 intersect said range ; thence east along said fifth standard parallel to the intersection thereof with the Columbia guide meri ian, between ranges thirty and thirty-one east ; thence north following said guide meridian to the place of beginning be, and the • same is hereby constituted a new land district, to be called the Co- 0m,.,,,w,,,,,.,m,,, lumbia land istrict in the State of Washington, and the land office for said district shall be located at the town of Waterville. · negsm md rs- Sec. 3. That the President, by and with the advice and consent of °"'°'°°"°'!’P°“"°"- the Senate, is herebg authorize to appoint a register and receiver for each of said lan districts hereby created, who shall reside at the pllaces where their respective land offices are located, and who shall ve the same authority and shall perform the same and similar duties, and receive the same fees, emoluments, and compensation as registers and receivers discharging like duties in other land offices in the State of Washington, an said land districts shall be subject as other land districts are 'l111d0I' the laws to be chan ed or consolidated with any other land district or districts, andgthe said land giiiczes may be changed to any other location by order of the Presien . Approved, May 16, 1890. my 16,m0_ CHAP. 216.-—An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of ————;—~ a. public building thereon, at Atchison, in the State of Kansas. Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ' Awmso¤.1¤.¤¤. United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary P“*’“° "“'*'”¤¢·°‘°· of the Treasur}y be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acsiu. quire, by purc ase, condemnation or otherwise, a site, and to cause enum;. to be erected thereon, a suitable building, including fire-proof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and apiproaches. for the use and accommodation of the United States post—o ce and other Government offices in the city of Atchison, and State of Kansas, the Cm- cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches complete, not to . exceed the sum of one hundred thousan dollars. · Proposals. Pro osals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited by public advertisement in one or more of the newspapers of said city of largest circulation for at least twenty datys prior to the date specined in said advertisement for the opening o said proposals. neepemes. 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 proper Examination. em., to designate, to be examined in person by an agent of the Treasury °’T"“‘“'"$°"‘· 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 ma s. plats, and statements which shall have come mto his possession relating to the said proposed sites.
