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 _ Fll·`TY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. l. Ch. 1036. 1902. 323 the proceeds of said sale in the Treasury of the United States as a miscellaneous receipt: Provided, That said building and site shall not be {}’ff,§’{,m rm sold for any sum less than three hundred thousand dollars. A P ` Sec. 11. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, §Yg§*,fQ}§d,Q'g;"“· authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or PM p- 429. _ otherwise, a site in the city of Wheeling and State of West Virginia, and to contract for the erection and completion thereon of a suitable tireproof building., including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, for the use and accommodation of the United States st-office, court-house, and customhouse and other governmental oihges in said city, at a limit of cost for Limit Oi wit said site and building of four hundred thousand dollars, hereby fixed. lVhen said building is completed and occupied by the United States S*ii€<>i<>i<i biiiiiiiiigauthorities the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to sell the present post-office, court-house, and custom-house buildin, and the site thereof, situate at the corner of Market and Sixteengi streets, in the city of Wheeling and State of West Virginia, at public or private sale, after proper advertisement, at such time and on such terms as he may deem to be to the best interests of the United States, and to execute a quitclaim deed to the purchaser thereof, and to deposit the proceeds of said sale in the Treasury of the United States as a miscellaneous receipt: Provided, That said  A building and site shall not be sold for any sum less than one hundred mp ce` and twenty-five thousand dollars. Sec. 12. That "An Act to provide for enlarging and improving the {,‘,‘;°gg» Gem United States Government building at Macon, Georgia, and to appro- posi, pz1lb1G.. priate fifty-eight thousand dollars therefor," approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, is hereby amended so as to read as fo lows: “‘That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is, hereby, author- l}bfig>,€35Sm¤¤* °i ized and directed to cause the post—ofiice and court-house building at p mg' Macon, Georgia, to be extended and enlarged so as to provide necessary accommodations for the post-office, courts, and other branches of the Government service, and to purchase additional ground on Third Ad*ii*i‘>¤¤i¤i¤¤¤‘i~ and Mulberry streets, in his discretion, for this purpose, and that the total cost of all said improvements, changes, and repairs, including the purchase price of such additional ground, shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty-six thousand dollars: Provided, That the {;"g;,Q'*;,(_0_t limit of cost of such additional land shall not exceed thirty-one thou- ° ' sand dollars.” Sec. 13. That a commission hereby created, consisting of the Secre- §g‘fvi'°ik Qgygmm tary of the T reasur, the Postmaster-General, and the Attorney- building. _P" General of the Unitedy States, be, and is hereby, authorized and directed ?,],f,'f'}{T"’§§’§ “”“°°d' to acquire, by purchase, condemnation. or otherwise, a suitable site in the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, and State of New York, upon which to erect a tireproof building for the use and accommoda— _ tion of the United States post~office in said city: Provided, That the §Q‘Q`{,§f,,DdamS site selected shall be bounded on each side by a street. When said i commission has acquired a site in said city, as herein provided, the commission shall make a report to Congress, stating the location, dimensions, and cost of the same, and recommend to Congress the character and size of a building that should be erected upon said site and state the probable cost of such a building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches. Sec. 1-1. That the Secretary of the Treasury be. and he is hereby, ,"{ZgQ$*i,Q`h?£i;>é authorized to acq nire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a suit- Pow, p. 429. ' able site in the city of Toledo and State of Ohio upon which to erect a building for the use and accommodation of the Lnited States post- _ office and other governmental offices in said city: Provided, That the Qymjhdudes and site selected shall consist of an entire block or square of ground, area bounded on each side by a street, and shall consist in area of not P°“'· i" mz