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Compensation 'of commissioners.

Proviso.

The compensation of said commissioners shall be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars per day and actual traveling expenses: Provided, however, That the Treasury member. member of said commission appointed from the Treasury Department shall be pai 1 only his actual traveling expenses.

No expenditure until valid title, etc., pass.

Open space.

No money shall be used for the purpose mentioned until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Massachusetts 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

The building shall be unexposed to danger from fire by an open space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys. Approved, January 21, 1891.

January 21, 1891.

Savannah, Ga.

Public building, site, etc. Vol. 24, p. 105, amended.

creased.

CHAP. 87.—An act to provide for enlarging the proposed public building at Savannah, Georgia; the purchase of another site, if practicable, and for the sale of the present site.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asse sembled, That an act of Congress approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, authorizing the erection of a public building for the use and accommodation of the United States circuit and district courts and postoffice, and other Government uses, in the city of Savannah and State Limit of cost in- of Georgia, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to increase the limit of cost of site and building, including fire-proof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches complete, from two hundred thousand dollars to four hundred thousand dollars, in order to provide for the enlargement of the building contemplated by present plans, and if found practicable the purchase of another site, and the sale of the site situated about one hundred and seventy-two feet on York street and ninety feet on Abercorn street, in said city.

Building.

Site.

New site.

vertised for.

Responses.

mission.

SEC. 2. That should it be deemed practicable to select another site for said building it shall be purchased, acquired by condemnation, Proposals to be ad- or otherwise provided, upon the following conditions: Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited by public advertisement in one or more of the newspapers of said city for at least fourteen days prior to the date specified in the advertisements for opening the proposals. The proposals made in response to said public advertisements at the time named in the advertisements, or within ten days subsequent thereto, shall be received, opened, and Appointment of com- considered by a commission of three persons, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and it shall be the duty of said commission to forward to the Secretary of the Treasury, within forty days from the date named in the advertisements for opening the proposals, a written report with the original proposals, maps, and so forth, and the oaths prescribed by act of Congress approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and to definitely state in said report the site selected by them, and their selection of the site shall be final; and each commissioner shall be allowed a comCompensation of pensation for his services of an amount within the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, said compensation not to exceed two hundred dollars, and actual traveling expenses, to each commissioner. The building shall be unexposed to danger from fire by an open space of at least thirty-six feet on each side including streets and alleys. SEC. 3. That should another site be selected under the provisions herein contained the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,

Report.

Final selection.

commissioners.

Open space.

Sale, etc., of present site.

authorized and directed to sell, either at private or public sale the land owned by the United States known as a site for the United States court-house and post-office, situated about one hundred and seventy-two feet on York and ninety feet on Abercorn streets, in the city and State aforesaid, and to make a quit-claim deed to the pur

chaser thereof.

Enlargement of

SEC. 4. That should it not be deemed practical, on account of cost or otherwise, to select another site for said building, the building on present buildin the present site shall proceed upon a plan enlarged to the limit of Limit of cost infour hundred thousand dollars, including the incidental and necessary expenses thereof.

creased.

SEC. 5. That the appropriations heretofore made, shall be available Appropriations made for the purposes of this act.

available.

Approved, January 21, 1891.

CHAP. 91 —An act to provide for the construction of a public building at Portland, Oregon.

January 24, 1891.

Public building, etc.
Site.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Portland, Oreg. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site, and cause to be erected thereon a suitable building, including fire-proof vaults, Building. heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the custom-house, and other Government offices, in the city of Portland and State of Oregon, the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complet, not to exceed the sum of five hundred thousand dollars.

Cost.

vertised for.

Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited Proposals to be ad by public 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.

Responses.

Examination, etc.,

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 proper to designate, to be examined in person by an agent of the Treasury Department, who shall make written report to said Secre- by Treasury agent. 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 which shall have come into his possession relating to said proposed sites. If, upon consideration of said report and accompanying papers, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem further investigation necessary, he may appoint a commission of not more than three per- Appointment of comsons, one of whom shall be an officer of the Treasury Department, which commission shall also examine the said proposed 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 said commission shall, within thirty days after such examination, 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 herein before provided in regard to the proceedings of said agent of the Treasury Department; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall thereupon finally determine the location of the building to be erected.

The compensation of said commissioners shall be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars per day and actual traveling expenses: Provided, however, That the

mission.

Examination.

Hearings.

Determination of lo

cation.

Compensation of commissioners.

Proviso

Treasury member. member of said commission appointed from the Treasury Department shall be paid only his actual traveling expenses.

No expenditure until valid title, etc., pass.

Open space.

No money shall be used for the purpose mentioned until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Oregon 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.

The building shall be unexposed to danger from fire by an open space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys. Approved, January 24, 1891.

January 24, 1891.

Plats of subdivisions

etc.

Appropriation for providing.

CHAP. 92.-An act to provide the assessor of the District of Columbia with plats of subdivisions outside the cities of Washington and Georgetown.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the District of Columbia. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of outside Washington, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, one half to be charged against the revenues of the District of Columbia, to enable the Commissioners thereof to provide the office of the assessor of taxes with plats or maps of all subdivisions of land in said District outside the cities of Washington and Georgetown.

