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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 29. 1890. 695 CHAP. 29.-An act to rovig‘ ’ ‘ - _ bm, in the State of Missispppirde for the construction of public building at Mend D¤¤¤¤1b¤1‘¤4. 1890 Be it enacted by the_Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America rn Congress assembled, That the Secretary Menuimrmxss. of the Treasury be, and he is ereby, authorized and directed to rubue buuumg,e¤e. acnpuire, byxpurchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site, and cause sm. to e erect thereon a suitable building, including fire-proof vaults, sammy. heating and ventilating apparatus, and ap roaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-oiiilbe and other Government ofiices, in the clit-y of Meridian and State of Mississippi, the cost of GM- said site and bding, including said vaults, heatin and ventilating glpparatiéshaad approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of nfty ousan dollars. _Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be in- rmpmmm beadvited _ y public advertisement in one or more of the newspapers of '°""'“°“ '°'· said city of largest circulation for at least twenty days pr1or to the dagpecified in said advertisement for the opening of said propo. Proposals made in response to said advertisement shall be Responses. 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 to designate, to be examined in person by an agent of the mnmmsuqneeny reasury Department, who shall make wr1tten report to said Secre— T"’°"“'”¥°"‘· tary of the results of said examination, and of his recommendation thereon, and the masons therefor, which shall be accompanied b the original proposals and all maps, plats, and statements which shtzlg have come into his possession relating to the said proposed S1 . . If, upon consideration of said report and 'accoma rs, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem furtheLniii]vl1el(gti)ga*Eon necessary, he may appoint a commission of not more than three sppomuuieumrenmpersons, one of whom shall be an offncer of the Treasury Depart- “"“‘°"· ment, which commission shall also examine the said proposed sites, and such others as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, and grant such hearings in re ation thereto as they shall deem Hearings necessary; and said commission shall, within thirty days after such _ examination, make to the Secretary of the Treasury written report ,,°E{‘“"“°*‘°““”""· of their conclusion in the premises, accompanied by all statements, maps, plats, or documents taken by or su mitted to them, in like manner as hereinbefore provided m regard to the proceedin s of said agent of the TreasurynDepartment; and the Secretary of the Dcwrmiuationctlc- Treasubry shall Btihereupon ally determine the location of the build- °""°“· in to erect. The compensation of said commissioners shall be fixed by the O01qpcnsat.ionotc0m· Secretary of the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars ""'“'°"°"* per day and actual traveling expenses: Provided, however, That the mm. member of said commission appointed from the Treasury Depart- Trwurymember. ment shall be paid only his actual traveling expenses. No money s all be used or applied for the purposes mentioned until a valid title to the site for said building s all be vested in the No expenditure un. United States, nor until the State of Mississippi shall have ceded to ““'“"‘"“°·°°°··P•"- the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all urposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein. ‘ The building shall be unexposed to danger from fire by an open gpm8pm_ space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys. Approved, December 24, 1890.