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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 109, 113, 114. 1891. 733 commission shall also examine the said pro osed sites, and such others mmmmmon. as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, and grant such hearings in relation thereto as they shall deem necessary ; and said Hearings. commission shall, within thirty days after such examination, make to the Secretary of the Treasury written report of their conclusion Report. in the premises, accompanied by all statements, maps, plats, or documents taken by or submitted to them, in like manner as herein- • before provided in regard to the proceedings of said agent of the Treasury Department ; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall “{jfg¤‘¤¤*¤¤¤ioo oflo thereupon nnally-determine the location of the building to be erected. ` The compensation of said commissioners shall be fixed by the Sec- Comm Sation or rotary of the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars per “°“'" day and actual traveling expenses : Provided, however, That the Provko. member of said commission appointed from the Treasury Depart- rressurymemnee. ment shall be paid only his actual traveling expenses. No money s all be used for the plurpose mentioned until a valid Htio ggygditnro ¤¤— title to the site for said building sha be vested in the United States, pus? `°°°’ °°°“ nor until the State of Minnesota shall have ceded to the United States exclusive giurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, or all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State an tlie service of civil process therein. The building shall be unexposed to danger from fire by an open Open space. space of at least forty feet on each side, inc uding streets and alleys. Approved, January 27, 1891. _ GBA?. 113.-An act to amend section one hundred and eighty of the Revised F<>b¤¤¤‘.v MWL Statutes of the United States. _"—`t""" Be it enacted b the Senate and House of Re resentutives of the United States of Al/merica in Congress assembled, That section one remponryzpome. hundred and eighty of the Revised Statutes of the United States, be, §’“'§,§§§,‘_f,{’,,_°,h,,d, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows; ogvgvoggropg. A vacancy occasioned by death or resignation must not be tem- masts, ‘ "‘”‘ porarily filled under the three preceding sections for a longer period “"”°*¤°¤‘°•¤¤°- than thirty days. Approved, February 6, 1891. QHAP. 114.-An act to prlovide for the gurchase of a site, and the erection ot a February 7,1Ul. public building thereon, at eblo, in the tate of Colorado. ‘—"*·* Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary memo com. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to P“b'*° l’¤“d*¤8·¢*¤- ac uire, by urchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site, and cause sue. to(be erected) thereon a suitable building, including tire-proof vaults, euuumg. heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the use and accommodation o the United States post-oince and other Government offices, in the city of Pueblo and State of Colorado, the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heatin g and veuti- cost. lating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of two hundred and twenty-Eve thousand dollars. , Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited vei;{oBg•g¤?1¤ ¤o be no by pu lic advertisement in one or m0I'6 Of the newspapers of said °r' ‘ 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 S&1d advertisement shall be ad. BHDON8B. dressed and mailed to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall then