FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ons. 85, 86. 1891. 725 shall thereupon finally determine the location of the building to be ca'g<j)*¤¤¤i¤¤**°¤¤* kr erected. The comppnsation of said commissioners shall be fixed by Cbilipeusation or the Secretary of the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six °°"“”‘“”""°"°'“· dollars per av and actual traveling expenses: Provided, however, P'°°*°· That the member of said commission appointed from the Treasury T¤‘¤¤¤·¤‘¥m¢¤¤b¤r- Deipartment shall be paid only his actualptraveling ex enses. o money shall be used for the purpose mentionedp until a valid ,f,‘},°3f;“,;*Q§“’°“¤*** title to the site for said building shall e vested in the United States, ’ nor until the State of Maine 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 pur oses except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein. v The building shall be unexposed to danger from fire by an open Open space. space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys. Approved, January 21, 1891. CHAP. 86.-An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of a January 21, 1891. public building thereon, at Haverhill, in the State of Massachusetts. im Be it enacted by the Senate and House of `Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary nnvermmss of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to P“"“° b““d*¤8»<·>¤¤- acquire, bydpurchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site, and cause sm. to be erect thereon a suitable building, including iire·pro0f vaults, Burman;. heating and ventilati(n(gaapparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the use and accomm tion of the United States st-office and other Government offices, in the city of Haverhill andXState of Mas- , sachusetts, the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, Cost. heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars. Pro sals for the sale of land suitab e for said site shall be invited Eroigmls to beam by public advertisement in one or more of the newspapers of said v° f"' city of largest circulation for at least twenty days prior to the date specified in said advertisement for the opening of said proposals. Proposals made in response to said advertisement shal be ad- R¢¤r>¤¤¤¤¤- dressed 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 designate, to be examined in person by an agent of the bnxammmm, ew., Treasury Department, who shall make written report to said Secre- Y T“"““" “"°”‘· tary 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 whic shall have come into his possession relating to the said proposed sites. If, upon consideration of said report and accompanying papers, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem further investigation nec— essary, he may appoint a commission of not more than three per- Am,,,,,,t,,,,,,,,0,c0,,,_ sons, one of whom shall be an oiilcer of the Treasury Department, ¤1iSSi<>¤· which commission shall also examine the said proposed sites, and Examination. such others as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, and grant such hearings in relation thereto as they shall deem necessary; Hearings. and said commission shall, within thirty days after such examina— tion, make to the Secretary of the Treasury written report of their Report. 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 shall thereupon final y determine the location of the building to be nmmmunnurie erected. °“‘°"·
