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 998 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 385, 386. 1899. thereon a suitable buildin g, including fireproof vaults, heating and Ventilating apparatus, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office and other Government offices in the city Limit of out- of Rome and State of New York, the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heating and ventilatin g apparatus, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars. ?¤¤r¤¤•lf¤¤*‘•l*¤· Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited by public advertisement in one or more of the newspapers of said city of largest circulation for at least twenty days prior to the date specified in said advertisement for the opening of said proposals. ·“£¤:*¤¤ **¤¤**°¤ °* 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, plats, and statements which shall have come into his possession relating to the said proposed` sites. -•¤¤¤¤¤i¤¤i¤¤· If, upon consideration of said report and accompanying papers, the 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 of the Treasury written report of their conclusions in the premises, accompanied by all statements, maps, plats, or documents taken by or submitted to them in like manner as hereinbefore provided in regard to the proceedings of said agent of the Treasury Department; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall thereupon iinally determine the location · of the building to be erected. ·-··¤¤v¤¤··¤¤¤ 0*- The compensation of said commissioners shall be Hxed by the Secretary of the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars 'per Ptyvvw- day and actual traveling expenses : Provided, however, That the member Q} T""'" ”‘°"" of said commission appointed from the Treasury Department shall be _ paid only his actual traveling expenses. ` ““°•°*°· No money shall be used for the purpose mentioned, except ordinary preliminary expenses, until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State•of New York shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein. mn •P•°°· The building shall be unexposed to danger from fire by an open space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys. Approved, March 2, 1899. Merch 2.189% tug?. 386.-An Act For the erection of a public building at Carrollton, Ken- 0 m K Be it enacted  the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pzmc ,j:;,d,{é Bn_ States of Amerece an Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the snmuu. Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase or otherwise provide a site for, and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with a iireproof vault therein, for the accommodation of the Limiw- cm- postotiice at the city ot Carrollton, Kentucky. The plans, specifications, and full estimates of said building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed for the site and build-