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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 63-65. 1888. 81 \Var, for the keeping of said road, after construction, in repair: And provided further, That before the commencement of the construction of said road said corporation shall secure to the United States, Right Of way. free of cost. the right of way for said road. Sec. 3. That the Secretary of War shall report to Congress at its R·=P<>¤‘*· next session his action under the provisions of this act. Approved, April 5, 1888. CHAP. 64.-An act to authorize the purchase of a site for a public building at April 5, 1888. Buffalo, New York. ‘1""w"‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and Horzese of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary B¤f$=}{¤· NY-` of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to P°b1°b`mdmg‘ purchase, or acquire by condemnation, a site in the city of Buffalo, SM State of New York, upon which shall be erected a substantial and commodious building for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office and for other Government uses; Provided, That P·‘<>vi8<>S- the site so selected shall be of such dimensions as to leave an open Own Space S ace of not less than forty feet in width, including streets and alleys, around the building to be constructed thereon; And provided farther, That the sum to be paid therefor shall not exceed two hun- Limk °*°°$*· dred and fifty thousand dollars. Sec. 2. That the sum of two hundred and nfty thousand dollars, APP'°P‘*““°“- or so much thereof as may be necessary, is here y appropriated for making said purchase; out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That no part of this sum shall be ex- 1f»·¤z·is<>. ende until a valid title to said site shall be vested in the United '*"'*°- States, and 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 owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of any civil process therein. Approved, April 5, 1888. CHAP. 65.—An act for the relief of William G. Galloway, late captain Fif- Amis, 1888. teenth, United States Army. "*“———·—···· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in. Congress assembled, That the Secretarv Q`*“*¤¤*,Q·f§¥"_g“‘¤>‘— of War be. and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to issue and zaonom e M mw grant an hon··,:·able discharge from the Army of the United States to \Villiam G. Galloway, late a captain in the Fifteenth. United States Army, which discharge shall ear date as of August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and with the rank of a captain ; and said discharge, with said rank as of said date, shall be granted, notwithstanding his dismissal from the service by virtue of the proceedings and sentence of a general court-martial convened at Atlanta, Georgia, June sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, pursuant to s ecial order number nine, dated May twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and other orders subsequent thereto; Provided, That no ipay or allowances shall be paid said 3§;`,‘{*{‘g’;mM Y captain Galloway by reason 0 such honorable discharge. A pa Approved, April 5, 1888. STAT L—VOL Xx\‘——6