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 916 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 228, 313. 1899. ` ian, containing one thousand eight hundred acres, more or less; subject, however, to any lawful rights or claims to any part or parts of said lands which may have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. No naensneu. Sec. 2. That said city shall never alienate any part of said lands, mff§;‘l““““ '° "’° and shall, within twelve months after the passage of this Act, distinctly Protection ·>frr•¤¤~· mark the boundaries of said lands, and shall, as far as practicable, protect and preserve all Ehe native trees now growing on said lands, and protect other trees thereon. Patent on eompu. Sec. 3. That upon proper proofs in the United State land office at gggujjm “"°"° °°“‘ Denver, Colorado, that said boundaries have been distinctly marked by said city, as herembefore stated, and that said city by its corporate authorities accepts the aforementioned grant on the conditions aforestated, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to issue to said city of Boulder a patent of said lands, in which patent shall be recited the above-stated purposes, conditions, and limitations. “{¤¤*¤*¤¤¤ '°* ¤°¤· Sec. 4. That said lands shall be forfeited to the United States if · within three years from the passage hereof the said city has not begun to use them for the purposes granted, or if at any time the city shall fora period of three years cease to use the same for such purposes. G¤¤¤* *°*°¤¤°*°’*°¤· Sino. 5. That the following described tract of land, situate in the county of ltolette, State of North Dakota, namely, the south half of northwest quarter of section thirty, township one hundred and sixty- two north, range seventy-two west, be, and the same is hereby, granted and conveyed to the Lake Schutte Cemetery Corporation, of Dunseith, iNorth Dakota, téo have and to hold said lands to its use and behoof orever or ceme ery purposes. Sec. 6. That the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section thirty, township seventeen north, ran e three east, Black Hills meridian, is hereby granted to the Nashville Presbyterian Church, of Nashville, South Dakota, for cemetery purposes; and the trustees of said church and their successors in office are hereby authorized and _ empowered to sell or convey lots to any person at such price as they §;°5;';;_m_ shall dx for the same for burial purposes: Provided, That there was no prior legal claimant upon said land at the time it was first used for cemetery purposes. Approved, February 28, 1899. 313.-An Act To provide for the erection of a public building at Indianapolis, Indiana. _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R resentatives o the United §}};}j{}{j”,§jj}{g;},‘,;"All_ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Scored-ary of the eh¤¤z··<1. Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site, and cause to be erected thereou_a suitable building, including tireproof vaults, heating and veigihitingiapparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the use and accom- Elgcépgqzpvegge U irpted States pgist-office, court-house, custom-house, umn 0mm_ the cit f I e 0 ce, pension 0 ce, and other Government offices in _ _ y o_ ndnauapolis and State of Indiana, the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of one million Pm cms tbr m five hundred thousand dollars. m_ P °· 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 maythink proper to designate, to e examined in person by an agent of the Treasury Department,