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 FrF*rY-N1NrH ooueiucss. sm. 1. ou. 3916. 1906. 787 to be to the best interests of the United States, and to ive to the purchaser or purchasers thereof a quitclaim deed for saici propert : Provided, That the net proceeds of such sale be deposited in tlie Treasury of the United States as a miscellaneous receipt derived from °°d5` the sale of public property. Sec. 19. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, O,3¤¤¤<>¤¤¤ CHL authorized and directed to acquire, by urchase, condemnation or srié no be acquires. otherwise, a suitable site for the United Sltates post-ofiice and other P°"*p‘"°· governmental offices at Oklahoma City, Territory of Oklahoma: Pro-  ti I vided, That thirty thousand dollars of the fifty thousand dollars here- uudiiiiiépdiiuiiinivaiii tofore alppropriated for the acquisition of a suitable site and the erec— ““{,‘§,ff’§2‘f",g‘;;, 42,, mx_ tion an completion of a building thereon at said city shall be available i for the acquisition, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise of a site ` only at Oklahoma City., Territory of Oklahoma. Sec. 20. That for the purpose of beginning ·the construction of a g:¤¤:t¤;>;¤»éf¢¤6, suitable and commodious lire roof building for the accommodation ¤¤11a1¤g.° m mw of United States st-office, llhited States courts, and other govern- *°‘”‘·P·"°°· mental offices at 1—lb)uston, Texas, one hundred thousand dollars: Pro- $@0, Mt vided, That this authorization shall not be construed as fixing the limit ° ` of cost of said building at the sum hereby named, but the building hereb provided for shall not be constructed or planned, so as to cost ` complbte, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches complete, but exclusive o site, exceeding four hundred thousand dollars. The Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and m¤¤¤<=¤ ¤¤¤=¤¤·- directed to begin the construction of a suitable building for said pur- ' poses, to be designated by said Department, within the ultimate limit of cost above mentioned, and to let contracts for so much of said buildilnglas shlpll not exqleed indco-qt thedssgdfsuiiibqf pp; hundred] thousapd _ o ars ereby authorize : ravi e unt, t upon the comp e- P-"" , tion of ’the building herein authorized to be constructed, the Secretary ighof ummof the Treasury shall proceed by due and proper advertisement, and under such regulations, conditions, and stipu ations as he may prescribe, or as Congress may hereafter direct, to sell to the highest and best bidder, the present building and site upon which it is located, in Houston, Texas, now owned by the United States Government and now used and occupied as a post-oflice, court house, custom—house, and for other governmental purposes., and deposit the proceeds thereof P¤>¤¤·=¤=·- into the Treasury of the nited States. Sec. 21. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized g3;¤;?S*¤3&£- and directed to grant and convey unto Sidney Bieher and his heirs and and part sg: mv w assigns all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to S*°“°’ B*°b°'· all of certain land in the city of Vlfashinlgton, in the District of Columbia, lying south of sqluare eleven hun red and twenty-three, eleven hundred and forty-eig t, and eleven hundred and forty-nine, conforming with the metes and bounds of square eleven hundred and thirty- one, and that part of square eleven hundred and seventeen situated between the north lines of Water and I streets, the east line of Eighteenth street, and the west line of Nineteenth street, when said streets are extended, upon the payment by the said Sidney Bieber into the Treasury of the United States of such sum of money as the said Secretary of War, upon consideration of all the circumstances, shall determine proper to be paid fol‘ the Said squares; and the surveyor of Record of Pl¤¤·¤*¤- the District of Columbia is hereby authorized and directed to mark out such areas. to record plats, and to designate the proper square numbers. Sec. 22. That the C0mmisSi0De1‘S of the District of Columbia be, %§§£uLCmk and they are hereby, authorized and directed to acquire by condemna- mbpseemea renewtiou or btherwise, for the p\lI‘p0S6 of providing reservations for the “"°°°‘ ° United States Government, the several parcels of ground in the Dis-