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 —]_ FIFTX-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 389-391. 1899. maps, plats, and statements which shall have come into his possession relating to the said proposed site. , _ -wmmi»¤i<m. 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 commissron shall within thirty days after 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 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 finally determine the loca- _ tion of the building to be erected. . -¤¤p.¤mm. The compensation of said commissioners shall be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars per Prwiw- day and actual traveling expenses: Provided, however, That the mem- T'“T“`"’ mm" ber of said commission appointed from the Treasury Department shall be paid only his actual traveling expenses. Fin •p•c¤. 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. linen 2,180. 390.-An Act For the erection of a public building at Saint Cloud, Min- —;——— neso. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United sa cimrmun. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ¤f,”,‘;j‘§’_"“*‘“*”¤ "" Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire, by gift, purchase, or condemnation or otherwise, a site for, and cause to be erected thereon a suitable building, including nre-proof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, for the use and and accommodation of the United States land office, post-oflice, and other Government offices at the city of Saint Cloud, in the State of Limitof me Minnesota. The cost of the site and building thereon, with its appurtenances, when completed upon plans and specifications to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum of fifty thousand dollars. Approved, March 2, 1899. Mucha18s. CHAP. 391.-A.n Act To provide for the construction of a public building at '—·—·······-—· Salem, Oregon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United samp, omg, States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the TreasuP_,?,:;: "“* ‘“'“ ““‘ ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site for and cause to be erected thereon a suitable building for the accommodation of the post-oliice and other Government offices at the city of Limit crew. Salem, in the State of Oregon; and 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 com- Tb plete the sum of one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That the “’ ‘ site shall leave the building unexposed to danger from iire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet, including streets ·rm¤,m. and alleys; and no money appropriated for this purpose, except for the ordinary preliminary expenses, shall be available until a valid title to the site of said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Oregon shall have ceded to the United States exclusive