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128 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 401, 402. 1890. If, upon consideration of said relport and accompanying papers, the Secretary of the Treasury shal deem further investigation nec- Apppspzmeue or essary, he may appoint a commission of not more than three persons, °°“"'““‘°"· one of whom shallobe an officer of the Treasury Delpartment, which commission shall also examine the said propose sites, and such others as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, and grant such hearings in relation thereto as they shall deem necessary; and Examination and said commission shall, within thirty days after such examination, "°’°'°‘ make to the Secretary of the Treasury written report of their con- ` clusion in the premises, accompanied by all statements, maps, plats, or documents taken by or submitted to them, in like manner as A hereinbefore ygovided in regard to the proceedings of said agent of mammmnon or the Treasury epartment; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall ‘°°‘°‘°“· thereupon finally determine the location of the building to be erected. Gemgpsstion of The 0n of said commissioners shall be nxed by the °° °°°”‘ Secretaryreasury but the same shall not exceed six dollars P¢<¤¤¥¤·>· per day and actual trave ing expenses z Provided, however, That the mwuymmmr. member of said commission appointed from the Treasury Department shall be paid only his actual traveling expenses. $9 *0* cg mm, So much of the appropriation herein ma e as may be necessav to summa. defray the expenses of advertising for proposals, actual trave ing expenses of said agent, and the compensation and actual traveling ex uses of said commissioners, and other explenses incident to the selg:t1diam1'o11 of ifhlelsite, and for necessary survey thereof, shall be immey ava a e. A¤¤¤¤¤¤ •¤¤¤!¤*· So much of said appropriation as may be necessar for the repa- °P°°°°"°"l°f°°°' ration of sketch-lplans, drawings, specifications, anyd detailed estimates for the bui ding by the Supervisin Architect of the Treasury Department shall be available immediately upon the approval by the Segxretary of the Treasury} of sim h H be 11 bl t

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Mgngggmw hereinbefore provided, until a valid title to the site for said building · shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of West Virginia shall have ceded 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 an the service of civil process therein. Pqvmeut rm- rm. After the said site shall have been paid for, and the sketch-plans and detailed estimates for the building shall have been prepared by the Supervising Architect, and approved by the Secretar of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Postmaster-General, ,°¢g=u§*,{,E•;¤¤*·¤¤¢ the balance of said appropriation shall be available for the erection ` and completion of the bui ding, including fire-proof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus. elevators, and approaches. Own spew. The building shall be unexposed to danger from fire by an open · space of at least forty feet, on each side, inc uding streets and alleys. Approved, June 9, 1890.

 CHAP. 402.-An act for the erection of a public building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the C°"*`i" ”“P“{”·I""'°· United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Pl'bh° b"’1d‘"" m' of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to S"" purchase or otherwise provide a suitable site, and cause to be erected _ thereon, at the city of Cedar Rapids, in the State of Iowa, a suitable B““‘*‘”*· and commodious public building. with iireéproof vaults, for the use and accommodation of the ost—office. an for other Government uses. The site, and the buildling thereon. when completed according to plans and specifications to be reviously made and approved by the ¥¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ Mt- Secretary of the Treasury, shall) not exceed the cost of one hundred