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 296 €FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 292. 1870. PY¤V*¤<> Vt @1* proviso in relation to the appropriation for continuing the construction of said building contained in the act of April twenty, eighteen hundred and seventy, is hereby so modified as to authorize the Secretary of the .[`neasury, in his discretion, to adopt as a part of the contract therein provided for, any contracts in reference to said building approved by him before said Cost. April twenty: Provided, That the limitation of cost therein contained 18 _ Plans and es- not thereby affected : Amlprovfdedfurther, That hereafter, before any new f°;m_ um buildings for the use of the United States are commenced, plans and full Unitedggtam to estimates therefor shall be prepared and approved by the Secretary of l&‘¤¤¤;>:·*:>¤%t the Treasury, Postmaster:-General, and the Secretary of the Interior, ,"x°:“d than and the cost of the building shall not exceed the amount of said estiestimate. male. C°¤¤`*·b°P¤°l¤ For repairs and alterations of the court-house` in Philadelphia, Penn- PmM°lPm°` sylvania, fifteen thousand dollars. Post-oflice and For continuing the work on the post-office and sub-treasury building in '§:‘,2`:"°“'Y “‘ Boston, Massachusetts, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, subject to Antelp. ss. all the conditions limiting this appropriation in the act of April twenty, Contracts for eighteen hundred and seventy ; and the Secretary of the Treasury is °°mPl°“°“• hereby authorized to enter into contracts for the completion of said building in advance of the appropriation of moneys sufficient to complete the Proviso tofor- same in accordance with the conditions in said act contained; and the Q::;f°lQ,‘;°Hl’£f" proviso in relation to the appropriation for continuing the construction contained in the act of April twenty, eighteen hundred and seventy, is hereby so modified as to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, to adopt as a part of the contracts therein provided for, any contracts in reference to said building approved by him before said April Om- twenty: Provided, That the limitation of cost therein contained is not thereb affected. B¤¤‘8• °m¢°· Forybarge office at New York, one hundred thousand dollars. Branch mint For inclosing and putting in safe condition the building for branch mi? °‘°Y• mint in Dalles City, Oregon, ten thousand dollars. amen mint For continuing the work on the branch mint building in San Francisco, l1t';Ll3l;*I%.¤S°¤ California, five hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That the total cost T,,:,, ,,0,, not of the building, exclusive of the sum paid for the site thereof, shall not toexoeed. exceed one million five hundred thousand dollars : And provided further, uimgzggn That it shall be lawful, until after the completion and occupation of said mayb";. branch mint building, to exchange, at any mint or branch mint of the ¤l}¤¤s¤d at Ely United States, unrefined or unparted bullion whenever, in the opinion of m”°’ °°° 1* °' the Secretary of the Treasury, it can be done with advantage to the govv{otght.,&c.of ernment: Provided, That the weight, fineness, and value of the bullion };}g;%“b‘§;’¥‘;‘;“ 1'0C€l\'0d. and given in exchange shall be determined by the mint assay: u,,,,, And provided further, That the authority hereby given shall not be con- Pxovtno. strued so as to interfere with the rights and privileges now or heretofore enjoyed by depositors of bullion at said mints. s Pnblllo spfld- For repairs and preservation of public buildings under the control of Qvgggzltm the Treasury Department, one hundred thousand dollars. clzlégigpatanp for d 5`gor furniture for custom-house in Portland, Maine, fifteen thousand o rs. h°°°°°’ For furniture for court-house in Portland, Maine, ten thousand dollars. d §`or furniture for court-house in Madison, Wisconsin, ten thousand o ars. For furniture for custom-house in Cairo, Illinois, ten thousand dollars. For furniture and repairs of furniture for public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, fifty thousand dollars. H {mol Mid For fuel and lights for public buildings under the control of the Treas- ! ‘ ury Department, sixty-five thousand dollars. Heating. For heating apparatus for public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, twenty thousand dollars. Mvanlts, safes, For vaults, safes, and locks for the public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, twenty-five thousand dollars.