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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 23, 29, 30, 34. 1888. 45 shall any site be purchased until estimates for the erection or purchase of a building, including the necessary store—houses, which will furnish sufficient accommodations for the transactions 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 approved by the Secretary of the Treasury ; and no site nor plans for said building or buildings shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasur involving an expenditure exceedin the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars for site and build? ing; and the site purchased shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire by a space of at least fifty feet except Government buildings, including streets and alleys: Provided, That no part of “"’°· the said sum shall be expended until a valid title to the said site shall be vested in the United States. Approved, March 5, 1888. CHAP. 29.-An act authorizing the Secretary of War to transfer to the trustees M¤¤’¤h8» 1888- of the Porter Academy certain property in the city of Charleston, South Carolina. H Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Ch*;g_{c*:*‘w *§¤¤g¤¤¥, of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to convey, b same;} oiwm-m deed duly and properly executed to the trustees of the Porter Acad; m§f,_°°"“‘“ "°’·* emy, of Charleston, South Carolina, and to their successors, the property situated in said city, belonging to the Government of the United States, formerly used as an arsenal, now and for the seven years last past used for educational purposes, bounded on the north by Bee street, on the east by Ashley street, on the south by Doughty street, and on the west by President street, said conveyance to embrace a condition that said property shall be inviolably dedicated to educational purposes, and no other. Sec. 2. That the Secretar of War shall require the said trustees to file an acce tance in the %Var De artment of said roperty, stip- A°°°p°°"°°‘ ulating that the same shall be dedicated and used {br all time for educational purposes, and for no other. Approved, March 8, 1888. CHAP. 30.-An act to amend an act to restrict the ownership of real estate in M¤’°b ”· ***8 the Territories to American citizens, and so forth, approved March third, eighteen w"""` hundred and eighty-seven. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatt2·e.s· of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an act en- N-;'gag_;°¤¤¤¤iv Of titled "An act to restrict the ownership of real estate in the Terri- Avon. 24. I3. cu. tories to American citizens, and so forth," approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, be so amended that the same shall not a ply to or operate in the District of Columbia, so far as t_F¤¤·is¤ rep~ese¤¢g¤— relates to tde ownership of legations, or the ownership of residences iiml-ig?} dgiliiiitiain by representatives of foreign Governments, or attaches thereof. Approved, March 9, 1888. CHAP. 34.-An act to fix the charge for passports at one dollar. M'“`°h 2*- 188** Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America. in Congress assembled. That from and du*;’§f·P°" fm ”“ after the passage of this act a fee of one dollar shall be collected for V0}-.18. p. 90. each citizen’s passport issued from the De artment of State. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this are hereby repealed. Approved, March 23, 1888.