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 FORTYEIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 327$29. 1885. 347 site shall be vested in the United States, and the State of West Virginia shall cede to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of any civil process therein: Provided, That it shall be the duty of P*¢>¢*i•¤- the Secretary of the Treasury after the site thr said building shall lmve · been purchased to cause at 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 fifty thousand dollars remaining after the site of said building shall have been paid for, and no plan shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the sum so remaining after paying for the site of said building. — Approved, March 3, 1885. CHAP. 328.-Au act for the emotion of a public building at Wichita, Kansas. MUNI 3. 1885- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Statcx of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Wichita, ltans Treasury he, and is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase n Pfwhc b'¤ld*¤S- site for, and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with iirc- S'"' proof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the post office, United States counts and other Government olilces, at the city of Wichita, State of Kansas. The plans, specifications, and full estimates for said P¥¤¤¤»¢¤¤*» °*¤· building shall be previously made und approved according to law, and shall not exceed for the site and building complete the sum of fifty 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 speciilcatzious of said building to be prepared, which said plan and specilicntions shall not involve au an expenditure in the erection and completiomof said building and the approaches thereto exceeding the portion of said fifty thousmid dollurs· remaining after the site of said building shall have been paid for; and no plan for said building shall be approved by the ·rctar_y of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the sum so remaining after pay- ing for the site of said building: Provided, That the site shall leave Bmw. the building unexposed to danger irom iire in 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 snid building shall be invested in the Title. United States, nor until the State of Kansas shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same', during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereo, for all purposes ex- · cept the administration of the criminal laws of said States and the service of civil process therein. Approved, March 3, 1885. CHAP. 329.-An act for the erection of a public building at Port Townsend. Wash- March 3, 1885. ington Territory, -—-——-——-·-—-——— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States ofrimericc in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Pm T¤¤¤¤¤¤d, Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase n w::{;,.’:";;mdm site lor, and cause to be erected thereon, n suitable building, with llre- Sm} g' proof vaults therein for the accommodation of the custmmhonse, bonded warehouse, postoffice, and other Government offices, at the city of Port Townsend, Washington Territory, The plans, specilications, and full Plans.c0st.etc. ·