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 984 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 359-362. 1899. accepted by the Secretary of the Treasury for uch purpose, a suitable building, with tireproof vaults, to be used for postoffice and other mma ot em. Government offices, not to exceed in cost the sum of seventy-eight thousand dollars, to be expended. under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall cause proper plans and estimates to be made, so that no expenditure shall be made or authorized for the full completion of said building beyond the amount herein specified. Approved, March 2, 1899. March 2, IU9. CHAP. 360.-An Act For the erection of a public building at Menominee, Michigan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Meuominep.¥i¤h· States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the m bmming "` 'Preasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase or acquire by condemnation a site for, and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with fireproof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the post-office and other Government offices at Menominee, State of Limit ¤f price- Michigan. The plans, specifications, and full estimates for said building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed, for the site and building complete, the sum of fifty thousand mm dollars: Provided, That the site shall leave the building unexposed to '*""""°‘ dangerfrom tire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet, including streets and alleys. Approved, March 2, 1899. Much 2, 1899. CHAP. 361.-An Act To provide for the erection of a public building at Kansas ———-—-——- City, Kansas. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasemma.urybe, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site for, and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with fireproof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the post-office and other Govmmi. r ppm. ernment offices at the city of Kansas City, State of Kansas. The plans, specifications, and full estimates for said building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed, for the site and building complete, the sum of one hnndred and fifty thousand dollars. And it shall be the duty of 'the Secretary of the Treasury, after the site for said building shall have been purchased, to cause a plan and specifications of said building to be prepared, which said plan and specineations shall not involve an expenditure in the erection and completion of said building and approaches thereto exceeding the portion of said one hundred and fifty thousand dollars remaining alter the site for said building shall have been paid for; and no plan for said building shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the sum so remaining after paying for the site of said building: Provided, That the site shall leave the building "°°‘ unexposed to danger from nre in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet, including streets and alleys. Approved, March 2, 1899. March 3. 1899. CHAP. 362.-An Act Regulating the postage on letters written by the blind. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 11g3g::! gergceétun States of America in Congress assembled, That all letter written in ,,,,,,,_,,,‘$,,.,,,, bu,,,, point print or raised characters used by the blind when unsealed shall he transmitted through the mails as third·class matter. All acts or parts of acts conflicting with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved, March 2, 1899.