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 338 · Fomxrrzienru coucmzss. sms. ri. cu. zos, 314. isss. in the construction of its road, and for other purposes," approved March 1¤71» V0}- 16, ¤h· third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and ·acts ameudatory thereof 12% P- 57* or supplemental thereto, be, and they are hereby, declared forfeited, and the whole of said lands restored to the public domain and made subject to disposal under the general laws of the United States, as though said p,.,,.;,,,_ grant had never been made: Provided, That the price of the lands so forfeited and restored shall be the same as heretofore iixed for the even sections within said grant 1875. *01- 18,4*- SEG 2. That the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy- 1 96;;- 5 1 9· is tivo, ooiiuoo “An oot for uio miie: of settlers winiio railroad limits,” io P°*lhereby repealed. Approved, February 28, 1885. 1hrch2, 1885. CHAP. 314.-An act to provide for the purchase of asm: and the erection of a ———-———-——·— public building thereon at Detroit, Michigan. Bc it enacted I4; the Senate and House of Rqnresentativex of the United Don-oi:. Mich. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Pvblic b¤i1di;¤s- nry be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a suitable P“’°h°°° °f "*°· lot of land in the city of Detroit, county of Wayne, and State of Michigan, and cause to be erected on the ground so purchased it lmiltling suitable for the accommodation of the courts of the United States, of the custom-house, postoffice, pension omee, and other Government Plans; cost. offices in that city. The plans, specitications, and full estimates for said building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed for the site and building complete the sum of nine- Prvviw- hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That the site shall leave the building unexposed to danger from tire in adjacent buildings by an open · space of not less than forty feet, including stream und alleys; and nomoney nppropriated for this purpose shall be available until a valid Ti¤¢· title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Michigan hall 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 udministration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil pro-- Produ. cesstherein : Provided, That if the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem- T;°°'°€::5Bg: it advisable to use for said purpose the site now owned by the United iiiifuq i States, upon part of which the post-office and custom·house buildingnow stands, he may do so; and should he ztnrther deem said site insufficient, he may enlarge the same by the purchase of additional adjoining p,·,,,,;,,,_ ground: Provided, however, That if a new site shall be purchased torsaid building as hereinbefore authorized 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 specitlcations of said building to be pre- Cost limited. pared, which said plan and speciilcations shall· not involve an expenditure in the erection and completion of said building and the approaches. thereto exceeding the portion of said nine hundred thousand dollars re _ Plan for build- maining after the site of said building shall have been paid tor; and no- $$2  plan for said building shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury me mm mimiiiiiig involving an expenditure exceeding the sum so remaining after paying ortor paying for for the site of said building: And provided further, That nothing herein: sito. contained shall be construed in any event to increase the cost of the site and building including approaches, when completed, beyond thesnm of nine hundred thousand dollars as provided in this section; cooiiitioiioi sale Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury, in the event of the selecof Uniwd S¢¤¤¤¤ tion and purchase under this act of a site other than that now owned and P'°P""Y· occupied by the United States within said city of Detroit, be, and he is. hereby. authorized and directed to sell at public auction, for cash, alterthirty days? advertisement of the time, place, and terms of sale, theproperty in the city of Detroit purchased by him for the erection of at