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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 251-:253. 1888. 149 _ Sec. 15. That the said board of commissioners are hereby author- Buildiuga ized to make sale of said bonds and apply the proceeds thereof to the erection of a court-house, jail, and such other public buildings as may be necessary, and for the building of necessary bridges: Prorzded, That no bond shall be sold by said board of commissioners for less than its par value. Sec. 16. That the said board of commissioners and their successors Taxationin office are hereby empowered and required to levy such tax as may be necessary to promptly pay the interest on said bonds, and also to levy such tax as may be necessary to pay the principal of said bonds as the same shall become due. Sec. 17. That in the event said board of commissioners shall issue f 0<>¤1><>¤¤ raaaivable bonds as hereinbefore authorized, the interest coupons attached to or m°s' said bonds shall be receivable in payment of the county taxes of said county of Nez Perce. Sec. 18. That the county of Latah shall not be entitled to any por- Property rights. gon of the property, real or personal, of the said county of Nez erce. SEc. 19. That all acts in conflict with any of the provisions of this R*’P°¤*P'°'iSi°¤— act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Sec. 20. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratifica- mmtion. Approved, May 14, 1888. CHAP. 252.-An act providing for the pruchase of additional ground in the cityMay 14. 1888· of Indianapolis, Indiana, adjoining the post-office site, and for the improvement of °¥"‘—"""` ge quilding thereon, and appropriating one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ere or. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Inqgnappighlnd. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to purchase, or ac- Pu ih gs' quire b condemnation all the ground adjoining the ground owned m’j*,‘L‘§f;Qg;‘},_é‘,fQ“dS by the Illnited States in the city of Indianapolis and State of Indiana upon which the Government buildings used for a post·office and court-house is situate, bounded on the west by Pennsylvania and on the south by Court street, and on the east by the alley running north and south between Delaware and Pennsylvania streets, and to cause such changes, modifications, and improvements to be made in the buildings situate thereon and such changes and modifications in the post-office building as in his judgment may be 11ecessary to render the same suitable for occupation and use y the Government; and ' for the purpose herein mentioned the sum ot one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as maybe necessary. be. and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury Appropriation. not otherwise appropriated. · Approved, May 14, 1888. CHAP. 253.-An act for the erection of a public building in the city of Duluth, M¤y14, 1888. State of Minnesota. H Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Secre- gugfithblljgvtary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed " ° “' mg' to `urchase, acquire by condemnation, or otherwise provide a site sroo,p1oos,oro. and cause to be erected thereon a substantial and commodious building. with fire-proof vaults, for the use and accommodation of the United States courts, the United States custom-house. post-office, land-office, signal-otiice. and other Government offices he d and located, or to be held and located, i11 said city. The site and building thereon, when completed upon plans and specifications to be pre-