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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Gus. 336, 337. 1899. 969 otherwise provide a suitable site, and cause to be erected thereon a substantial and commodious building for the use and accommodation of the postofiice and other offices of the Government at Elgin, Illinois. The site and building thereon, when completed upon plans and speci- Limit ¤f<>¤¤t· iications to be previously made and approved by .the Secretary of the Treasury_, shall not exceed in cost the sum of one hundred thousand dollars;` nor shall any site be purchased until estimates for the erection of a building which will furnish sufficient accommodations for the transaction of the public business, and which shall not exceed in cost the balance of the sum herein limited after the site shall have been purchased and paid for, shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Treasmy; and no purchase of site nor place for said building shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the said sum of one hundred thousand dollars for site and building. And the site purchased shall leave the building inde· FM ¤P··¤~ pendent and unexposed to danger from tire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet, including streets and alleys. Approved, March 2, 1899. CHAP. 33'l.—An Act To supplement and amend an Act entitled “An Act for the March 2,11109. · erection of a new custom-house in the city of New York, and for other purposes," —w·—····· approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. . r Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State: of America in Oamgress assembled, That the Secretary of the New rmi. _ Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire, by ,,,fQ',{§,'{“°§‘,,‘?' QQ purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, for customs purposes, the prom- 1¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¢¤¤r1¤¤<1- ises heretofore selected by the Secretary of the Treasury, under the Act of September fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, as a vorzs, pam site for a custom-house building, and known as the Bowling Green site, in the city of New York and State of New York, and the sum of seven cm tr site. hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in addition to the balance in the Treasury remaining unexpended under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved September fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty- eight, entitled "An Act for the erection of an appraiser’s warehouse in the city of New York, and for other pur·poses,” is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and made immediately available for such purpose. Sec. 2. That upon the acquisition of said site the Secretary of the Linpit of cost for Treasury shall cause to be erected thereon a substantial, commodious, °““‘""“‘ ‘ and fireproof building for the purposes of a custom-house, at a cost not to exceed three million dollars, exclusive of the cost of the site, and for the preparation of the plans and the commencement of the work the sum of one million dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and made immediately available for this purpose; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to i <*y¤¤¤•<=*· ¤¤¤¤··¤‘· contract for the completion of said building, including heating and ven- m` tilating apparatus, iireproof vaults, elevators, and approaches complete, within the limit of cost prescribed by law, subject to the appropriations which may hereafter be made by Congress. Snr;. 3. That the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, Pl¤¤¤·°*°· invite not less than live architects to compete for the preparation and furnishing of plans, drawings, and specifications, and the local supervision of the construction of said new custom-house building, under the direction and general supervision of the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and m;*{lj°*_;Qg;$*b*;•;rf"¤· directed to sell at public or private sale, to the highest bidder, after I due advertisement, but for not less than three million dollars, the present custom-house property in the city of New York, bounded by Wall, William, and Hanover streets, and Exchange place, and to deposit the proceeds of the sale, after the payment of the usual incidental expenses, in the United States `Treasury as miscellaneous receipts derived from