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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 69. 70. 1888. 83 conditions to which each shall conform i11 using said brid e all mat- 09m ¤¤¤**°¤*° be ters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretagry of lVar, giihigdeby Semmu upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties. Sec. 8. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this Seyrewry ¤fW&rr<> act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations appi°°€pm°S’ °t°` for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of \Var ' shall prescribe; and to secure that object said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War a design and drawings of said bridge to be erected, for his examination and approval, and a map of its location, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject, and in all things shall be subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War; and until said plan and location of said bridge or bridges are approved by the Secretary of \Var said bridge or bridges shall not be built; and should any change be made in the plan of any bridge authorized to be constructed by this act, during the progress of the work of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. Sec. 9. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction Gvmrrteucemcutemd of the bridge therein authorized be not commenced within one year °°"°'p1°"°'“ and completed within three years from the date thereof. Sec. 10. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is Am°¤d¤¤¤¤'¤· ctchereby expressly reserved; and the right to require any changes in said structures, or their entire remova, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever the Secretary of War shall decide that the public interest requires it, is also expressly reserved. Approved, April 9, 1888. CHAP. 70.-—An act for the erection of a public building at Lowell, Massachu- Ap1"i19.1888. setts. "_`—*'*" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represemaiires of the ‘ United Skates of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary {—,3m?;lL¥`g1¤S$· of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pur- dm' chase, acquire by condemnation or otherwise provide a site, and cause to be erected thereon a substantial and commo ious building, with fireproof vaults, for the use and accommodation of the post-office and for other Government uses at the city of Lowell, Massachusetts. The site and building thereon, when completed upon plans and specilica- Site,p1m1s,etc. tions to be previously made and approved »y the Secretarv of the Treasury, s all not exceed i11 cost the sum of two hundred thousand dollars; 11or shall any site be purchased until estimates for the erec- Estimates. tion of a building which will furnish sufficient accommodations for the transaction of the public business, and which shall not exceed in cost the balance of t 19 sum herein limited after the site shall have been purchased and paid for, shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury: and no purchase of site, nor plan for said building, shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involv— ing an expenditure exceeding the said sum of two hundred thousand Limitef ¤¤Stdollars for site and building; and the site purchased shall leave the building unex iosed to danger from fire by an open space of at least forty feet, including streets and alleys: Provided. That no part of Promo. said sum shall be expended until a valid title to the said site shall Tmaecc. be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Massachusetts 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 administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein. Approved, April 9, 1888.