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 972 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ons. 341, 342. 1899. Karel: 2.1800. CHAP. 341.—An Act To provide for the construction of a public building at ""';““'“" Butte City, Montana. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United nm! city. lion:. States of America in Qongrcaa assembled, That the Secretary of the u£§:,h,{ mm'" "` Treasury ‘be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase, acquire by condemnation, or otherwise provide a site, and cause to be erected thereon a suitable, commodious, and substantial building, including ilreproof vaults, heating and ventilatin g apparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States postoffice, internal revenue, and other Government ofilces in the city I-irniwf ·=¤•*· of Butte and State of Montana, the cost of the site and the building, including iireproof vaults, heating and ventilatin g apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of two hundred thousand dollars. _ Pmpoensfcr uw- Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be ir1v1ted by public advertisement in one or more of the newspapers of said city for at least fourteen days prior to the date specified in the advertise- ¤·¤¤¤*•·*·>¤— ment for opening the proposals. The proposals made in response to said public advertisement, at the time named in the advertisement or within ten days subsequent thereto, shall be received, opened,·and considered by a commission of three persons, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and it shall be the duty of said commissioners to forward to the Secretary of the Treasury, within forty days hom the date named in the advertisement for opening the proposals, a written report, with the original proposals, maps, and so forth, and the oaths prescribed by Act of Congress approved June twenty- third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and to deiinitcly state in said report the site selected by them, and their selection of the site shall be final; and each commissioner shall be allowed a compensation for his services of an amount within the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, said compensation not to exceed two hundred dollars and actual traveling expenses to each commissioner. !*'°'P’°°· The building shall be unexposed to danger trom fire by an open space of at least forty feet on each side, including slmeets and alleys. Approved, March 2, 1899. Il[•re1n2. 1899- CHAP. 342.-An Act To provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a ····*··r·;‘ ‘ ‘ public building thereon at Joplin, in the State of Missouri. Bc it enacted by the Senate emd House of Representatives of the United ·{,¤;il§¤,{)¤<hdln M_ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the thorium; E g Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site, and cause to be erected thereon a suitable building, including iireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States postoflice and other Government offices in the Lammmns. city of Joplin and State of Missouri, the cost of said site and building, including saidvaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars. Pr¤v·»»=·¤¤ fvr 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 aid city of largest circulation for at least twenty days prior to the date specilled in the said advertisement for the opening of said proposals. _r¤mmg¤.u¤¤ or 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 examination, and of his recommendation thereon, and the reasons therefor, which shall be accompanied by the original proposals and all maps,