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 86 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ons. 123-125. 1888. APH! I9, 1899- CHAP. 123.-An act for construction of a revenue cutter for Charleston, South W gaiglliuna, maintenance of the service, to replace the Umtecl States revenue cutter c oc. Re it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the m$g*u*g!{·;Qggr *8); United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of cnumwas c. seventy-five thousand dollars, 1f so much be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of building a new revenue cutter to be stationed at Charleston, South Carolina, for service on the South Atlantic coast, in the place of the United States revenue cutter McCulloch, now in so dilapidated a condition as to be unequal to the requirement of the service. Approved, April 19, 1888. Avril 19, 1888- CHAP. 124.-An act to purchase of the widow and children of the late General ""_“"""; James Shields certain swords. mmm. Whereas, the State of Illinois and the State of South Carolina, after the war with Mexico, each presented to the late General James Shields a sword, in consideration of gallant and meritorious services rendered by him in said war; and Whereas he has left surviving him a widow and three minor chil—_ dren, with but limited means of support, and said swords, though costly and valuable, can not be divided and a portioned between said children, and their value is needed for the edbcation and support of said children: Therefore, Be it enacted by the  and Hoasemcgf Representatives of the ze United States of America in Congress asse led, That the Secretary Jamgg Shkldg of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase of said widow and children said swords, at their actual cost, not to exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars, to be (paid for out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appfopriate, and when so purchased the same to be deposited with e other military archives of the nation, in some pub ic place at the National Museum. Approved, April 19, 1888. Ap;-n ie, isae. A 125.—An act for the erection of a public building at Birmingham, ——-———-···—— a. Be it enacted by the Senate and House og Representatives of the gmwl hm', ·»¤¤ United States of America in Congress assen Zed, That the Secretary °‘ g‘ of the Treasur be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pur-· chase, acquire by condemnation or otherwise provide a site, and cause E0 be erepted Sherieon, la substanltial and ccémmodious building with re- roo vau ts, or the use an accomino ation of the Unite States courlts and ost~oil‘ice, and for other Government uses, at Birmingham, SM. v1¤¤s vw State of Aiibtms. The site and building thereon, when completed upon plans and splecifications to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed in cost the sum of three mmm. hundred thousand dollars; nor shall any site be urchased until estimates for the erection of a building which will fornish 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 ap— proved by the Secretary of the Treasury; and no urchase of site, nor plans for said building, shall be approved by the Secretary of the umm: cw. reasqiéy, involving an epnditure exceeding the said sum of three hundr thousand dollars for site and buil ing; and the site purchased shall leave the building unexposed to danger from tire by an