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 THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 235, 236. 1866. 231 Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That nothing in the fourth section _ Widows havof an act entitled “An act supplementary to the several acts relating to *‘;§15::‘“£‘sing pensions," approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, or in gt (1,,;,,,,}),,,.,,,,,,-. any other supplementary or amendatory act relating to pensions, shall be ri¤g¢¤0¤¤i*`¤¤€°d so construed so as to .impair the right of a widow whose claim for a gftpfgggdgff gif pension was pending at the date of her re—marriage, to the pension to V. i i which she would otherwise be entitled, had her deceased husband left no 01- xm P· 090 minor child or children under the age of sixteen years. Approved, July 25, 1866. CHAP. CCXXXVI. -An Ae: omhqnziag the Construction ty o Jail in and for the Die- July as, mc. trzct of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and Lbztse of Representatives of the °h}E;°;‘ N°,).0;‘ United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Segsezryok the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized to select a. suitable place on the Interioito some of the public grounds belonging to the government in the city of S°l°°* ¤¤it¤bl° Washington, in the District of Columbia, for and construct thereon, upon §g;f§,°‘,??,§f)u` such plan as he may select, a jail of sufficient capacity to provide for not thereon.. less than three hundred prisoners, with suitable yards, hospitals, and so c“P"‘°Y· forth, the entire cost of which shall not exceed the sum of two hundred Cmthousand dollars. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That as soon as said site, and the Architscttobc plan of a jail shall be so selected and agreed upon, the said Secretary of °mP]°y°di the Interior shall employ an architect and have prepared a design for said ,*° P’°g“° ‘l°· building, and plans descriptive thereof, with complete specifications of the 2F5C2z_ 5g3m` work required and the materials to be used, and shall publish notice of a publish notice of public letting of the contract for the building of the same, at least thirty }g;ig‘1E,f,‘{:*"”°° days before the letting, in the principal newspapers in New York city, g` Boston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Baltimore, and Washington, which notioe shall direct a place where such specifications can be seen, and a time 16,(';“£°Q,‘;;:° b° at which the contract is to be let; and the said Secretary shall let said responsible bidcontract to the lowest responsible bidder, and the contractor therefor d°*· shall enter into sufficient bond for the faithful completion of the said con- Contractor to tract to the approval of the Secretary. SM b°¤d· SEO. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said Secretary shall pay Contractor to to the contractor or contractors instalments on the contract price as the ;;,l;;?1;Y;:;u_ work progresses, to be certified to by the architect having the direction ty per cerit being thereof, but twenty per ceutum of the estimates shall be retained until i'°°¤i¤°d· the completion of the contract. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That there be, and is hereby, up- ApPmP,.m,0,,_ pointed, [appropriated,] for the purposes afbresaid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, to be drawn on the order of said Secretary of the Interior. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Interior Mm,-his of be, and is hereby, authorized to sell at public sale, on proper notice there- dd .i¤ii_f¤ bv S01d of, the materials of the old jail, now located in Judiciary Square, and the “° °°°t‘°”‘ proceeds thereof to be paid into the treasury of the United States. _ Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of reim— ingfg ,‘;f;!;’h' bursing the United States for a part of the cost of said jail, it shall be $70,000 in part the duty of the proper authorities of the city of Washington, and they f°'.i'm· are hereby required, to raise, by tax or otherwise, and pay into the treas- 1L€7m°’;0iggS°° ury of the United States, at or before the time of the completion of said p,,,,;; g2g_]` jail, the sum of seventy thousand dollars. And it shall be the like duty of the proper authorities of the city of Georgetown, and they are hereby aG°§;§fggg'¤ t° required, to raise, by tax or otherwise, and pay into the treasury of the P y ’ ` United States, at or before the completion of said jail, the Sum of twenty comm, of thousand dollars. And it shall be the like duty of the proper authorities washington to of the county of Washington or said District, and they are hereby required, PW $10000-