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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Cris. 342, 343. 1899. 973 plats, and statements which shall have come into his posses ion relating to the said proposed sites. ~ . It, upon consideration of said report and accompanying papers, the·‘°°'““““°i°“· Secretary of the Treasury shall deem further investigation necessary, 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 thereto as they shall deem necessary; and said commission shall, within thirty days atter such examination, make 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 hereinbeibre provided in regard to the proceedings of said agent of the Treasury Department; and the —•l·°¤¤¤*¤·*·i¤¤- Secretary of the Treasury shall thereupon iinally determine the location of the building to be erected. · The compensation of said commissioners shall be fixed by the Secre- m°°|:;{£:;•**°“ °* tary of the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars per day ` and actual traveling expenses: Provided, however, That the member of _°*}r°;i;,;8 said commission appointed from the Treasury Department shall be paid im. my mm"` only his actual traveling expenses. - The building shall be unexpom to danger from nre by an open space ]"” “P“°°· of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys. Approved, March 2, 1899. CHAP. 343.-An Act Providing fm: the erection of a public building at the city of Merch 2. 1899- Sesttls, in the State ol Washington. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the §.‘§j‘,f§§·,}',‘;;}gQ*,;g m_ Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to purchase, or tlwrized. acquire by condemnation proceedings, a site for a building to be erected thereon, and to cause to be erected at the city of Seattle, in the State of Washington, a suitable building for the use and accommodation of the United States courts, custom-house, land office, postoffice, and other Government offices in said city, with iireproof vaults extending to each · story; the site, and the building thereon, when completed according Li¤¤l¤¤f ¤¤¤*~ to plans and specifications to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, not to exceed the cost of three hundred thousand dollars. . . Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited P~r·¤··l•¤*··· •l¢•· by public advertisement in one or more of the newspaper of said city of largest circulation for at least twenty days prior to the date specided in said advertisement for the opening of said proposals. _ Proposals made in response to said advertisement shall be addressed ,,f,{"°°“5*"°¤ °‘ 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 theretor, which shall be accompanied by the original proposals and all maps, plats, and statements which shall have come IDU) his possession relating to the said proposed sites. Q It' upon consideration of said report aI1d accompanying papers the —·¤¤¤¤¤¤i¤¤i¤¤- Secretary of the Treasury shall deem further investigation necessary, 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 thereto as they shall deem necessary; and said commission shall. within thirty days after such examination, make to the Secretary