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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 560, 561. 1891. 1095 one of whom shall be an officer of the Treasu Department, which commission shall also examine the said proposddr sites, and such others nnmmuii. as the Secretary of the Treasury ma designate, and grant such hear- num;. ings in relation thereto as theiy shall deem necessary; and said commission shall, within thirty ays after such examination, make to mw-:. the Secretary of the Treasury written report of their conclusion in the premises, accompanied by all statements, maps, plats, or documents taken by or submitted to them, in like manner as hereinbefore p;·ov1dedimrega5·d£]to ghe pppceedgxigls crifrzaid agepltélriftghe Treasury epartmen ; an e ecre ry o e as s ereu on nn- u,,.,,,,,,, 1 ally determine the location of the building tldbe erected. P whgn- mm °` he compensation of said commissioners shall be nxed by the Sec- compensates or retary of the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars per °°'““““"°“°"“· day and actual traveling expenses: Provided, however, That the mwmember of said commission appointed from the Treasury Depart- rmmu-ymemm. ment shall be plaid only his actual travelitrrg expenses. So much of e appropriation herein m e as may be necessa to A,;,e,.,,,,,,g,,,,,_ ,,,, defray the expenses of advertising for proposals. actual travgling v¢¤“g,.¤·b,;¤¤¤¤¥¤v expenses of said agent, and the compensation and actual traveling ° exlpenses of said commissioners, and other expenses incident to the se ection of the site, and for necessary survey hereof, shall be immedigtely a¥ilFble;1 t be f o muc o said appro ria ion as may necessary or the re a- appt}:-men rmration of sketch-plans, drswings, specifications, and detailed estiinales §}‘§;,,,,,,;, g{;°'P"‘° for the buildingmby the Supervising Architect of the Treasury De- ` artment shall available immediately upon the approval by the Secretary of the Treasury of such site. No money appropriated by this act shall be available, except as soexpeummeuum hereinbefore provided, until a valid title to the site for said bui.l)ding "*“‘*“ *°· shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Michigan 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 purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein. After the said site shall have been paid for and the sketch-plans ,,§;";¤,g°*°*¤°¤¤*¤¤- and detailed estimates for the building shall have been prepared by ` the Supervising Architect and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Interior and the Postmaster-General the balance of said appropriation shal1_be available for the erection and completion of the building, including fire-proof vaults, heating and ventilating a paratus, elevators, and approaches. The building shall be unexposed to danger from fire by an open 01>¤¤ sewespace of at least forty feet on each side, inc uding streets and alleys. Approved, March 3, 1891. CHAP. 561.-An act to repeal timberculture laws. and for other purposes. M,,,.,,,, 3_ 1,,,, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemble, That an act enti- 'rirnber culture laws tled "An act to amend an act entitled ‘An act to encourage the '°’°“‘°°‘ growth of timber on the Western prairies," approved June four- v01_ w, ,,_,,3_ teenth, eighteen hundred and seventy eight, and all laws sup lementa thereto or amendatory thereo, be, and the same are he;-elhy, Pr _ mpealgg; Provided, That this repeal shall not affect any valid rights m¤'€fi°L°§°'¤gms pm. heretofore accrued or accruing under said laws, but all bona tide °°”’°°· claims lawfully initiated before the passage of this act may be perfected upon due compliance withlaw, in the same manner, upon thesame terms and conditions, and subject to the same limitations, forfeitures, and contests as if this act had not been passed: And provided fur- _ ther, That the following words of the last clause of section two of said ,,$‘€.',§‘,2{"` °° "°°‘