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 716 FIFTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 67, 70. 1891. 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 invest1gation Apppmtmeut or necessary, he may appoint a commission of not more than three ‘ °°"““"“°"· persons, one of whom shall be an omcer of the Treasury Department, which commission shall also examine the said proposed sites, and such others as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, and nearing;. giant such hearings in relation thereto as they shall deem necessary; and said commission shall, within` thirty days after such examina- Examinucn and tion, make to the Secretary of the Treasury written report 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 in regard to the proceedings of said agent of Q¤¢¤¤¤i¤·•¤¤¤•>¤<> the Treasury Department; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall °°"°°' thereppon final y determine the location of the building to be erect . ¤¤¤¤1>¤¤¤| •¤*¤¤ ¤f The compensation of said commissioners shall be nxed by the °°m"Secretary o the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars uma. per day and actual traveling expenses: Provided, however, That '1‘r<¤¤=¤rr¤¤¤¤¤¤¤r- the member of said commission appointed from the Treasury Department shall be pzid only his actual traveling expenses. mN ¤¤°;¤c_¤· No money shall used for the pur ose mentioned until a valid wetitle to the site for said building shall he vested in the United States, nor until the State of Illinois shall have ceded to the United States exclusive ijurisdiction 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. °|’°'*°P‘°°· The building shall be unexposed to danger from fire by an open space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys. · Approved, January 12, 1891. · January 13, 1891. CHAP. 70.--An act to amend section twelve hundred and twenty-five of the ""°""’** Revised Statutes, concerning details of officers of the Army and Navy to educational ‘ institutions. , Be it enacted by the Senate and House if Representatives of the Nffy*“§¤§fe,¢S'"{g' QQ United States of America in Congress assem led, hat Section twelve bg; elfé ms me hundred and twenty-five of the Revised Statutes, concerning details ‘ °‘ ’ of officers of the Army and Navy to educatxonal 1ust1tutions, be. and the same is hereby. amended so as to permit the President to I-·*"**'*“°’°°*°°· detail, under the provisions of said act, not to exceed seve11ty-five officers of the Army of the United States; and the maximum number of officers of the Army and Navy to be detailed at any one time uX;;h?l» vn 491. 492. under the provisions of the act passed September twenty-Sixth, ‘ ‘ eighteen hundred and eight -eight. amending said section twelve Limit iw-eased. hundred and twenty-tive of the Revised Statutes, is hereby increased www to_eighty-tive; Provided, That no officer shall be detailed to or mainm}l>i•m_*;¤h<;t?¤n{ctq_;1:m tamed at any of the educational institutions mentioned in said act . . · where instruction and drill in militar tactics is not given: Provided °,§gf;P0f°fhc°',;§L*yy** further, _That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent ‘ the detail of officers of the Engineer Corps of the Navy as professors VoI.2‘J,p.322. in scientific schools or colleges as now rovided by Act of Congress approved February twentysixth, eighteen hundred and seventy- nine,_ent1tled "An act to promote a knowledge of steam-engineering and iron shipbuilding among the students of scientific schools or colleges in the United States. " Approved, January 13, 1891.