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 152 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 295, 297. 1888. Knyill. 18. CHAP. 295.-An act for the erection of a public building in the city of Ashe- """;"'*` ville, North Carolina. Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0{ Representatives of the Asheville. N: °· United States of America in Congress assem Zed, That the Secretary hm mmm; of the Treasxuy be, and he is hereb, authorized and directed to pursiw.v1•¤¤.¤°¤- chase or otherwise provide a. suitable site and cause to be erected thereon a substantial and cormnodious building, with fireproof vaults extending to each story, for the use and accommodation of the courts of the United States, post-office, and other offices of the Government, at Asheville, North Carolina. The site and building thereon, when completed uppn plans and specifications to be previously made and atpproved y the Secretary of the Treasury, s rall not exceed in cost the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, which Am>¤‘¤v¤¤¤¤¤· said sum is hereby appropriated for that purpose out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; nor shall any site be ¤¤¤=¤¤*¤•- purchased until estimates for the erection of a building which will furnish sufficient accommodations for the transaction o the public ‘ business, and which shall not exceed in cost the balance of the sum herein limited after the site shall have been urchased and paid for, shall have been approved by the Secretary ot) the Treasury; and no ¤mMf¤¤¤¢~ purchase of site nor place for said building shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the said sum of one hundred thousand ollars for site and building; and the site purchased shall leave the buildin independent and unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent builddnq by an open space of Hem- not less than forty feet, including streets and a eys: Provide, That Title, ew. no part of said sum shall be ex nded until a valid title to the said site shall be vested in the UnitedXStates, nor until the State of North Carolina 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 processes therein. Received by the President, May 8, 1888. [Norm BY THE DEPARTMENT or STATE.-—The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Con titution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] my :21, 1888. CHAP. 297.-An act to establish an additional land-district in the State of Oregon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re resenlatives of the I1;¤__¤g:_¤(g};¤'{g·;m M United States o{' America in Congress assembled? That so much of omgmbesmbnnnea. the districts of ands subject to sale under existing laws at Lakeview, La Grande, and The Dales land districts, in the State of Oregon, as are contained in the following boundaries, shall constitute a new land district, to be called the Harney land-district, bounded  follows: B<>¤¤¤¤=*¤¤· Commencing at Snake River, in the State of Oregon, on townshi line between townships twelve and thirteen south of second standard parallel; thence west to northwest corner of townshi thirteen south, · of range twenty-four east, of Wihamette meridian; dience due south to the southwest corner of township twenty-nine south, of ran 0 twentéy-four east, of Willamette meridian; thence due east to the boun ary-line of the State of Oregon; thence north on said boundary- line to the rlplace of beginning. md °“"° _ Sec. 2. at the location of the office of said district shall be designated by the President of the United States, and may be changed from time to time by him as the public convenience may seem to require. ·