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 320 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 146-148. 1885. mary. HAP. 6.- n act u horizin the Secret of War to ud'ust and settle the ac- ccount id arnis betwleen the Sante of Soutbrglarolina and tire Government of the Unitec- States. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United $°°¥°**¤'Y °*`W°’ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War bo,
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nm, W ; t h t 1, 0 between the State of South Carolina and the Government of the United ` State or S o u 1; In States, and balance the same by so reducing the overcharge made 0¤¤>1i¤=*; against said State in anno Domini eighteen hundred and_ sixty-mne, °h¥ff}:°;‘;K sgi; under the act approved the twenty-third of April, anno Dommi eighteen ,,,8,,§,_ 1w_ hundred and eight, and the several acts amendatory thereof, as that the vol 4,en. 159,p. amounts paid on said account by said State for the ten years last past will t dd to be taken in full satisfaction of the same. be in Eyup P Approved, February 25th, 1885. February 25, 1885. CHAP. 14'l.—An act for the erection of a public building at Chattanooga, Tennenoe. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Chattanooga, States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the T°;’m. b Hm Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a Siu_" m g' site for, and cause to be erected thereon a uitable building, with dreproof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the customs officers, United States courts, post-odlce, and other Government onices, at the city of Chattanooga, in the State of Tennessee. The plans, specifica- Plans, estimates, tions, and full estimates for said building shall be previously made and Pnubo. ing complete the sum of one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That the site shall leave the building unexposed to danger from hre in adjacent buildings by a.n open space of not less than forty feet, including streets and alleys; and no money appropriated for this purpose shall be 'mk available until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Tennessee shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein. Approved, February 25th, 1885. February 25, 13g5_ CHAP. 148.-An act for the erection of a public building at Keokuk, Iowa. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Keekuk, Iona. State: of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the §;bli¤ b¤¤d¤¤z· Treasury be, and he is here y, authorized and directed to purchase a site °· for, and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with tire-proof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the United States courts, postomee, and other Government offices, in the city of Keokuk, Iowa. The Plans, estimates. plans, specifications, and full estimates for said building shall be pre- Cost. vionsly made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed tor the site and building complete the sum of one hundred thousand dollars. And it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, after the site for said building shall have been purchased, to cause a plan and specifications of said building to be prepared, which said plan and specifications shall not involve an expenditure in the erection and completion of said building and the approaches thereto exceeding the portion of said one hundred thousand dollars remaining after the site of said building shall have been paid for; and no plan for said building shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an ex—
 * 1* °°°*· ‘ approved according to law, and shall not exceed for the site and build-