FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 389, 390. 1890. 125 Sec. That the drawback certificates herein provided for shall bereceivable for all arrears of general taxes due and unpaid on and R{>g°i'¤l>l¤ *0* Hm prior to the thirtieth day of June next preceding the issue thereof. m ax mmm` Approved, June 2, 1890. CHS?. $90.-An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of June 2,1e00. a public building thereon, at Lynn, in the State of Massachusetts. - ·—···-—‘*·‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Lynn_ Mnnn of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to P“‘°“° ‘>““*““€· m- ac<{)u1re, by (purchase, condemnation or otherwise, a site, and cause SM to e erecte thereon a suitable building, including fire-proof vaults, musing. heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the use an accommodation o the United States post-office and other Government offices, in the city of Lynn and State of Massachusetts, the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heating and Cnnn ventilating apparatus, elevators and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars. Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited Proposals to be suby pu lic advertisement in one or more of the newspapers of said "°"*S°° *°’- city of largest circulation for at least twenty days prior to the date specified in said advertisement for the opening o said proposals. Proposals made in response to said advertisement shal be addressed Responses. and mailed to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall then cause the said proposed sites, an such others as he may think proper to designate, to be examined in person by an agent of the Treasury Examination, nw__ Department, who shall make written report to said Secretar of the by T*°•¤¤¤’·¤¤¤¢· 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. 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, Annninnnnnnnngnnm. one of whom shall be an officer of the Treasury Dhelpartment, which ******0* commission shall also examine the said propos sites, and such others as the Secretary of the Treasury mav designate, and grant such hearings in relation thereto as they shall deem necessary; and aemngs. said commission shall, within thirty days after such examination, Examination and make to the Secretary of the Treasury written report of their con- '°¤’°"· clusion in the premises, accompanied y all statements, maps, plats, or documents taken by or submitted to them, in like manner as ereinbefore provided in regard to the proceedings of said agent of the Treasury Department; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall thereupon iinally determine the location of the building to be erected. mQ<>¢<¤·r¤imri¤¤ot lc The com nsation of said commissioners shall be fixed by the q{§’,$n,nnnn,,nn of Secretary otfthe Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars °°¤¤¤*SS’<>¤¤¤·· per day and actual trave ing expenses: Provided, however, That the P·’<¤*i—·¤>- member of said commission appointed from the Treasury Depart- '1'r¤¤¤¤rr member. ment shall be aid only his actual traveling expenses. No money siiall be used or applied for the purposes mentioned :~;eiexpe¤uac¤re_m;n1 until a valid title to the site for said building s 1all be vested in the ,`§n,{,,,,f§,,‘§,f"" "“"* United States, nor until the State of Massachusetts shall have ceded to the United S ates 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 civil process therein. The building shall be unexposed to danger from fire by an open open spam. space of at least forty feet, on each side, including streets and alleys. Approved, June 2, 1890.
