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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 446,447. 1899. 13,59 sylvania avenue and Madison place (Fifteen-and-a-half street northwest), in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, part of which is covered by the building now occupied by the Department; and the _ construction of said building shall be in charge of the Attorney-Gem eral, who shall be authorized and directed to select and adopt plans for the said building and to make contracts for its construction and tor the removal of the old building, after proper advertisements and the reception of plans and bids, and to pay to the persons submitting the two sets of plans next in order of merit to those selected such sums as, in his judgment, shall be proper compensation for their preparation; and for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act and completing and furnishing the said building the sum of one million dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not. otherwise appropriated; and the money appropriated for said building shall be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General. Sec. 2. That said building shall be constructed so as to provide a Ammmoqsnen m court room and necessary accommodations for the Court of Claims. In °"‘"" °f °"‘“"“·"“°· the meantime the Attorney-General is authorized to hire temporary quarters for the use of said court, and to remove said court and its records and archives thereto; and the sum of twenty-tive thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for that purpose, to remain available until expended. Sec. 3. That the Attorney-General shall annually report to Congress R°P°¥'*- at the commencement of each session a detailed statement of all the proceedings made under the provisions of this Act. . Sec. 4. The limit of cost of said building is one million of dollars ‘·"“*‘ °‘°°°*~ and no plan therefor shall be accepted or construction thereof entered upon that will involve an expenditure exceeding the limit of cost iixed herein. Approved, March 3, 1899. ' CHAP. 447.-An Act Authorizing the exchange of lot six of square ten, known as March 3, 1899. the old custom-house lot, in the city of Saint Augustine, Florida, for lands adioiu- ttm ing that part of the United States military reservation in said city de ignated as the powder-house lot.- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the 3:lg··g*i¤:;l{·`,{·;;_ Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to convey the me tr bu mnemtitle of the United States to lot six, of square ten, in the city of Saint {}_‘{{{;jj‘°‘*°'°°·l°*“*”8 Augustine, State of Florida, known as the old custom house lot, to Charles F. Hamblen, or his heirs or assigns, in exchange and upon a conveyance by said Charles F. Hamblen, his executors or assigns, to the United States of America of the lot of land known as the Hedrick lot, in square forty-four, in said city of Saint Augustine, situated between the United States military reservation known as the powderhouse lot and the Matanzas River or Bay, with all riparian rights and water privileges to said lot belonging. But the conveyance of the said lands belonging to the United States by the Secretary of the Treasury shall be subject to the rights of Henry M. Flagler in and to a lease of _ the same heretofore made to him by the Treasury Department; Pro- fljjfggjiiou Mu qmleit, lmuwter, That the exchange of lands herein authorized shall het nm ¤·>¤»~»y¤a,m. ' take citect until the governor of the State of Florida shall have ceded to the United States jurisdiction over the said lands to be conveyed by the said Charles F. Haxnblen, with exemption from State, county, and municipal taxation: And provided further, That the title to the land tune. authorized to be acquired by this Act shall be approved by the Attorney- neral. Génc, 2. That an open thoroughfare or street sixty feet in width shall r§¤m:n3g»¤g inggqbg maintained along the northern boundary of the present military res- tary m.,m§_’3.,‘:,,.,,,_" ervation known as the powder-house lot and along the northern boundary of the lands which shall have been acquired as aforesaid by the