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 108 FII•‘TY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 205, 206. 1890. city of largest circulation for at least twenty days prior to the date specified in said advertisement for the opening of said lproposals. Proposals made in response to said advertisement shal be addressed and mailed to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall then cause thesaid pro osed sites, and such others as he may think proper to desigm¤¤u¤su¤¤,em.,by nate, to he examined in person by an agent of the Treasury Depart- '*"°""'¥'*°°‘· ment, who shall make written report to said Secretary of the results of said examination, and of his recommendation thereon, and the reasons therefor, which shall be accompanied by the original proposals and all maps, plats, and statements which S all have come intoisigmssession relating to the said proposed sites., upon consideration of said report and accompanying papers, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem further investigation necessary, A ,,4,,,. he may iappoint a commission of not more than three persons, one of whom s be an officer of the Treasury Department, which commission shall also examine the said proposed sites, and such others as the Secretary of the Treasury inlay designate, and grant such hearings in relation thereto as they sh deem necessary; and said commission shall, within thirty days after such examination, make to the Secretary of the Treasury written report of their conclusion in the plrlemises, accompanied by all statements, maps, plats, or documents en by or submitted to them, in like manner as hereinbefore provided in regard to the proceedings of said agent of the Treasury Denmmmumetm. pertinent; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall thereupon nnally ¤•¤°¤· etermine the location of the  to be erected. . ‘ c¤mm¤¤¤¤•e¤¤· The comipensation of said commissioners shall be fixed bly the Sec- ¤’°'“"·‘°“· retary of the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six ollars per mw M day and actual traveling expenses: Provided, however, That he "'°"""-"""‘ ‘ member of said commission appointed from the Treasury Department shall be raid duly his actual traveling expenses. ‘¤ ¤¤- No money s ll be usedor applied for the purmses mentioned enum;-. I`"` until a vali title to the site for said building shall vested in the United States, nor until the State of Iowa 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 purpogezhexcept thefadrngnistratiophof the criminal laws of said State an e service o CIV] rocess erem. nymmm-uu. After the said site shall have been paid for, and the sketch-plans and detailed estimates for the building shall have been prepared by the Supervising Architect, and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, the ecretary of the Interior and the Postmaster-General, suuauxemneeror the balance of said appropriation shall be available for the erection "““'”"‘·°'°· and completion of the building, including iire-proof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches. opuspm. The building s all be unexposed to damper from fire by an open space of at least forty feet, on each side, inc uding streets and alleys. Approved, May 14, 1890. may 14. ism. _206.—An act to construct a road to the national cemetery at Port Hud- —-———-————— son, Ioumana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 1ma¤¤s1¤¤me¢ery· United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of K‘{,',f,f,I$',§’¤";'§ thirteen thousand five hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, ¤>¤=¤¤¤=¤¤•¤¤¤- appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the construction of a road from the Mississippi river to the National Cemetery at Port Hudson, Louisiana, mxperaime. Sec. 2. That the sum of money appro riated by this act shall be expended by and under the direction of the Secretary of War, either by contract or otherwise, as to him may seem best. _ Approved, May 14, 1890.