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 FORTY·EIGHTH cononnss. snss. 11. cn. 65-cs. 1885. 305 That the site shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in P•‘M‘i¤v· adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet, including streets and alleys; and no money appropriated for this purpose shall be available until a valid title to the site for said building shall Titlebe vested in the United States, nor until the State of New York shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owners thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein, Approved, February fourteenth, 1885. CHAP. 66.-An act to increase the appropriation for the erection of the public build- February 14, 1885. ing at Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. ·i····— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the amount heretofore Pittsburgh, Ps. fixed as the limit of cost for the erection of a public building by the Public building United States Government at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, be, and the same is hereby, increased to one million five hundred thousand dollars, Appropriation and that sum is hereby Hxed as the limit of cost for the erection of said i¤<=¤>¤¤¤d· uilding. Sec. 2. That the officers of the United States Government having Om o o rs in _ charge of the erection of public buildings are authorized and required °h¤‘Z° mgged '*° to be governed by the limitation hereby prescribed in making contracts ymfgfggmpgal for the erection of said building. ucl Approved, February 14th, 1885. ` CHAP. 67.-An act to authorize a retired-list for privates and non-commissioned February 14, 1885. ’ officers of the United States Army who have served for a period of thirty years or ·——··——-· upward. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That when an enlisted man has U¤it¤d S*>¤F¤¤ served as such thirty years in the United States Army or Marine Corps, gm); °" M“““" either as a private or as a non-commissioned officer, or both, he shall, glgm m ,, ,, by making application to the President, be placed on the retired list having s o rv e d hereby created, with the rank held by him at the date of retirement; thirty 5’·=¤¤¤ ¤¤¤·Y and he shall thereafter receive seventy-tive per centum of the pay and fgtgggifgt °“ u‘° allowances of the rank upon which he was retired. Rank ,,,,3 1,,,, Approved, February 14th, 1885. CHAP. 68.-—An act for the erectioéitpajhpglglilcabuilding at the city of Tyler, in the February 14, msg Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Tyler T,,,_ ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site for, Publib building. and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with fire-proof vaults P¤¤>h·¤•¤ vf ¤l¤¤- therein, for the accommodation of the United States courts, postoffice, and internal-revenue and other Government oiilces, at the city of Tyler, in the State of Texas. The plans, specifications, and full estimates for pim,} cog; said building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed thr the site and building complete the sum of fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That the site shall leave the building un- p,·,,,;.,,_ xxx1i--·20