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 324 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1036. 1902. less than seventy thousand square feet, within a limit of cost of one 5,;***** Clm ”“’°“ hundred and twenty-tive thousand dollars, hereby iixed: Andprewzded ifurther, That if the Secretary of the Treasury shall be unable to obtain a site as above described, then and in that case he is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a tract of land fronting on Saint Clair street, immediately adjoining the present post—office site, having an area of fourteen thousand four hundred square feet, said tract of land being one hundred and twenty U”“‘°‘ °°“*· feet square, within a limit of cost of ei ty-two thousand dollars, Estimate. etc-. for hereby fixed. When the Secretary of die Treasury has acquired mw buuding either an entire block of ground or the tract of land adjoining the present site, as herein provided, he-shall make a report to Congress, stating the location, dimensions, and cost of the lan so acquire, and recommend to Congress the character and size of building that should be erected thereon and submit an estimate of the cost of said building, including iireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and a roaches. ,I_;;¤w¤,{gj,{¤£;I0W¤~ S1·:dlp15. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, 1·0a,p.420. g` authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or . otherwise, a suitable site in the city of Des Moines and State of Iowa upon which to erect a building for the use and accommodation of the United States post—office, court-house, custom-house, and other gov- Limirofcosr. ernmental offices in said city, and the limit of cost of site is hereby Rrmw. _ fixed at one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That the ,,2¥"b°`md°"°S’°°d site selected shall consist of an entire block or square of ground, bounded on each side by a street, and shall have an area of not less than seventy thousand square feet. When the Secretary of the Treasury has acquired a site in said city, as herein provided, he shall make a report to Congress, stating the location, dimensions, and cost , of the same, and recommend to Congress the character and size of ¤éE;*{)E{$,*;hg€*¤·» M building that should be erected upon said site, and submit an estimate ' of the cost of said building, including iireproof vaults, heating and _ ventilating spplparatus, elevators, and approaches. §;*__f¤(£}>·,§;,‘{fhst0m_ Sec. 16.at the Secretary of the reasury be, and he is hereby, umm, em., imma-- authorized, in his discretion, to sell the old custom-house and post- "°d· office building and the site thereof, at the corner of Seneca and W ash ington streets, in the city of Buffalo and State of New York, at public or private sale, after proper advertisement, at such time and on such terms as he may deem to be for the best interests of the United States, Uvvmit of proceeds. and to deposit the proceeds of said sale in the Treasury of the United gmggkm H _ States as a miscellaneous receipt: 1’rm·ided, That said building and p °°' site shall not be sold for a sum less than one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. },j’,§,;};‘§,f}§§,,§,*}",,,€ Sec. 17. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, ¤¤¢h·>riZ¤·i» authorized and empowered to enlarge the public building site belong~ ing to the United States in the city of Los Angeles, California, by the acquisition, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, all that portion of the remainder of the block lyin west of the alley in which said ri¤¤i¤<~f Mt- public-building site is located. provhhed the same can be acquired at not to exceed one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. my g{“jjgf·¤· That upon the present site, when so enlarged, the Secretary is author- ` ized and directed to cause to be erected :1 suitable and commodious iireproof building for the use and accommodation of the United States 1»imi¤··f*·<>~¤· courts. post-ofiice, and other Government offices in said city. at a total cost of not to exceed six hundred and seventy-tive thousand dollars. it¤$¤§§_$¥};igi_ MP That the unexpeuded balance ot the appropriation of one hundred "°{·$i_(gn,},.`i;£`{' thousand dollars. contained in section three of the Act of Congress approved March third. eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. entitled "An Act to increase the limit of cost for the erection of a public building at Stockton. California. and making provision for the acquisition of