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 FORTY SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 90-92. 1883. 453 CHAP. 90.-An act to proyidc for the erection of a public building in Jefferson Mar. 3, 1883. C1ty, m the State of Missoun. ··€—-- Be it enacted  Unc Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of AM6T|CG on Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the PHWG b¤im}¤g· Treasury 18 hereby authorized and directed to purchase :1, site for, and §i‘if?’“"“t.C"§¤. cause tp be erected thereon, a. suitable building, with Em-proof vaults &u(Qfo,?;:3   ’ extending to each story, in J eiferson City, in the State of Missouri, for Purchase of sim. the use and accommodation of the United States circuit and district courts, post-cflicc, and other government offices held and located in said city, which site shall leave the building uucxposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of at least fifty feet, including streets and alleys; the site, and the building thereon, when completed according to plans and specifications to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, not to exceed the cost: of one cm. hundred thousand dollars; und said sum of one hundred thousand dol- APP¤>1¤i¤*i°¤· lars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwisc appropriated, for the purchase of said site and the completion of said building: Provided, That no part of said sum shall be expended Pf¢¤€¤¤· until a valid title to said site shall be vested in the United States, and T‘*1°· the State of Missouri shall cadc to the United States exclusive jurisdiction ovcr the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof; for ull purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of any civil process therein. Approved, March 3, 1883. CHAP. 91.-An act to amend the pension laws by increasing the pensions of Mar. 3, 1883. soldiers and sailors who have lost an arm or leg 1u the service, and for other -————— pH11i0S8S. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the pas- I¤¤¤‘¤¤¤¤_•>f wi; sage of this act all persons on the pension-roll, and all persons hereafter :‘5:)‘:§°::gf”h:§° granted a. pension, who, while in the military or naval service of the lowan mm ,,1,,8 United States, and in the line of duty, shall have lost one hand or cnc in service. . foot, or been totally or permanently disabled in the same, or otherwise ‘ so disabled as to render their incapacity to perform manual labor equiv- Eqnivsiont in alcnt to the loss of a hand cr a foot, shall receive a pension of twenty- °¤P¤°**Y· four dollars por month ; that all persons now on the pension-roll, and all persons horoattcr granted a pension, who in like manner shall have lost either an arm at or above the elbow, or a log at or above the knee, Lou of nm or shall have been otherwise so disabled as to be incapacitated for performing any manual labor, but not so much up to   regular °g - personal nid and attendance, shall rcccivo a pension of thirty dollars por month : Provided, That nothing contained in tlus act shall be con-. gm stmod wraps! suction forty-six hundred and ninety-nine of the Rc- ‘ ’ viscd Statutes of the United States or to change qbc rate  qightocn dollars par mouth therein mentioned to bqprepcrpnonatcly 4g1V1d8d for uny degree of disability established for which section forty-su: hundred and ninety-tivo makes no provision. Approved, March 3, 1883. .. ‘’ or he service of the P0¤t·OBcc Dc- Mar. 3 1883. §fo1Hb?g;?$§r:£§¥g };;$zh€digth, eighteen hundred and eighty- ————·J—--··· d for other purposes. Be it enacted the Senate and House of Repreacntativespf the United _ _ Staten o Amerieé? in Con ess assembled, That the following sums bc, APP"?P“°*‘° ' f W _  . fornorncc of Postand the sauna are hereby appropriated for tlyc servncc of the Post-Office 0mc°D,pm,m,m Department for the year ending J unc thirtneth, engbwcn hundred and 5 sm., a1.