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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 83, 84. 1891. 723 said commission shall, within thirty days after such examination, El_{°·m*¤°·**°¤ °¤d*'°· make to the Secretary of the Treasury written report of their conclu- p° ' sion in the premises, accompanied by all statements, maps, plats, or documents taken by or submitted to them, in like manner as hereinbefore provided in regard to the proceedings of said agent of the Treasury Department; and the Secretar of the Treasury, shall there- w,D¤*¤¤‘¤i¤•*¤¤¤ of ¤¤- upon finally determine the location of the building to be erected. °°' The comlpensation of said commissioners shall be ixed by the Sec- m.ii°, gf retary 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 Department hwury mmm. shall be paid onlly his actual traveling expenses. · No money sha be used for the pprpose mentioned until a valid vfu·5¤t{5¢¤¤g;*¤‘¤¤¤· title to the site for said building sha be vested in the United States, °’° ’°°°°' nor until the State of Ohio sha 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 piuposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein. The building shall be unexposed to dan r from fire by an open Openpwn. space of at least forty feet on each side, inchioding streets and alleys. Approved, January 21, 1891. CHAP. 84.-An act for the erection of a public building at Fort Dodge, Iowa. January 21, 1891. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary F<>¤·¤_D<¤1ge._r<>w¤» of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to P“m‘° °“°d""*“°°‘ ac uire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site and cause sm. to the erected thereon a suitable building, including fire-proof vaults, mmm;. heating and ventilating apparatus. elevators, and ap roaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-ogce and other Government offices, in the city of Fort Dodge an State of Iowa, the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heating and cm. ventilating apparatus, elevators and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of seventy-five thousan dollars. Pro sals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited grgdgspw to be ud-. by public advertisement in one or more of the newspapers of said v° °”` city of largest circulation for at least twenty days prior to the date specified in said advertisement for the opening of said lproposals. Proposals made in response to said advertisement shal be addressed P¢¤r><>¤¤¤¤·. and mailed to the Secretary of the Treasiuy, who shall then cause the said proposed sites, an such others as e may think roper to designate, to be examined in person by an agent of the llreasury nnmmmm em., Department, who shall make written report to said Secretary of the W '*""“'”'Y **8******- 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 mto his possession relating to the said proposed sites. If, upon consideration of said report and accompanying papers, the Secretary of the Treasury shall eem further investigation necessary, he may appoint a commission of not more than three persons, Appom¤mm0rc0m· one of whom shall be an officer of the Treasury Department, which ""“’°"· commission shall also examllw fhé said proposed Sites, and such Examination. others as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, and grant such hearings in relation thereto as they shall deem necessary; nearing:. and said commission shall, within thirty days after such examination, make to the Secretary of the Treasury written report of their con- new-u. clusion in the premises, accompanied bya l statements, maps, plats, Oi-.