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 484 FORTYEIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. Ch. 360. 18S.:. Purchase 9i" me suitable building, with comniodious tire-proof vaults, for the accommodaf)’¥{1,._f"°°“°“ °f tion of.the postofiice, pension-office, the United States courts, internalm ( "‘g' revenue office, and other Government ofiiees, at the city of Manchester, in the State of New Hampshire. The site and the building thereon. Plans; cost. when completed upon plains and specihcutions to be previously inudc and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed the Pmmo. cost of two hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That no moneyto be Title. appropriated for this purpose shall be available until a valid title to the site shall be vested in the United States, and the State oi Lew Hampshire shall have ceded her 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 Pr·wiv<>· and the service of civil process therein: Provided, That the site shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than fifty feet, including streets and alleys. Appl-0p,im0¤_ That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be used and expended for the purpose provided in this act. Lexington, Ky. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized Purchase of site and directed to purchase, at private sale, or by condemnation in pur- ¤¤{d_ ¤¤*°*i<>¤ of suance of the statute of the State of Kentucky, such lot or lots of land "“‘ld‘”g‘ in the city of Lexington, in the State of Kentucky, as he may consider necessary as a convenient and proper site for a public building, and to cause to be erected thereon a suitable building, with tire-proof vaults extending to each story, for the use and accommodation of the post·office, internulrevenue offices, and other Government offices in said city; the pim; .,.-,8; site and the building thereon, when completed according to plans and specifications to be previously made und approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed the cost of one hundred and nity their sand dollars; and for the purposes herein mentioned the sum of one Appropriation. hundred and fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended Provico. under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: Promdcd, That » Title. no part of said sum shall be expended until a valid title to the said site shall be vested in the United States, and the State of Kentucky shall ccde 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 any civil process therein. Springtie1d,0hi0. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized Purchase of site and directed to purchase or otherwise provide a suitable site, and cause ¤¤1•i _ ¤¤¤¤¤<>¤ of to be erected thereon, at the city of Springfield, in the State of Ohio, ri "“‘m"‘g· substantial and commodious public building, with tire-proof vaults, for the use and accommodation of the post-office, internal-revenue office, Pins; 008*- pension office, and for other Government uses. The site, and the building thereon, when completed according to plans and specifications to be previously made and appioved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed the cost of one hundred thousand dollars; and the site purchased shall leave the building uncxposed to danger from ure iu adjacent buildings by an open space of at least tlfty feet, including _ _ streets and alley; and for the purposes herein mentioned the sum of one _ in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the Pf°*’•*°· direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided: That no part of TM5- said sum shall be expended until a valid title to the said site shall be rested in the United States: and the State of Ohio shall cede 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 adnnnistratioii of the criminal laws of said State and the serv icc of any civil process therein.
 * PP'°P¤¤**°“ hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys