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 920 FIFTYFIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Gus. 317-319. 1899. vaults. for the use and accommodation of the post-oflice and for_other Limit Orem. Government uses at Fitchburg, Massachusetts. The site and building thereon, when completed upon plans and specincations to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed in cost the sum of one hundred thousand dollars; nor shall any site be purchased until estimates for the erection of a building which will furnish sufficient accommodation for the transaction of the public business, and which shall not exceed in cost the balance of the sum herein limited after the site shall have been purchased and paid for, shall have been SM approved by the Secretary of the Treasury; and no purchase of site nor plan for said building shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the said sum of one hundred Fi" °P**°°- thousand dollars for site and building; and the site purchased shall - leave the building unexposed to danger from fire by an open space of at · least forty feet, including streets and alleys. Approved, March 1, 1899. March 1, 1899. CHAP.318.—Au Act To accept a site as a donation and erect thereon a custom- -—-;— house and postmiiice building in the city of Bristol, State of Tennessee. _ . Be tt enacted oy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United %;¤;$»b’f$g;1 mb States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the remind. g Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to accept as a Donation nynnnn donation suitable grounds in the city of Bristol, State of Tennessee, and cause to be erected thereon a suitable public building for the custom-house, post-office, and United States commissioner’s oince. The cost of the site and building thereon, when completed, shall not be more than fifty thousand dollars, the plans and specincations to be pre- L*¤°** °‘ °°¤°· viously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury; nor shall any site be accepted until estimates of a building which will furnish sufficient accommodations for the purposes aforesaid, and which shall not exceed in cost the balance of the sum herein limited after the site has been accepted and paid for, shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, and no plan for said building shall be approved by said Secretary involving an expenditure exceeding the said sum of Fire =·p¤¤¤. nity thousand dollars for the site and building. The site so accepted shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire by a space at leastforty feet, including streets and alleys. Approved, March 1, 1899. _ Mm-ch 1, 1899. CHAI-’.319.—An Act For enlarging the public building at Topeka, Kansas. Be it enacted Iiy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United gzpsfirnlgitfpxlbi States of America en_Oougress assembted, That the Secretary of the ,,,,},,,,,;,1,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,._ Tr%asii£y_p;_, andt lie iskheiigby, authorized and éiirected to cause the ¤¤··· v pu ic in ing a ope a ansas now occu iie as a st-office and other Government officesz to be dnlarged, sb as to nudge a suitable building, with iireproof vaults and elevator therein, for the further accommodation of the post-office and other Government offices, the plans and spgciticaltiméstto be dpawgi with respect to the present building, so as o urnis ie pos -0 ce more room and better ac ommo· Lsmusrcosr. dation of the Government offices. The plans, specifications, ;nd full estimation ot said building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not cost to exceed the sum ot eighty-five gfgevzsgéce. thousand dollars: Prortded, That said building, so enlarged, shall be unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty ieet. Approved, March 1, 1899.