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 282 FOBTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 237, 238. 1880. Lux 16, 1880. CHAP. 23'I.·—An act for the gppzrgztgpegoaoligglding for the use of the United Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Public building States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treaset T°1°"°» O1?'°$ ui-y be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to purchase, at private °,f,,€E,‘;E sale or by condemnation in pursuance of the statute of Ohio, a suitable ized to be erected. lot oi ground contiguous to the land now owned and occupied as a postoffice site by the United States in the city of Toledo, State ol Ohio, and to cause to be erected on the grounds, as enlarged by the purchase aforesaid, a building suitable for the accommodation of the courts of the United States and of the custom-house, bonded warehouse, and other government offices in that city; and for the purposes herein mentioned Appropriation. the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended cost limited. under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. The lot of land to be purchased, and the building hereby authorized to be constructed, when completed, upon plans to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the. Treasury, shall not exceed the cost of two hundred Proviso. and ilfty thousand dollars: Provided, That no money to be appropriated for this purpose shall be available until a valid title shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Ohio shall cede its _]l1I‘1S(l1C- tion over the same and relinquish the right to tax or assess the same while the United States shall be owners thereof. And the site shall be of sufficient extent to leave an open space upon the east side of the building to be erected including the alley of at least twenty-Eve feet and upon the other sides, including streets and alleys of at least fifty feet. Approved, June 16, 1880. June 16, 1880. CHAP. 238.-An act to authorize the Mississippi River Lo gin Company to con- -—————-—·—·— struct and operate sheer-boom at or near Straiglit S§>ugh. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _M issi s si ppi States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the K“‘~‘¤‘ L ° S H F H S Mississippi River Logging Company, a corporation organized under the $;;‘,"’{*(Q‘9`c laws of the State of Iowa, to construct and operate in conformity with n,,,,` ,,,,,.m,,, 8;,,,,.,. plans to be approved by the Secretary of War sheer-booms in the Mis- 1»_¢»oiiis_iii the Mis- sissippi River, at or above the head of Rollingstone Slough and below ¤¤¤S¤1>l·¤ Ru"- the mouth of the Chippewa River, for the purpose of sheering logs that may escape and float out of the Chippewa River and into the Mississippi River from the main chamlel of said river into Rollin gstone or Straight 1’rovis0. Slough : Provided, That said sheer-booms shall not be constructed until the plans and location of the same are submitted to the Secretary of War and receive his approval or so constructed as to interfere with or P>‘•>W¤· obstruct navigation: And provided further, That if, after said sheerbooms are so constructed, in the opinion of the Secretary of War they interfere with or obstruct navigation he may order them removed or modified, and the said Mississippi iRiver Logging Company shall be required to remove the same without cost to the United States. Pi¢>f¤=md l¤0<>m¤· Sec. 2. That the said Mississippi River Logging Company are hereby authorized to construct, in Rollingstone or Straight Slough, such piers and booms as they shall deem necessary for the purpose of securing, holding, sluicin g, and rafting logs that may float into said slough. Right of repeal Sec. 3. That this act may be altered, amended, or repealed at any time; f;’S‘;r$g;,°"dm°“* and in case of such alteration, amendment, or repeal, it is expressly ‘ provided that the United States shall not be liable for any damages that may be sustained by reason thereon Approved, June 16, 1880.