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 FIFTYSEVENTH ooueamss. sm. 11. cH. 1011. 1903. 1209 and completion of public buildin s, and for other purposes," approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, be amended to read as follows: "That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, author- hx °* dd °“**°m· ized to sell the old custom—house buildin and the site thereof, at the ` corner of Ninth and Walnut streets, in the city of Kansas Cit, State of Missouri, at public or private sale, at such time and on such terms as he may deem to be to the best interests of the United States, but ut holglessl then twip hundred andlsixty thoéxsand doglarg, to execgte a U f ed f quite 1m ee to the ure aser thereo, an to a the rocee s of “° ° P"’°° “ {P the sale of said properyty toward the enlargement ghgimprgvement of Eggigmivudtmhsg the piost-office and court-house building in said city, the total cost of °g` whic enlarglement and improvement complete in all respects, shall L“““°‘°°‘"· not exceed the sum of four hundred thousand dollars, and the Secre- ug{>¤t¤·=¢¤ ¤¤¤¤<>r· tary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to enter into contracts to ` ‘ the full limit of cost for such extension and improvement hereby fixed, subject to future appropriations to be made by Congress. ” 4 Sec. 7. That so much of the provisions of section one of the Act of f·‘i;¤,;=¤1¤;_aN¤¤*· ded Con ress entitled "An Act to increase the limit of cost of certain public ’P' 2'mm] ` buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buiidings, and for other purposesfzgpproved June sixth, nineteen hundred an two, as relates to the Uni States post·office and court-house at Lincoln, Nebraska, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: "That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is herebyé author- mB¤“Pg*jg•§m:e9i¤g**;*_{ i ized and directed to cause to be constructed, upon lands now longing court-reuse. to the United States, adjacent to the United States post·oiIice and court—house at Lincoln, Nebraska, a suitable building, with tire roof vaults and elevators therein, for the accommodation of the Iihited States courts, post—office, customs service. and other Government offices in said cit, at a total cost, including said vaults, elevators, heating and ventihting apparatus, and ap roaches, complete, of not to exceed the sum of three hundred and tgt * thousand diollarsz Pro- P"”’“°· vided, That the building when completed shallybe unexposed to danger 0P°“”P“°°· from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet on all sides, including streets and alle s. " When said new building is completedv and occupied the Secretary ,¤S;}gff,f“'§§f,}‘lfa‘]‘;f},‘}j of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized in his discretion to poses. sell to the city of Lincoln, Nebraska, to be used for municipal jjprposes onl, the present United States post-office and courthouse ui ding in Lincoln, Nebraska, together with such ortion of the site on whic the same is located as may not be neededp by the United States, but not exceeding the south eigéhty-five feet extendin east and west alon the south side of the bloc or square of ground between Ninth and Tenth streets in said city, at such time and upon such terms as he may - deem to be to the best interests of the United States, and at a price not less than fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That the net proceeds of such sale shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United states as ` a miscellaneous receipt derived from the sale of public property: Providerl_fin·t}zer, That when the city of Lincoln, Nebraska, ceases to use Reversion. the building and site above described for municipal purposes the same shall revert to the possession and ownership of the United States Government? Sec. 8. That section eighteen of Public Act Numbered One hundred ,§7y,;l*¤g£>{:h¥;ded and forty-six, approved Jdrne sixth, nineteen hundred and two, entitled ’p'` "An Act to increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, and for other purposes,” is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "S1:e. 18. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, buggn of P¤>¤<‘¤¢ authorized and directed to dispose of the present post—office and cus- g' tonrhouse building in the city of Burlington, State of Vermont, on