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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 66, 67. 1891. 715 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 necessary, he may appoint a commission of not more than three persons, one of wAP£°}¤*=¤¤¤¤¤ <>f whom shal be an officer of the Treasury Department, which commission shall also examine the said (proposed sites, and such others as the Secretary of the Treasury may esignate, and grant such hearings in H¤•ri¤s¤. relation thereto as they shall deem necessary; and said commission shall, within thirty days after such examination, make to the Secre- imnmmmm and tary of the Treasury written report of their conclusion in the prem- "°*’°"°· ises, accompanied by all statements, maps, lats, or documents taken by or submitted to them, in like manner aslhereinbefore provided in regard to the proceedings of said agent of the Treasury De artment; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall thereupon finally determine ,,,£:g§Y,'_f‘i°“"°” °’ the location of the buildin to be erected. The compensation of said commissioners shall be fixed by the Sec- ¤<>¤¤p¤s¤¤¤¤¤¤ ci rotary of the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars per °°mmB"°°°"‘ day and actual traveling expenses: Provided, however, That the *"‘°”"°· member of said commission appointed from the Treasury Depart- 'mnwrymember. ment shall be paid only his actual traveling expenses. No money s all be used for the purpose mentioned until a valid mN<;;lfiI*°{$:r*%,:¤· title to the site for said buildin shall be vested in the United States, pass. ·" nor until the State of New éork 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 an the service of civil process therein. The building shall be unexposed to danger from fire by an open Open space. space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys. Approved, January 12, 1891. CHAP. 67.-An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of a. January 12, 1891. public building thereon, at Danville, in the State of Illinois. ——······—····* Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the tecre- I}Q::K;U§{£l· tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed ‘u°"°°°‘ to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site, and SM cause to be erected thereon a suitable building, including fire-proof Buildingvaults, heatin and ventilating aptparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the use and accommodation o the United States post-office and other Government offices, in the city of Danville an State of Illinois, the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heat- Cost. _ ing and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of one hundred thousand ollars. Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited ve1;¤iSgr3¤g)¤;w wwby pu llic 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 0 said proposals. Proposals made in response to said advertisement shal be addressed Responsesand mailed to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall then cause the said proposed sites, an such others as he may think proper to designate, to be examined in person by an agent of the Treasury Examination. ew., Department, who shall make written report to said Secretary of the ”YT¤-‘*¤¤“’Y•8°'**~ results of said examination, and of his recommendation thereon,