FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 442,443. 1899. 1355 ’ the present site for one of suitable size, or to sell the present site and with the proceeds thereof to purchase a suitable site, using. in connection with such exchange or purchase, so much as may be necessary of · said sum of eighty-one thousand nine hundred dollars, not to exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars, which shall be available for that purpose. Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, 1·¤¤ 4¤%¤1¤•._G¤1. authorized and directed to procure a site for and cause to be erected eh55E2f_ “”°"" ““` thereon a suitable addition to the public building now the property of the United States in the city of Los Angeles, California, with fireproof vaults therein, for the adequate accommodation of the United States district and circuit courts, internal revenue, customs offices, and other Government omces in the city of Los Angeles, Caliibrnia. The plans, speci1ications,·and full estimates for said building shall be Limit •>f mvpreviously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed, for the site and all improvements and additions, complete, the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That the site shall §{;¤:°·% leave the building unexposed to danger from tire in adjacent buildings pa ' by an open space of not less than forty feet, including streets and alleys; and no money appropriated for this purpose shall be available Tidewuntil a valid title to the site thr said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of California 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 and the service of civil process therein; and there is hereby appropriated for the purchase of said site and the commencement of said additional building one hundred thousand dollars. Approved, March 3, 1899. ’ CHAP. 443.-An Act To provide for the purchase of additional land in the square March e,1se9. now occupied by the custom·house in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, and for the ·**—_—"_‘ erection of a new public building thereon for the accommodation of the Government service in said city. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to acquire title }§m;·3¤{,¤·i}£lé _¤_ to additional property in the block or square upon which stands the iimaztii. u K United States custom-house, in the city of Baltimore, State of Mary- _S·°·>- land, and to give additional space for the accommodation of the Government service in said custom-house building, the Secretary of the Treasury, acting for and on behalf of the Government of the United States, is hereby authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase or condemnation, a certain lot or piece of ground, with the buildings thereon, in the said city of Baltimore, State of Maryland, now owned and lately occupied by the Merchants’ National Bank of Baltimore; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall not pay for such additional property an amount in excess of the sum of one hundred thousand llars. dosno. 2. That after having acquired the lot or parcel of ground specified in the preceding section, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby further authorized and directed to cause to be erected upon the enlarged site, consisting of the property already owned by the Government, and the additional lot authorized to be purchased as atbresaid, reserving such space as it may be deemed necessary to reserve for approaches to said building, a substantial and commodious new fireproof building, including heating apparatus, vaults, elevator service, and approaches, adequate for the use and accommodation of the United States customhouse service, internal-revenue service, subtreasury, and other Government offices, excepting the post-oflice, in the said city of Baltimore. _ _ . The plans, specifications, and full estimates for said budding shall be L¤¤¤f·>f¤•>¤*·-
