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 112 FIFTY-FIRST conenmss. sm. 1. os. 213, 214. 1890. city of largest circulation for at least twenty days prior to the date specified in said advertisement for the opening o said progosals. Responses. Proposals made in response to said advertisement shall be ad- ° dressed and mailed to the Secretary of the Treasury, who hall then cause the said proposed sites, and such others as he may think proper ¤¤¤¤i¤•¤<>¤. M-. to designate, to be examined in person by an agent of the Treasury b’T'°°°°°"“°°°' Department, 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 shall have come into his possession relating to the said proposed sites. If, upon consideration of said report and accompanying papers, . the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem further investigation nec- Appp1_¤¤me¤u ea essary, he may appoint a commission of not more than three persons, ‘°°"""‘““°‘” one of whom sh be an officer of the Treasury Departmen, which commission shall also examine the said' proposed sites, and such others as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, and grant um-ings. such hearings in relation thereto as they sha deem necessary; and ll¤¤¤i¤¤¤i<>¤ md said commission shall, within thirty days after such examination, mm make to the Secretary of the Treasury written report of their conclusion in the premises, accompanied by all statements, maps, lilats, or documents taken by or submitted to them, in like manner as ereinbefore p)rovided in regard to the proceedings of said agent of the poammsuon of Treasury epartment ; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall there- `*°°•°*°'* upon iinally determine the location of the building to be erected. Compensation of The comlpensation of said commissioners shall be fixed by the Sec- °°““""“"°“““‘ rotary of the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars per Prwivn day and actual traveling expenses: Pro»v·ided, however, That the T'°°"""°"'°"‘ member of said commission appointed from the Treasury Departmgpt shall be oply his actuagtipowsppingtppenws. ed No expmunum un- o mone s used or appor e u mention w__,,,,_"‘°’""‘ until a valid title to the site for said building sliall g vewed in the - United States, nor until the State of Indiana 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 gur- ` poses except the administration of the criminal laws of said tate and the service of civil rocess therein. Payment for me After the said site shadl 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 Secretary of the Interior and the Postmaster—General, Annu. balance the balance of said appropriation shall be available for the erection ‘°°' °“°'""“‘ and completion of the building, including nre-proof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches. openqme. The building s all be unexposed to danger from fire by an open space of at least forty feet, on each side, inc uding streets and alleys. Approved, May 16, 1890. may 16.1w. 214.-An act for the erection of a public building at Chester, Pennsyl- 1***; vama. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the cte¤m,r¤. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary rubuc bui1di¤G»€'¢· of the Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to acquire, sam. by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site, and cause to be B.,m..g_ erected thereon a suitable building, including fire-proof vaults, heating and ventilating ap ratus, elevators. an approaches, for the use ‘ of the United States (givernment offices in the city of Chester and ¤¤¤=- State of Pennsylvania; the cost of said site and building complete not to exceed the sum of eighty thousand dollars.