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 780 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. GH. 285. 1891. Feb:-um·y24, 1891. CHAP. 285.-A.n act for the erection of a public building in the city of R0- ‘*"';"' anoke, Roanoke Cormty, Virginia. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the xgggféifdzh em United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre~- g’tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed Site. to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site, and . Bmidinz. cause to be erected thereon a suitable building, including fire-proof vaults, heating and Ventilating ap aratus, elevators, and approaches,. for the use and accommodation otp the United States post office, and other Government offices, in the city of Roanoke, and State of CM- Virginia, the cost of said site and building, including said vaults,. heating and Ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of sevent -five thousand dollars. P*9p0sals w be an- Pro sals for the sale of land suitable forsaid site shall be invited '°'““°d f"` by public advertisement in one or more of the newspapers of said city of largest circulation for at least twenty days prior to the date specined in said advertisement for the opening of said proposals. · Responses Proposals made in response to said advertisement shall be addressed and mailed to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall then cause the said proposed sites, and such others as he may think Examination, ew., roper to designate, to be examined in person by an agent of the ‘ ”’T"’“"“""g°“°· Treasury 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. lf, upon consideration of said report and accompanying papers, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem further investigation Appointment or necessary, he may appoint a commission of not more than three °°“"“’“‘°“‘ persons, one of whom shall be an officer of the Treasury Departnxsmsmmot. ment, which commission shall also examine the said proposed sites, and such others as the Secretary of the Treasury ma designate, Hearings. and grant such hearings in relation thereto as they shall, deem necessary; and said commission shall, within thirty days after such new-t. examination, 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 submitted to them, in like manner as hereinbefore provided in regard to the proceedings of 1;<·¤ermi¤¤¤i¤¤<>f1<> said agent of the Treasury Department ; and the Secretary of the °°t °°‘ Treasury shall thereupon finally determine the location of the building to be erected. C0§g;{;§,g;gr;i¤¤ Of The compensation of said commissioners shall be fixed by the Sec- ' retapy of the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars netsw. per ay and actual traveling expenses: Provided, however, That Treasury member. the member of said commission appointed from the Treasury Department shall be aid only his actual traveling expenses. v;`§§,j§tP,g¤gt%m ¤¤¤* No money shall he used for the purpose mentioned until a valid ’  title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States,. nor until the State of Virginia 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. ' 01**** ”P°°°- The building shall be unexposed to danger from nre by an open; space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys.. Approved, February 2-1, 1891.