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 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 228. 1908. 545 Sec. 30. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, Washmgmn, D. C. authorized and directed to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or oth- C£,°,:f’,;rg,l1;`Q5}{:,°j,,§*b'{,°,i erwise, for the use and accommodation of the United States Depart- D${’(§'f,*;‘r§;’*S·s,w f r ments of State. Justice and Commerce and Labor, the whole of squares builchngs futhonzeh. numbered two hundred and twenty-six, two hundred and twenty-seven, A"' p' 49* two hundred and twenty-eight, two hundred and twenty-nine, and two hundred and thirty, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and the sum of two million five hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as ma be necessary, to pay for the land so acquired is hereby authorized. That part of C street, Ohio avenue, D street, and E street sums m be pissed. lying between the squares named herein is hereby made a part of the site authorized by this Act. That should the Secretary of the Treasury conaemnmon pro decide to institute condemnation proceedings in order to secure any or °‘°°d"‘g"‘ all of the land herein authorized to be acquired, such proceedings shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress ‘ approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, providing a site for the enlargement of the Government Printing Ofdce (United V°‘·26·P-4*2- States Statutes at Large, volume twenty-six, chapter eight hundred and thirty-seven.) Sec. 31. That for the purpose of beginning the construction of a ggglgjgglgon of suitable and commodious fireproof building for the accommodation of nmnrnng. the United States post—office, United States courts, and other govern- ‘"""· *" "L mental offices at Denver, Colorado, fifty thousand dollars: Provided, Promo. That this authorization shall not be construed as fixing the limit of cost I‘“”" °f °°°°‘. . of said building at the sum hereby named, but the building hereby provided for shall be constructed or planned so as to cost, complete, including tirepoof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, but exclusive of site, not exceeding one million six hundred thousand dollars. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized ¤<>¤*¤¤¤· and directed to enter into contracts for the construction of a suitable building for said purposes, to be designated by said De artment, within the ultimate limit of cost above mentioned: [’rovide£ That of ·{,’;*·‘·>;<>!;d,tm€ mr the amount fixed as the ultimate limit of cost not to exceed fifty thou- nsesigear. sand dollars may be expended during the fiscal year ending June thir- _ tieth, nineteen hundred and nine. V Sec. 32. That the sum of ten thousand dollars be, and the same is V;“¤i¤¤ *’*·>¤¤¤¤*· W· hereby, authorized, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise Memorial m coma propriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of ‘,{‘§,{‘,§§’{Q‘§{§“l’°°°'° "' Wiiar, to aid in the erection and completion of a memorial structure »W¢·r>·4°¥- at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, to commemorate the battle of the Revolution fought at that point between the colonial troops and Indians October tenth, seventeen hundred and seventy-four: Pm- g:;j¤·-gm wider], That no part of said appropriation shall be expended until the " ` site and plans for said monument or memorial shall be approved by the Secretary of lVar and the grounds on which said monument or memorial is to he located shall be dedicated to the use of the public and provision is made for opening and maintaining an open highway thereto. _ www Ok, Sec. 33. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, S,,,,,,,§i;,,,, bxildjng authorized and directed, in his discretion, to dispose of the site for a pub- Sijm 458 lic building at Lawton, Oklahoma, at such time and in such manner and 'p` ` upon such terms as he may deem for the best interests of the United f States, and the proceeds of such sale shall be held to be applied for ,,§,"°,,§,’,f_"'°°°"°” °' the purchase of a new site as may hereafter be directed by law. _ _ Sec. 34. That hereafter in all cases where appropriations are made ,,0§{’f,‘,§Y,‘,{,‘,’;“,Q‘,§,l{"""°‘ in rt onlv for carrying into eifect the provisions of legislation authbrizingi the ac uisition of land for sites or for the enlargement of sites for public buildings, or for the erection or remodeling, extension, alteration, and repairs of public buildings, the Secretary of the Treasury, unless otherwise specifically directed, be, and he is hereby, au-