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 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 259, 260. 1872. 211 poration, to audit its amounts, and submit, in a report to the President of the United States, the financial results of the centennial exhibition. Sec. 11. That the commission created by the act referred to in the United States preamble of this act is hereby made and constituted a body politic and C%¤€€¤¤*¤l€°*¤· corporate in law, with power to do such acts, and enter into such obli- :;FE;2,§,`:_ °° gations, as may be promotive of the purposes for which such commission was established. Its title shall be the United States Centennial Commission. It shall have a common and corporate seal, and possess all the rights incident to corporate existence. Sec. 12. That the alternate commissioners appointed pursuant to sec- Power otelter tion four of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy- ;';‘;° °°'“"“”'°“` one, referred to in the preamble to this act, shall have all the powers of a commissioner when the commissioner is not present at any meeting. When the commissioner is present the alternate may participate in the debates and serve on committees, but shall have no vote. The appoint Appointment ment of all commissioners and alternate commissioners made since March g;§°3‘;¥;;;’;°"' third, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, are hereby ratified and con- ratified. 1'irmed; and all vacancies now existing, or which may hereafter exist, Vacancies. whether by death, resignation, removal from the State or Territory, or otherwise, shall be filled, at any time hereafter, in like manner as is provided in said act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, for the appointment of commissioners. S1·:0?l3. That it shall be the duty of the United States Centennial Uniwé Sims Commission to make report, from time to time, to the President of the S,?;;?;,?}::} gx: United States, of the progress of the work, and in a final report present report. a full exhibit of the result of the United States Centennial Celebration and`Exh(ibitiouJof eigihtpgnjéiuudred and seventy-six. PPR VED, une, . onA1>. oonx. ...4.. Aa at Relation fig in mpimamasm. qi mw Juana the District —l¤¤~‘> r Im- 0 olu ia. r Be it enacted ky the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- board ofcomterior, the chief justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, ?‘${°P*?‘,€ mth and the governor of said District are hereby created a board of commis- ,ij;,°,,{,i;1,,,}n B sioners, with full power to carry out the provisions of the act of Congress Columbia; approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled "An act authorizing the construction of a jail in and for the District of Columbia," and the acts amendatory thereof; and the said commissioners are Wh<>¤Q<=<>¤S¤• directed to cause the work of building the jail therein provided for to be ;‘Q;°’&;:?" P"` entered upon without delay: Provided, That the said board shall have is66,_¤1i.236. authority to change the site heretofore selected, and adopt such plans as Vgéflgilpigglshall, to the said commissioners, seem to be for the best interests of the VOL ,Q,v_,,_ 42}, District of Columbia. And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby Vol- xiv- p- 575- directed to place to the credit of the Secretary of the Interior the sum of V€,k;;`gci;f245' three hundred thousand dollars, which said sum the Secretary of the In- site. terior is authorized to expend in the construction of a jail, as is herein APP'°P’i**l°¤· provided; and in order that the work upon said jail shall begin without delay, the appropriation herein made shall take effect immediately: Provided, That the plans and designs for said jail shall be prepared by the Plans, Src. supervising architect of the Treasury Department, and the work shall be done under his supervision, subject to the approval of said commissioners. Sec. 2. That for the purpose of reimbursing the United States for a District of part of the cost of said jail, it shall be the duty of the legislative assem- Egizlgljligg bly of the District of Columbia, and they are hereby required, to assess $;g;,_050 for pm and cause to be collected, by tax or otherwise, and pay in[to] the treasury ¤f cost <>fj¤il· 0f the United States, at or before the completion of said jail, the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; and upon default of the payment of the sum aforesaid into the treasury of the United States at