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 FIFTYFIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 363-365. 1899. 985 CHAP. 363.-An Act For the erection of a public building at the city of James- March 2.1899- town, New York. w 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¤m¤_¤wwp.N.Y. Treasury be, and heis hereby, authorized and directed to purchase, ,h$,’§l}§‘§_b““°‘“g ““` acquire by condemnation, or otherwise provide a site, and cause to be erected thereon a suitable, commodions, and substantial buildin g, including iireproof vaults, heating and ventilatin g apparatus, and approaches ior the use and accommodation of the United States post-office, and other Government offices, in the city of Jamestown and State of New York, the cost of the site and the building, including iireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars. Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited P¤>1·<>¤¤¤¤ for ¤i*-· 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 advertisement for opening the proposals. The proposals made in response to said public advertisement, at the I 0¤¤¤¤=i¤¤i¤¤ tv setime named in the advertisement or within ten days subsequent thereto, °°° °m" shall be received, opened, and considered by a ccmmission 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 from the date named in the advertisement for opening the proposals, a written report, with the original proposals, maps, and so forth, and the oaths prescibed by Act of Congress approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy- four, and to definitely state in said report the site selected by them, and their selection of the site shall be iinal; 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. The building shall be unexposed to danger from iire by an open space Fire space. of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys. Approved, March 2, 1899. CHAP. 364.-An Act Providing for an annex to the Federal building at Jackson, March 2, 1899. Mississippi. ww Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Jackson, nn,. Treasury be, and he is, authorized and directed to cause to be erected iugggggorgzzy *·¤¤¤~ an addition to the Government building at Jackson, Mississippi, occu- ` pied as a post-office and other Government offices, for the better accommodation of `the Federal court, land, and other Government offices, and to supply said building with the necessary iireproof vaults, elevator, and other fixtures and appliances for the more convenient, sate, and ready dispatch of public business, at a cost not to exceed thirty-one Limit of cost. thousand dollars: Provided, That the plans, specifications, and estima- pmmcc. tion of addition of said building and improvements or fixtures shall be Plus- ¢=¤· made and approved according to law: And provided further, That said building so enlarged shall be nnexposed to danger from tire in adiaccnt buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet on all sides, includ- Fire cpm. ing streets and alleys. Approved, March 2, 1899. eau, ees.-An Act For the erection of c public building at Monmouth, rinccis. Mmb 1 1899- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Mongrvgthigli- Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire, by n,€,?,‘§.,§_ m mg °“'