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 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 228. 1908. 543 the buildings hereby provided for shall be constructed or planned so as to cost, complete, including iireproof vaults, heating and ventilating zpparatgséapproaches, and additional land, not exceeding three hundred ousan dollars. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized ,hC°P¤;¤*¤- em- ¤¤~ and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, said mm ` additional ground and to enter into contracts for the construction of suitable buildings for said urposes, to be designated by said Department, within the ultimate limit of cost above mentioned: Promded, f_,"°”“°é, . 6s_ That of the amount fixed as the ultimate limit of cost not to exceed esiigiii me m eighty thousand dollars may be expended during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and_nine. That the Secretary of the Use or present sae, Treasury be, and he is hereby, further authorized and directed to use TQZZGQ? m°“’*’ ““' for said new buildings the present site of the United States customhouse and warehouse, and to erect thereon suitable buildings for the purposes aforesaid, purchasing ground adjacent thereto for the enlargement of said site; and he is hereby authorized to provide for the use, in the construction of said new buildings, of such of the material composing the present structures as he may deem suitable for the purpose, or, in his discretion, to dispose of the same and to use the proceeds 1:-,,,,,;,,,,,, 0, new toward the cost of constructing the new buildings; and in case of such ¤i*· °°¤-· P°mm*>d· sale of the old material the limit of cost hereinbefore fixed for said new buildings and additional ground is hereby increased by a sum equal to the net proceeds derived from said sale. Sec. 25. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, gggbugkvgmt authorized and empowered in lieu of making additions to the present nnuiaingugis xg: new Federal building at Lynchburg, Virginia, authorizatioufor which has “‘§‘};,,_,,,,,pp_ ,,-5, 1,,,,,, heretofore been made, to_ acquire a new Federal building site in the cit? of Lynchburg,‘V1rgima, by the exchangp of the present post- 0 ce and court-house building and the site ereof in said city for a portion of the land and improvements thereon belonging to the city of Lynchburg, commonly known as the warehouse property, havinga 1>¤¤¤riv¢i¤¤· frontage of one hundred and sixty-five feet on Church street and one hundred and thirty-two feet on Tenth street, and to execute the necessary conveyances therefor to said cimimn the payment to the United States by said city of a sum not less n seventy thousand dollars, and the furnishing, free of cost to the United States, of such abstracts, official certifications, evidences of title, and deeds of conveyance as, in the opinion of the Attorney-General, may be necessary to vest in the United States a good and valid title to said property. That upon said b gggsrwcrinncfuw new site, if acquired as aforesaid, the Secretary of the Treasury be, " “”‘ and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be erected a suitable and commodious building, with iireproof vaults, heating and ventilatin apparatus, and approaches complete, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office, United States courts, and other governmental offices in said city, at a total limit of cost of i·i¤¤i¤¤f¤<>¤¢- not to exceed two hundred and twenty thousand dollars, and the unex- 1_¤_;{csg_¤¤1¤¤¤¤¤•¤¤ pended balances of any authorization heretofore made for the enlaxége- P " ment, extension, remodeling, or improving of the present post-o ce and court-house building in the city of Lynchburg, together with such sum as may be received from said city, as hereinbefore provided, be, and the same are hereby, authorized to be applied and made available to carry into effect the provisions of this section, and no further authorization therefor is made? Provided, That the Secretary of the m- .. . . . . gement of Treasury may, in his discretion, proceed. if he deems best, with the present mama; perimprovement and enlargement of the present Federal building within ”*"‘°°· the limit of cost hereto ore fixed. _ _ _ _ _ Sec. 26. That a commission be, and the same is hereby, created, to DC‘§,‘,§,‘§f,‘g,§,§§l‘*§,*§,";,; consist of five members, namely, the Secretary of \Var, the Attorney- gsngggdgmgegggg General, the president of the Board of Commissioners of the District lands, ew.