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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C1-1s. 92, 93. 1889. 653 chase or acquire by condemnation or otherwise, a suitable lot of land SM in the city of Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, and cause to be erected on the ground so purchased a building suitable for the accommodation of the courts of the United States, of the custom-house, post·oiHce, internal-revenue, and and other Government offices in that city at a cost which shall not exceed for the site and building complete the sum of one million two hundred thousand dol- Limit otoosc. lars an the cost of said site shall not exceed the sum of four hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That the site shall leave the build- Pwvisos. ing unexposed to danger from nre in adjacent buildings by an open 0¤¤¤ snmspace of not less than forty feet, including streets and alleys; and no ' moneys appropriated for this purpose shall be available until a valid title to the site for said building s all be vested in the United States, Ti9·¤· ¤¤¤· nor until the State of Nebraska shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all pur oses except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein: Provided, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, after the site for said building shall have been purchased, to cause a plan and specihcations of said building to be pre- P1=·¤¤s,etc. j pared, which said plan and specifications shall not involve an expenditure, in the erection and completion of said building and the approaches thereto, exceeding the portion of said one million two hundred thousand dollars remaining after the site of said building shall have been paid for; and no plan for said building shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceedin the sum so remaining after paying for the site of said building, and the erection of said building shall not be commenced until after plans, specifications, and full estimates for the same shall have been re- E‘“m¤°°¤· viously made. and approved according to law: And provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be construed in any event to in- wydgvdv Mt w be excrease the cost of the site and building, including approaches, when ' completed, be ond the sum of one million two hundre thousand dollars, as provided in this section. Sec. 2. That the present post·office and custom-house building shall MQ::;; ggdigevw be used for the purpose for which it is now used until such time as Depmmem. M the building herein provided for shall be completed and ready for occupancy, and when it shall be occupied for the purposes named the present post·ofi‘ice and custom—house uilding shall be turned over by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Secretarg of War, and shall be used for the offices of the Department of the latte, under the direction of the Secretary of War. Sec. 3. That the sum of six hundred thousand dollars be and the APP¤>P**¤¤<>¤· same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the purchase of said site and the commencement og said building. Approved, January 21, 1889. CHAP. 93.-An act to increase the appropriation for the purchase of a site for a January 21. im. building for a post-office, court-house, and other offices in San Francisco, California. _*"""; Be if enacted by the Senate and House of Representatwes of the U niterl States af America in Congress assembled, That the amount I,Sg£uPLrg{¤$¤i_Qé_0¤L heretofore fixe as a limit of the cost for the purchase of a site for a _ Limit erm or me building for a, post-office, court-house, and other offices by the United “’$,'§{}S;,*f·p_ 50,, States Government, in San Francisco, California, be, an the same is hereby, increased to eight hundred thousand dollars, and that sum is hereby iixed as a limit of cost for the purchase of a site at voluntary sale or by condemnation.