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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. .CHS. 537, 538. 1891. 851 the usual incidental eIx penses and commissions, shall be covered into the Treasury of the nited States and is hereby appropriated and madeavarlable for the purpose of constructing the new customhouse _ building as herein and ereby provided; and in case of such Sale the Secretary of the Treasury shallease said premises from the ur- Lease or om until chaser or purchasers thereof, at a rental which shall not exceed fbur §°u*,§‘j§,°,}‘,l°" °° "°" per centum per annum on the purchase price, for use as a customouse unt1l't e new customhouse shall be ready for occupancy, u on uch terms as he may deem advantageous, and such sale s allpbe subject to such right of lease; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to sell said customhouse property and receive the purchase price in several payments from time to time, as he may eem most advantageous: rovided, however, That the use, occupa- mwuo. ‘ tion, and possession of said (prciperty shall not be surrendered until dgglf u*&,,*;*e:¤,;¤*mg• the new customhouse is rea y or occupation, and the fmalpayment ingready,etc. ` is fully made. · Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is_ hereby, au- Commission ¤¤ be thorized to appoint five citizens of the State of New York who shall °pp°'”t°d‘ be designated as United States building commissioners, and who shall be charged with the erection and construction of the new customhouse building, as herein rovided for. And such commissioners, or a majority of them, subect to the a proval of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall have full (power to advertise for proposals for Proposals for buildcontracts for the erection of said customhouse, or the several parts hg` thereof; and the offers in res use to such dprolposals, if they shall not exceed in the aggregate th); amount ava' ab e under this act for the completion of said customhouse, and if they shall be otherwise satisfactorygto said commissioners and to the Secretary of the Treasury, shall acce ted, in whole or in part; but in case such offers ww r¤_¤i¤$d¤¤;i shall exceed said limits of cost, or be otherwise unsatisfactory, then bid; ,,,,L‘¤,mt0.·3·_ said commissioners or a majority of them shall have full power and authority to- purchase all materials, contract for and employ all necessary labor, including skilled and professional services, with or without advertisement ; and said Secretary shall iix a fair and reasonable compensation for the services of such commissioners, to be ¤¤¤¤r¤¤¤¤¤¤¤- paid out of any appropriation or appropriations for the construction of said new customhouse. ‘ Sec. 4. That no appropriation is made by this bill in addition to Miami: ¤f ¤¤¤¤¤¤ the sum or sums already appropriated, or available for this purpose ` under the provisions of an act entitled "An act for the erection of an "°*·“·P·“· · appraisers warehouse in the citylof New York, and for other plurposes," approved September fourteent, eighteen hundred and eigl ty-eight, an any act, or acts amendatory thereof, together with the sum or sums to be derived from the sa e of the present customhouse propert in the city of New York, as herein provided. Sec. 5. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the pro- · visions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved, March 3, 1891. · CHAP. 538.-An act to provide for the adjudication and payment of claims aria- Much 8 mt ing from Indian depredations. ---——-J-———-—- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives if the · United States of America in Congress assembled, That in ad ition cgfgu d°P"*‘“*'°*°¤ to the jurisdiction which now is, or may hereafter be, conferred upon cumin or emma w the Court of Claims, said Court shall have and possess jurisdiction ‘“’l““‘°°‘°· and authority to inquire into and finally adjudicate, in the manner provided in this act, all claims of the fo lowing classes, namely: S First. All claims for property of citizens of the United States taken rm ny taken by or destroyed by Indians belonging to any band, tribe, or nation, in  *¤‘“”*