Examination. Report. one of whom shall be an officer of the Treasury Department, which 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 member of said commission appointed from the Treasury Department shall be paid only his actual traveling expenses. 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 Vermont 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. Determination of lo cation. Compensation of commissioners. Proviso. Treasury member. No expenditure until valid title, etc., pass. Open space. January 26, 1891. Akron, Ohio. Public building, etc. Site. Building. Estimates, etc. Cost. Proviso. CHAP. 102.—An act for the erection of a public building at Akron, Ohio. No expenditure until valid title, etc., pass. CHAP. 103.-An act to provide for the construction of a public building at Davenport, Iowa. January 26, 1891. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Davenport, Iowa. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase, acquire by condemnation, or otherwise provide a site and Public building, etc. Site. Building. Cost. vertised for. Responses. cause to be erected thereon a suitable, commodious, and substantial building, including fire-proof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office, internal-revenue office, and other Government offices, in the city of Davenport and State of Iowa. The cost of the site and the building, including fire-proof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, not Proposals to be ad- to exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars. 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 advertisement for opening the proposals. The proposals made in response to said public advertisement, at the time named in the advertisement, or within ten days subsequent thereto, shall be received, opened, and considAppointment of ered by a commission of three persons, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and it shall be the duty of said commissioners to forward to the Secretary of the Treasury, within forty days from the date named in the advertisement 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 Determination of lo- state in said report the site selected by them, and their selection of Compensation of the site shall be final, and each commissioner shall be allowed a compensation 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 forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys. Approved, January 26, 1891. commission. Report. cation. commissioners. Limit. Open space. January 27, 1891. Mankato, Minn. Site. Cost. Proposals to be advertised for. Responses. by Treasury agent CHAP. 109.—An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of a public building thereon, at Mankato, in the State of Minnesota. 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 courts, post-office, and other Government offices, in the city of Mankato and State of Minnesota, the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of ninety thousand dollars. 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 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., 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. If, upon consideration of said report and accompanying papers, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem further investigation necesAppointment of sary, he may appoint a commission of not more than three persons, one of whom shall be an officer of the Treasury Department, which eommission. Examination. Hearings. commission shall also examine the said proposed sites, and such others Determination of lo cation. Compensation of commissioners. Proviso. No expenditure until valid title, etc.. 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, pass. nor until the State of Minnesota 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 Open space. space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys. Approved, January 27, 1891. CHAP. 113.—An act to amend section one hundred and eighty of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section one hundred and eighty of the Revised Statutes of the United States, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: February 6, 1891. Temporary appointments to fill vacancies by death, etc., of heads of Departments. amended. A vacancy occasioned by death or resignation must not be temporarily filled under the three preceding sections for a longer period Limit increased. than thirty days. Approved, February 6, 1891. CHAP. 114.-An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of a public building thereon, at Pueblo, in the State of Colorado. February 7, 1891. Publis 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 Pueblo, Colo. 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 post-office and other Government offices, in the city of Pueblo and State of Colorado, the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Cost. Proposals to be advertised for. 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 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 ad- Responses. dressed and mailed to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall then by Treasury agent. mission. Examination. cause the said proposed sites, and such others as he may think Examination, etc., proper 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 of 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, upon consideration of said report and accompanying papers, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem futher investigaAppointment of com- tion necessary, he may appoint a commission of not more than three persons, 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 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 Determination of lo- shall thereupon finally determine the location of the building to be Compensation of 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, Treasury member. That the member of said commission appointed from the Treasury Department shall be paid only his actual traveling expenses. Hearings. Report. cation. commissioners. Proviso. 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 Colorado 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, February 7, 1891. February 7, 1891. Military post at Plattsburgh, N. Y. Post, p. 875. 'Buildings. Appropriation. Secretary of War may accept donation of land. Provisos. CHAP. 115-An act making an appropriation for the construction of new buildings and the enlargement of the military post at Plattsburgh, New York. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That to enable the Secretary of War to enlarge the military post at Plattsburgh, New York, to the capacity of twelve companies, and for beginning the construction of the necessary buildings, barracks, quarters, kitchen, mess-hall, stables, storehouses, and magazines, there is hereby appropriated, from any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars. SEC. 2. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to accept, free of cost to the United States, a donation of a tract of not less than five hundred acres of land for a target range and other military purposes at or near the post of Plattsburgh Barracks, New York: Provided, That in his judgment the said tract of land is found to be Suitability, valid in all respects adequate and suitable to meet the wants of the post, and that the title shall have been declared valid by the AttorneyNo expenditure prior General of the United States: And provided further, That no part of said sum hereby appropriated shall be expended until the aforesaid tract of land shall have been conveyed to and accepted by the United States. title, etc. to conveyance and acceptance. Approved, February 7, 1891. . II. SESS. II CHAP. 116.—An act making an apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several States under the Eleventh Census. February 7, 1891. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That after the third Number and ap of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, the House of Repre- resentatives in Consentatives shall be composed of three hundred and fifty-six members, gress. to be apportioned among the several States as follows Alabama, nine. Arkansas, six. California, seven. Connecticut, four. Delaware, one. Florida, two. Georgia, eleven. Idaho, one. Illinois, twenty-two. Kentucky, eleven. Louisiana, six. Maine, four. Maryland, six. Massachusetts, thirteen. Michigan, twelve. Minnesota, seven. Mississippi, seven. Missouri, fifteen. Montana, one. Nebraska, six. New Hampshire, two. New York, thirty-four. Pennsylvania, thirty. Rhode Island, two. South Carolina, seven. South Dakota, two. Tennessee, ten. Texas, thirteen. Vermont, two. Virginia, ten. Washington, two. West Virginia, four. Wisconsin, ten. Wyoming, one. portioument of Rep. SEC. 2. That whenever a new State is admitted to the Union the Representatives as. Representative or Representatives assigned to it shall be in addition signed to new States. to the number three hundred and fifty-six. SEC. 3. That in each State entitled under this apportionment the number to which such State may be entitled in the Fifty-third and each subsequent Congress shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory and containing as nearly as practicable an equal number of inhabitants. The said districts shall be equal to the number of the Representatives to which such State may be entitled in Congress, no one district electing more than one Representative. 51-2-4 etc. Election by districts, |