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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 234, 241, 212. 1888. 137 water and to erect a pier or piers and crib in the navigable waters of saidlake, for the ma ing, preserving and working of said aqueducts or pipes or tunnel, the plan and location thereof to be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War: Provided, That said city shall fur- PTM80- nish and maintain at its own expense, such beacon-lights or other Lightssignlals on such piers or crib, as the Light-House Board shall prescribe. Approved, May 9, 1888. CHAP. 241.-—An act for the erection of a public building at Portsmouth, Ohio. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House og Representatives of the E Tn ited States of America in Congress assem Zed, That the Secretary *1§g’£m§¤{,'5}n0hi°· of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pur- c u g' chase or otherwise provide a site, and cause to be erected thereon a substantial and cominodious building, with iire proof vaults, for the use and accommodation of the post-office and for other Government uses, at Portsmouth, Ohio; the site and building thereon, when com- Sims,p1¤ms,em. pleted upon plans and specifications to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasur, shall not exceed in cost the sum of sixtythousand dollars; nor shall any site be purchased until estimates for the erection of a building which will furnish sufficient E¤“m¤*¤¤· accommodations for the transaction of the public business, and which shall not exceed in cost the balance of the sum herein limited after Cost. 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 involving an expenditure exceeding the said sum of sixtly thousand dollars for site and building; and the site purchased shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire by an open space _ of at least forty feet, including streets and alleys: Provided, That 1i"""·"°· no part of said sum shall be expended until a valid title to the said '*"“°·°"°· site shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Ohio shall cede to the United States exclusive {urisdiction over the same, during the time the United States sha] 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. Received by the President, April 30, 1888. [Norn nv THE DEPARTMENT or STATE.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not havin been returned by him to the house of Congress ` in which it ori_ 'natecP within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] CHAP. 242.-An act to provide for a 1ight—house at Newport News, Middle Mw 1*-1888 Ground, Virginia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary §*;gm*_j`;`§g*;%tf1'g,_ of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to cause a light- imma Mmdieomum. house to be constructed at Newport News, Middle Ground, Virginia. Approved, May 14, 1888.