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 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. buss. I. Ch. 129. 1856. 93 house, post-oflicc, and United States courts, a building of stone, with tireproof floors, of iron beams and brickwork, iron roof, shutters, sills, &c., eighty-five feet long by sixty wide and sixty feet high, to cost not more than eighty-eight thousand dollars. At Nashville, Tennessee, for the accommodation of the custom-house, 1.;,,,,;,,.;;;,,, -1-om, post-office, United States courts, and steamboat inspectors, a building of like materials, eighty-five feet long by sixty deep and sixty feet high, to cost not more than ninety-five thousand dollars. At Ogdensburg, New York, for the accommodation of the custom-house 0 doosbo,-g, and post-office, a building of like materials, sixty feet long by forty-five N- deep and thirty-two feet high, to cost not more than fifty thousand dollars. At Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, for the accommodation of Georgetown, the custom—house and post-office, a building of like materials, sixty feet D- C- long by forty-five deep and thirty-two feet high, to cost not more than fifty thousand dollars. At Dubuque, Iowa, for the accommodation of the custom-house, post- po;,oqoo,IoW,,_ office, and United States courts, a building of like materials, eighty-five _ feet long by sixty deep and sixty feet high, to cost not more than eighty- eight thousand dollars. At Knoxville, Tennessee, for the accommodation of the custom-house, Knoxville, post-office, and United States courts, a building of like materials, eighty- Tamifive feet long by sixty deep and sixty feet high, tocost not more than eighty-eight thousand dollars. At Galena, Illinois, for the accommodation of the custom-house and Ga1ena,II1. post-oflice, a building of like materials, sixty feet long by forty-Eve deep and thirty-two feet high, to cost not more than fifty thousand dollars. At Springfield, Illinois, for the accommodation of the United States sprjogeom, m, courts and post-office, a building of like materials, sixty feet long by forty-five deep and thirty-two feet high, to cost not more than fifty thousand dollars. At Rutland and at Windsor, Vermont, suitable buildings for the accom- Rutland and modation of the circuit and district courts of the United States, and the Wi¤dS°¤`» Vlseveral otilces connected therewith, and the post-offices at said Rutland and Windso1·, the cost of which shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars each : Provided, That no money shall be expended under this act for the erection of a custom-house, where the duties collected do not equal the expense of collection. Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That the several sums mentioned Aqproprintion in the preceding section of this uct, as the cost of the buildings therein l’h°"° °"· authorized to be constructed, together with ten per cent. thereon to cover the compensation of architects, superintendence, advertising, and other contingent expenses, and so much as may be required to purchase suitable sites for said buildings, be and the same are hereby appropriated for the purposes aforesaid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise · appropriated: Provided, That no money hereby appropriated shall be proviso that used or applied lor the purposes mentioned until a valid title to the land mk be irs? 6;;- for the site of such buildings in each case shall be vested in the United 25*;;; ,,°Q,;£§_ t States, and until the State shall also duly release and relinquish to the United States the right to tax or in any way assess said site, or the property of the United States that may be thereon, during the time that the said United States shall be or remain the owner thereotl Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That to authorize the Secretary of Custom·house the Treasury to enlarge the building now in progress of construction to :?dgP°” Om" . r andnsky, be used as a custom—house and post-office, at Sandusky, Ohio, by the gmc_ addition of another story, and otherwise, as said Secretary may deem expedient, the sum of nineteen thousand five hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated, with the per cent. thereon for contingencies: Provided, That the money hereby appropriated shall not be expended