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724 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SEss. II. CHS. 8-1, 85. 1891. documents taken by or submitted to them, in like manner as hereinbefore provided in regard to the proceedings of said agent of the oem-mmmouot 10- Treasury Department; and the Secretaryof the Treasury shall there- °°“°" upon finally determine the location of the building to be erected. Oorqpqnsatiou of The com ensation of said commissioners shall be Hxed by the °°m”"“'°"°” Secretary oi? the Treasur , but the same shall not exceed six dollars homo per day and actual traveling expenses : Provided, however, That the '1`¤¤¤¤¤‘¥¤¤¤¤¤b¤¤- member of said commission appointed from the Treasury Depart- _ ment shall be paid only his actual traveling expenses. ,,f"u‘f,°,}”,§ ’“ No money shall be used for the purpose mentioned until a valid ' "title to the site for said buildin shall e vested in the United States, nor until the State of Iowa shail have ceded to the United States exclusive `urisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all pur oses except the administration of the criminal laws of said State ans the services of civil process therein. 'OP¢¤$P¤¢€· The building shall be unexposed to dan er from nre by an open space of at least forty feet on each side, incduding streets and alleys. Approved, January 21, 1891. U`- January 21, 1801. CHAP. 85.—-An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of a `—·——······—· public building thereon, at Lewiston, in the State of Maine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the uwsmu, Mp. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary P“"“° "“”""‘g·°°°· of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to sm. acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site, and cause mum;. to be erected thereon, a suitable building, including fire-proof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office and other Government offices in the city of Lewiston, and State of Cost. Maine, the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and a proaches complete, not to exceed the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars. “i;‘<>,sgg¤g; *0 MM- Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited ' 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. .Resp<>¤¤¤& 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 bmxmxmmu. em., proper to designate, to be examined in person by an agent of the y T””“""°“°‘ reasury 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 relating to the said proposed sites. If, u§»on consideration of said report and accompanying papers, the ecretary of the Treasury shall deem further investigaugsigpgsntmentotmm- tion necessary, he may aplpoint a commission of not more than three ‘ persons, one of whom s all be an officer of the Treasury Departnmmmmou. ment, which commission shall also examine the said proposed sites, and such others as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, and Hearings. grant such hearings in relation thereto as they shall deem necessary; and said commission shall, within thirty days after such examina- Report. tion. make to the Secretary of the Treasury written report of their conclusion in the premises, accompanied by all statements, maps, plats, or documents taken by or submitted to them, in like manner as hereinbefore provided in regard to the proceedings of said agent of the Treasury Department; and the Secretary of the Treasury