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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 99. 1891. 729 _ CQAP. 9$.—An act to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a Jammry $,1891. public building thereon at ioux Falls, in the State of South Dakota. 5**; Be it enacted by the Senate and House rz Representatives of the United States of America. in Congress assem Zed, That the Secretary Sioux mis s. nnk. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to P“"“° *’““d*”8·°°°· acqbuire, by (purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site and cause SM to e erecte thereon a suitable building, including nre-proof vaults, Building. heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States courts, post-office, and other Government offices, in the city of Sioux Falls and State of South Dakota, the cost of said site and building, including said ¤<>¤=· vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators and approaches, gomplete, not to exceed the sum ot one hundred and fifty thousand o ars. for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited vcPgigg;¤¤ *<> be Mlby pu lic advertisement in one or more of the newspapers of said °r` city of largest circulation for at least twenty days rior to the date specined in said advertisement for the opening of said roposals. ` Proposals made in response to said advertisement shall be addressed Responses. and mailed to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall then cause the said proposed sites, and such others as he may think roper to designate, to be examined in person by an agent of the Treasury Examination ew Department, who shall nrake written report to said Secretary of the hykmwagéucci " 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 s all have come into his possession re ating to said proposed sites. _ If, upon consideration of said report and accompanying papers, the Secretaryipf the Treasury shall eem further investigation necessary he may a point a commission of not more than three persons, Appointmentofcomone of whom dliall be an officer of the Treasury Department, which "““*°¤· commission shall also examine the said proposed sites, and such Examination. others as the Secretary of the Treasury maly designate, and grant such hearings in relation thereto as they shall deem necessary; and Hearings. said commission shall, within thirty days after such examination, make to the Secretary of the Treasury written report of their con- Report. clusion in the premises, accompanied y all statements, maps, lats, or documents taken by or submitted to them, in like manner asliereinbefore provided in regard to the proceedings of said agent of the Treasury Department; and the Secretary] of the Treasury shall there- mmminnuon or inupon finally determine the location of the building to be erected. °“"°”- The compensation of said commissioners shal be fixed by the Comginsation ct Secretary of the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars °°'“"‘ °"°"· per day and actual trave ing expenses: Provided, however, That the Proven. member of `said commission appointed from the Treasury Depart- rmnnry member. ment shall be aid only his actual traveling expenses. No money slliall be used for the purpose mentioned until a valid aljjgexnenmtumunnu title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United V °" “’°”°‘**’°”‘ States, nor until the State of South Dakota 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 and the service of civil process therein. The building shall be unexposed to danger from fire by an open Opcuspace. space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys. Approved, January 26, 1891.