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 838 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ons. 526, 5:27. 1891. or built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction, or after comp etion, such change shall be sub`ect to the approval of the Secretary of War. Amendment, ew. Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved, and the right to require any changes in the said structure, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever the Secretary of War shall decide that the public interest so requires, is also express] reserved. 0¤m¤¤5·>¤¤¤m¤¤¤¤¤¤ Sec. 6. That this act shallrbe null and void if actual construction °°'”°l°"°”‘ of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date thereof. Approved, March 3, 1891. Mnrclw,1891. CHAP. 527.-An act to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of “"‘°‘*'" a. public building thereon at Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the mi;=i|¤¤¤¤v¤¤· P¤·· United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary ' of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to ga., ac uire, by urchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site and cause to(l>e erectedp thereon a suitable building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States Mint, in the city ~ cm. of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of two mglion dcillamh t b d Ax¤¤*<>r>r*¤¤i<>¤ for o muc o e appropria ion as ma e necessar to efra trav- _ and for necessary survey thereof, shall be immediately available. Prnpnrationofplnns. So much of said appro riation as may be necessar for the prep- - aration of sketch-(plans, drawings, specifications, andy detailed estimates for the buil ing by the Supervisin Architect of the Treasury Department shall be available immediately upon the selection of the site by the Secretary of the Treasury. rm qmey avmabne No money a propriated shall be available, except as hereinbefore ""“*““°·°°°*·*’°“’" provided, until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Pennsylvania shall have ceded to the United States exclusive iiurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shal 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. m¤¤¤¤¤<>¤ ¤> be ¤¤¤d After the said site shall have been paid for, and the sketch-plans mmm;' and detailed drawings for the building shall have been prepared by the Supervising Architect, and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury and Director of the Mint, the ba ance of a propriation shall be available for the erection and completion of tlhe building, including fire-proof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, and such balance of the a propriation as may remain available after the building shall have been completed shall be ap lied to and used in the purchase of apparatus for the puriposes oi) the mint. °P°¤°P°°°· e building shall be unexposed to danger from nre by an open _ space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys. “’ b° That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, further directed, when the new building herein authorized to be erected shall have been completed, to dispose of the resent United States mint building in the city of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, at private or public sale, and to give a quit-claim deed to the purchaser
 * ?.1°°i,iQ_””m°di°*°ly eling expenses and otherlbxpenses incident to the seleybtion of the site,