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 `FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 237, 238. 1891. 763 CHAP. 237.—An act for the erection of apublic building at Saint Paul, Minnesota. February 16, 1891. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America cn Congress assembled, That the Secretary sums ren, Mum. of the Treasury_be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to ac- P“l’“° "“ d’”g*°‘°· cept, as a donation from the city of Saint Paul, in the State of Minnesota, a suitable lot of land in said cit, and cause to be erected Siu- , thereon a commodious and substantial building, with fire-proofvaults Building. therein, for the accommodation of the United States post-office, district and circuit courtsycustom-house, internal revenue, and other Government civil offices in that cit . The plans, specifications, and E¤¤¤¤¤¤=¤»¤¤<=- full estimates for said building shall be, upon the acceptance of said site, made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed for _ the said building complete the sum of eight hundred thousand dol- l—*¤** °' °°¤°· lars. It shall be the ut of the Secretary of the Treasury, after the site for said building shah have been so accepted, to cause plans and _ gpeciiications for said building to be prepared, which plans and speci- uP¤•¤¤•¤¤ www cations shall have reference to the pro able increase of the popula- °°°' tion of the said city and the consequent needs of the Government for the next twenty years, but not involve an ex enditurein the erection and completion of said building exceeding the sum hereby appropri! ated: Provided, That the site so accepted by the Secretary of the HMM- Treasury shall be of such dimensions as to leave the building to be erected thereon unexposed to danger from nre in adgacent buildings By an opeéi space of not less thag {orgy feet, incl  b?reet?1 algd 0P¤¤ ¤P¤¤¤· eys; an no money appropriate or is purpose s ava' a e N¤ ‘¢¤r¤¤¤¢i¤ until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Minnesota shall have ceded (if it has not heretofore ceded) to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States hall 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: - Provided {wrther, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall be, and Secmwwpf Twas; he is here y, authorized, after the completion and occupancy of said ¥ifil€YuuS§m§Tr°S°° buildin, whenever in his judgment the public interest wi admit,. in his discretion, to sell and convey the present property of the United States in said city now occupied as a p:st—oiHce and court buildin, with the site thereof, the proceeds of the sale of said prop- hmeeanor sue. erty to be covered into the Treasury. Approved, February 16, 1891. CHAP. 238.-—An act to transfer oiiloers on the retired list of the Army from the February 16,1Ul. limited list to the unlimited. M__`;""` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That when officers new-eu us: of the who have been placed on the limited retired list as established by ‘*§·"‘,{',;,,,, 0,, ed section seven, chapter two hundred and sixiéy-three, page one hun- gomlygpmftzimmtmlrw dred and lift , volume twenty, United States tatutes at Large, shall v¤1.zo,p.1so,¤i¤em1- have attained the age of sixty-four years they shall be transferred °"· from said limited retired list to the unlimited list of officers retired by operation of law because of having attained said age of sixty-four ears. And the limited retired list shall hereafter consist of three Limited mum un hundred and isifty instead of four hundred, as now iixed by law; °°°'°““°"· Provided, That officers who have been placed on the retired 'st by PWM- special authority of Contixicgss shall not form part of the limited re- Special ¤>¤¤·¤m<=¤¤· tired list established by act. Approved, February 16, 1891.