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 118 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 236, 270, 271. 1890. · ever the Secretary of War shall decide that the public interest requires it, is also expressly reserved. °¤¤¤¤°¤¤¤ Sec. 5. That this act : all be null and void if actual construction — of the bridge herein authorized.be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date thereof. ‘ Approved, May 21, 1890. , `KIIBJUW- CHAP. 270.-An act to increase the appropriation for the erection of a public "'_""" building at Sacramento, California. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentattves 0 the ud United States cg America in Congress assembled? That the amjbunt sham in heretofore fixe as the limit of cost for the erection of a public cms,} °° °°'°building by the Government of the United States at Sacramento, California, be, and the same is hereby, increased to three hundred thousand dollars, and that the same is hereby fixed as the limit of cost of the erection of said building, including site. ww 4* ¤¢>¤· Sec., 2. That the officers of the United States Government havin charge of the erection of public buildin s are authorized and required to be governed by the limitations hereby prescribed in making contracts for the erection of said building. Approved, May 22, 1890. _ ` NAYS1U)- CHAP. 271.-—An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of """;*' apuhlicbuildingtliereon,atAshlandin the Stateof Wisconsin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rerresenfathzes of the gwmw M United States of America in Congress assemble, That the Secretary mm' of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to ac- ¤*°¢- quire, byétpurchase, condemnation or otherwise, a site, and cause to B¤*”¤¢- be erect thereon a suitable building, including fire-proof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and ap roaches, for ' the use and accommodation of the United States st-ogce and other Government offices, in the city of Ashland and State of Wisconsin, the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heating and `Hmitotcost. ventilating apparatus, elevators and approaches, complete, not to · exceed the sum of one hundred thousan dollars. m1:¢ppu•¤r¤r¤wm· Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited by pu lic advertisement in one or more of the newspapers of said city of largest circulation for at least twenty dafys prior to the date specified in said advertisement for the opening o said proposals. n¤•;»¤¤. Proposals made in response to said advertisement shall be addressed and mailed to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall then cause the said proposed sites, and such others as he may think proper ummm, •t¤.. to designateto be examined in person by an agent of the Treasury °’ °"°‘ °’ "°"‘ 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 re ating to the said proposed sites. If, upon consideration of said report and accompanying papers, _ the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem further investigation nec- Ntnmmmgccmmts- essary, he may appoint a commission of not more than three persons, °°‘ one of whom shal be an officer of the Treasury Department, which commission shall also examine the said proposed sites, and such others H°*¤¤&¤· as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, and grant such hearings in relation thereto as the shall deem necessary ; and said commission shall, within thirty Jays after such examination, make to cammunmrvvcrt. the Secretary of the Treasury written report of their conclusion in