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 FIFTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ons. 46, 47, 50. 1891. 707 sum of twentdy-five thousand dollars for site and building; and the site purchase shall leave the building independent and unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings b an open space of not ‘01><¤¤ space. less than forty feet, including streets and alleys; Provided, That no Prwwv. » part of said sum shall be expended until a valid title to said site shall £,%<;¥g¤¤¤{;¤¤"·¤m¤¤ e vested in the United States, nor until the State of North Carolina, V I °’ ° " pm' shall cede 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. Approved, January 2, 1891. CHAP. 47.-An ant for the erection of a public building at Rome, Georgia. Jmnmry 2, 1891. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the. United States of America in Con ress assembled, That the Secretary Bome,Ga: of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to P"bh° °‘"m“‘*°°°‘ _ purchase or otherwise provide a suitable site and cause to be erected SM thereona substantial and commodious building, with fire-goof vaults nuuumg. extending to each story, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-ofiice and other offices of the Government at Rome, Georgia, the site and building thereon, when completed upon lans and specifications to be previously made and a proved by the rimam. Secretary o the Treasury, shall not exceed in cost the sum of fifty cost. - thousan dollars, nor shall any site be purchased until estimates for Nqpui-time or site the erection of a building which will furnish sufficient accommoda- `Q22Q, ,f,’§}l§’$§§_ fs"` tions for theftransaction of the public business, and which shall not exceed in cost the balance of the sum herein limited after the site Lmumm. shall have been purchased and paid for, shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That no part of said P’°'”$°- sum shall be expended until a valid title to the said site shall be Npmfeudiiure until vested in the United States, nor until the State of Georgia shall cede `"`hdm °‘°°°"p°”‘ 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. Approved, January 2, 1891. CHAP. 50.-AN ACT for the erection of a public building at the city of Bloom- January 5, 1891. ington, Illinois. ;‘;`°“ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Bnmpuugioq, ni. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pur- P“““° "‘”’“*”g·°*‘· chase, acquire by condemnation, or otherwise provide a site, and cause sam. to be erected thereon a substantial and commodious building, with Buuumg. fizeproof vaults, for the use and accommodation of the post-oflice, internal—revenue office, and for other Government uses, at the city of Bloomington in the State of Illinois. The site and building thereon, when completed upon plans and specifications to be re- 1>1a¤s.ew. viously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed in cost the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars; nor shall cost. any site be purchased until estimates for the erection of a building No Pumpase or site which will furnish sufficient accommodation for the transaction of }{,'§{,§, ,,'f,‘f,',$‘;§_ ‘”“` the public business, and which shall not exceed in cost the balance of the sum herein limited after the site shall have been purchased Limitation and paid for, shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury ; and no purchase of site nor plan for said building shall be ap- · proved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure