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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 648, 649. 1890. 211 persons, which commission shall also examine the said roposed sites, Examination. and such others as the Secretary of the Treasur may designate, and grant such hearings in relation thereto as they shall deem necessary ; Hearings. and said commission shall, within thirty days after such examination, make to the Secretary of the Treasury written report of their con- Report. clusion in the premises, accompanied y any statement, maps, lats, or documents taken by or submitted to them, in like manner asdiereinbefore provided in regard to the proceedin s of said agent of the Treasury Department, and the Secretar of the Treasury shall there- Determinationofloupon iinally determine the location of the buildin to be erected. °“*·*°“· The compensation of said commissioners sha1? be fixed by the compensation or Secretary o the Treasury, but shall not exceed six dollars per day °°"‘"”j”‘°“°"‘ and actual traveling expenses : Provided, however, That the member Preview. of said commission aplpointed from the Treasury Department shall '*`¤'°°¤¤¤'m°¤b°’· be Lpaid only his actua traveling expenses. 0 money shall be used or app ied when appropriated for the N;0 ditu!8ImtH purposes mentioned until a valid title to the site for said buildin "md *°"°‘* *’““· sha be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Pennsyg vania 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. The building herein provided for shall be unexposed to danger open mwfrom iire by an open space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and a eys. Approved, July 2, 1890. CHAP. 649.-An act toprovide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of a July 2, 1800. public building thereon, at Alexandria, in the State of Louisiana. —_‘w‘_‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem Zed, That the Secretary Alexandria in of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to P“’°“° *’““d”*¤·°*°· ac uire, by urchase, condemnation. or otherwise, a site, and cause sm. to(l»e erected) thereon a suitable building, including tire-proof vaults, Buildmz. heating and ventilating apparatus. elevators, and approaches for the use and accommodation of the United States post office and other Government offices, in the oitv of Alexandria and State of Louisiana, the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heat- cm. ing and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of sixty thousand dollars. Pro osals for the sale of land suitable for saidsite shall be in- mlsto be advited hy public advertisement in one or more of the newspapers of " °" said city of largest circulation for at least twenty days (prior to the date specified in said advertisement for the opening of said proposals. Proposals made in response to said advertisement shall e ad- Responses dressed and mailed to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall then cause the said proposed sites. and such others as he may think roper to designate, to be examined in person by an agent of the Examination, nm, Treasury Department, who shall make written report to said Secre- °’T'°°*“’Y°’—¥°“‘· tary of the results of said examination, and of his recommendation thereon, and the reasons therefor, which shall be accompanied b 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 necessary, he may appoint a commission of not more than three persons, one of lipsninzmnntnrnnmwhom shah be an officer of the Treasury Department, which commis- °"- sion shall also examine the said proposed sites, and such others as the mnnninnmn. Secretary of the Treasury maydesignate, and grant such hearings in Hsu-mp. ’ h hall d m necessar · and 'd'on relation thereto as they s ee y, said commissi