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 470 FORTYLSECOND CONGRESS. Sess. IH. Ch. 177, 178. 1873. bonded warehouse. court-house and post·oH·ice, at Memphis, Tennessee, Lot now owned and he is also authorized, at his discretion, to sell or exchange the lot my be °°l‘l» &°· now owned by the United States, in the city of Memphis, aforesaid, as a site for a court-house, for a new and more eligible site for the erection of the building herein mentioned, or may purchase additional ground for the enlargement of said site, or may purchase a more eligible site, Appropriation. and the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for said purpose out of any money in No www wm the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That no greater sum gm uw! wm shall be used for the purchase of a new site, or the enlargement of the °' present site, than the sum herein appropriated, in addition to whatever aéum may be realized from the sale of the site now owned by the United tates. Approved, February 21, 1873. Feb, 2], 1373, CHAP. CLXXVII. -A.n Ac: to authorize the Construction of a Fire-proof Building ar ""'"`”1*"' Lincoln, the Capital <y"1Vcbra.s/ca. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Building to bg States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- °¤?¤*¤§¤§ UE- ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be con- §:,.’:0m,°Q_Q::s:; structed a suitable brick building, with a fire·proof brick vault extending &¤. to each story, at Lincoln, Nebraska, for the accommodation of the United States circuit and district courts, post-office, and other government offices ; ApP,,,p,i,,t;0,,_ and the sum of one hundred and thirty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, for the purpose aforesaid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause ppm, and mp proper plans and estimates to be made, so that no expenditure shall be mates made or authorized for the full completion of said building beyond the sum Money not to herein appropriated: Provided, That no money hereby appropriated shall l’° P?dt}‘“*ll be used or expended until a valid title to the land for a site, independent $§d‘§,§§“,,§’j, and unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings, shall be vested in rifnt m mx the United States, nor until the State of Nebraska shall cede its jurisdic- "°°““°d‘ tion over the same and 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 United States shall be or remain the owner thereof Approved, February 21, 1873. Feb. 21, 1873. CHAP. CLXXVIII. —An Actjbr the C'onstructz`cn q/' a Court-house, Post-office, and ""`_"_"`_" other Government Ojfces at Grand Rapids, Miclzigan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Sm to be pur. Sta/es of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- 9h¤¤¤d ¤¤d l>¤ild· ury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to purchase, at private g'§a;Q°§°§gi§; sale or by condemnation, in pursuance of the statute of the State of Michi- .Michi§an, for, gan, a. suitable lot of ground in the city of Grand Rapids, State of Michi- °°m· °¤S°» &°· gan, and to cause to be erected thereon a building of brick suitable for the accommodation of the courthouse, post-olhce, and other government offices in that city; the lot of land and the building thereon, when completed, upon plans to be previously made and approved by the Secretary Cost not to of the Treasury, shall not exceed the cost of two hundred thousand dol- °Xf§g &°· lars, and the lot of land shall be of such an extent as to leave the building nt of lot. - . . . . . independent and unexposed to Hre from any and all adyoxmng buildings: Money nemo Provided, That no money to be appropriated for this purpose shall be be P?dtP¤i'} available until a valid title to the land shall be vested in the United ·l;I,f§dl§,:g°tQ; States, and until the State of Michigan shall cede its jurisdiction over the r-igm to tax same and relinquish the right to tax or assess the same while the United '°1°“S°d· States shall be the possessor thereof. Approved, February 21, 1873.