Half from District revenues.

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SEC. 2. That said plats or maps shall show the subdivided tracts of land by courses and distances; they shall show the areas of the lots and squares therein, and the dimensions of the streets and avenues, and such other data as may be necessary to enable the assessor to locate and assess such land and the improvements thereon. Such plats shall be conveniently arranged, indexed, and bound in volumes of convenient size; and the Commissioners are hereby authorized to sell copies of said plats at the cost of the paper, press-work, and binding, and ten per centum additional, the proceeds of sales thereof to be turned into the Treasury, as other District revenues are, and applied towards re-imbursing this appropriation.

Approved, January 24, 1891.

January 26, 1891.

Monument Association of certain cannon

goyne.

CHAP. 98.-An act to authorize the Secretary of War to loan certain cannon to the Saratoga Monument Association.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Loan to Saratoga United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized to loan to the Saratoga Monucaptured from Bur- ment Association the following cannon, and so forth, captured from General Burgoyne at Saratoga, and now on hand at the Watervliet Arsenal, West Troy, New York, namely, four twelve-pounder guns, one eight-inch howitzer, one twenty-four pounder howitzer, one eightinch mortar, and one twenty-four pounder mortar, all bronze: Provided, That the Secretary of War shall cause the four twelvepounder guns to be mounted on suitable carriages before their delivExpense of removal ery: Provided, That said cannon shall be removed from said arsenal from Watervliet Ar- without expense to the United States Government.

Provisos.

To be mounted.

senal, N. Y.

Approved, January 26, 1891.

CHAP. 99.—An act to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Sioux Falls, in the State of South Dakota.

January 2, 1891.

Public building, etc.
Site.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Sioux Falls, S. Dak. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site and cause to be erected thereon a suitable building, including fire-proof vaults, Building. heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States courts, post-office, and other Government offices, in the city of Sioux Falls and State of South Dakota, the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Cost.

vertised for.

Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited Proposals to be adby public 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. Proposals made in response to said advertisement shall be addressed Responses. and mailed to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall then cause the said proposed sites, and such others as he may think proper to designate, to be examined in person by an agent of the Treasury Examination, etc., Department, who shall make written report to said Secretary of the by Treasury agent. 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 said proposed sites.

If, upon consideration of said report and accompanying papers, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem further investigation neces

Examination.

Hearings.

Report.

sary he may appoint a commission of not more than three persons, Appointment of comone of whom shall be an officer of the Treasury Department, which mission. commission shall also examine the said proposed 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 said commission shall, within thirty days after such examination, 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 shall thereupon finally determine the location of the building to be erected. The compensation of said commissioners shall be fixed by the Compensation of Secretary of the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars per day and actual traveling expenses: Provided, however, That the member of said commission appointed from the Treasury Department shall be paid only his actual traveling expenses.

Determination of lo

cation.

commissioners.

Proviso.

Treasury member.

No expenditure until

No money shall be used for the purpose mentioned until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United valid title, etc., pass. States, nor until the State of South Dakota 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.

The building shall be unexposed to danger from fire by an open space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys. Approved, January 26, 1891.

Open space.

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January 26, 1891.

Staunton, Va.

Public building, etc.

Site.
Building.

Cost.

mates approved.

CHAP. 100.-An act for the erection of a public building at the city of Staunton, Virginia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase or otherwise provide a site, and cause to be erected thereon a substantial and commodious building, with fire-proof vaults, for the use and accommodation of the post-office and internal-revenue office, and for other Government uses, at the city of Staunton, Virginia. The site, and building thereon, when completed upon plans and specifications to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed in cost the sum of seventy-five No purchase of site thousand dollars; nor shall any site be purchased until estimates until building esti- for the erection of a building which will furnish sufficient accommodations for the transaction of the public business, and which shall Limit of building not exceed in cost the balance of the sum herein limited after the site shall have been purchased and paid for, shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury; and no purchase of site nor plan for said building shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury Limit of total cost. involving an expenditure exceeding the said sum of seventy-five thousand dollars for site and building; and the site purchased shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire by an open space of at least forty feet, including streets and alleys: Provided, That No expenditure until no part of said sum shall be expended until a valid title to the said site shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Virginia shall cede 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.

cost.

Open space.
Proviso.

valid title, etc., pass.

January 26, 1891.

St. Albans, Vt.
Public building, etc.

Site.
Building.

Cost.

Proposals to be advertised for.

Responses.

Treasury agent.

Approved, January 26, 1891.

CHAP. 101.-An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of a public building thereon, at Saint Albans, in the State of Vermont.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site, and cause 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 custom-house, postoffice, and other Government offices in the city of Saint Albans, and State of Vermont, the cost of said site and building, including said. vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus elevators, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of sixty thousand dollars.

Proposals for the sale of lands suitable for said site shall be invited by public 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.

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 proper Examination, etc., by to designate, to be examined in person by an agent of the Treasury 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 said proposed sites.

Appointment of commission.

If, upon consideration of said report and accompanying papers, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem further investigation necessary, he may appoint a commission of not more than three persons,

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