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 84 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ons. 80, 81, 107. 1888. · ABN IL IB- CHAP. 80.-An act for a public building at Helena, Arkansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America. in Congress assembled, That the_Secrehum tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase or otherwise dprovide a site, and cause to be erected thereon a substantial an commodious budding, with fire-proof vaults, for the use and accommodation of the district and circuit courts of the United States, the post-olilce, and internal-revenue oliice, and for other Government uses, at Helena, in the State of Sire. uhm. ew Arkansas. The site, and the building thereon, when completed upon plans and specifications to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, sha not exceed in cost the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars; nor shall any site be purchased until F¤¤¤¤•¤¤¤ estimates for the erection 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 the 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 I-'¤'* °* °¤°· Treasury involviing an expenditure exceeding the said sum of seventy- five thousand dollars for site and building; and the site purchased shall leave the buildin? unexposed to danger from tire by an open mma. me of at least fifty eet, including streets and alleys: Prom ed, ·n¤¤. t no part of said sum shall be eipended until a valid title to the said site shall be vested in the Uni States, nor until the State of ' Arkansas 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 11, 1888. , Aprn 11, im. CHAP. 81.-—An act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for holding ""—_°"""'" terms of United States courts at Vicksburg Mississippi." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ¤¤¤¤*¤¤*¤>r=*·. United States of America in Oon ress assembled That an act a - Western division,. 9 ’ . P southern pastm me proved February twenty-eighth, etphteen hundred and eighty-seven, "‘j,m,,,,, MM M, entitled "An act to provide for hcl ing terms of United States courts Vvl- 24. v- 430- at Vicksburg, Mississippi} be, and the same is hereby, amended b inserting be ore the word “Washington," in the first section thereof}; the wor s "Bo1ivar, and Sunflower." '·"¤"•**¤8¤°“°¤¤ Sec. 2. That all crimes and offenses heretofore committed within the counties of Bolivar, and Sunilower shall be prosecuted, tried, and determined in the same manner and with the same effect as if this act had not been passed. Approved, April 11, 1888. APN! 16. W9- CHAP. 107.-An act authorizing the appointment of James S. Jouett to a` first lieutenantcy of cavalry in the United States Army. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the {fg  U nited States of America in Congress cz.ssembledf)q'l’hat the President mmntduub. be, and is hereby, authorized to nominate, and b and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint James   J ouett, late a iirst lieutenant of cavalry in the Army of the United States, to the position of first lieutenant of cavalry, of the same grade and rank eld by him April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, the