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 676 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ons. 111, 112. 1895. ydu-ur, gg, gps, CHAP. 111.-An Act For the erection of a public building at Newport, Kentucky. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Neviport, xg. States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the uf§E,,`{_ bm mg “` Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase, or Pm M12- otherwise provide a site for, and cause to be erected thereon a suitable building, with a fireproof vault therein, for the accommodation ot: the post-office at the city of Newport, Kentucky. The plans, specifications, cm and full estimates of said building shall bepreviously made an d approved mM._ according to law, and shall not exceed, for the site and building comopeu rpm. plete, the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars: Provided, That the site shall leave the building uuexposed to danger from iire  adjacent Tm,' M_ buildings by an open space of not less than fifty feet, including streets and alleys: Provided further, That no part of said sum shall be available mitil a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Kentucky shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein. Approved, February 20, 1895. February 20, ID5. CHAP. 112.-An Act To provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a ····*·*·‘"‘ public building thereon in the city of Cumberland, Maryland. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United cuwiumm States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Q“_“,{_*““‘ '“" Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire, by Pm. nw- purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site, and cause to be erected thereon aT suitable building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States court-house, postoffice, and other Government olhces in the city of Cumberland and State of Maryland, the mmm: me. cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars. ~P~i>·>~¤• fw me Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited by public advertisement in one or more of the newspapers of said city of largest circulation for at least twenty days prior to the datexpecined in said advertisement for the opening of said proposals. · rapm, sw. 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 proper to designate, to be examined in person by an agent of the Treasury Department, who shall make written report to said Secretary of the results of said examinatiou, and of his recommendation thereon, and the reasons therefor, which shall be accompanied by the original proposals and all maps, platls, anddstatements which shall have come into his possession relating to the said proposed sites. Commission m in- Ii, upon consideration of said report and accom an in pa ers the '°'°"°°'"°°‘ Secretary of the Treasury shall deem further invegtiggticin ngcessary, he may appoint a commission of not more than three persons, one of whom shall be an officer of the Treasury Department, which commission shall also examine the said proposed sites, and such others as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, and grant such hearings in relation Mum thereto as they shall deem necessary ; and said commission shall, within thirty days after such examinatiommake 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 hmmm said agent of the Treasury Department; and the Secretary of the