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 SIXTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. IH. Cr-r. 147. 1913. 883 title, and intermt of the United States of America in and to all or so much of a ten-foot strip  land oil the South Main Street side of the Fterdceid building site m said city as he may deem advisable for said s purposes. _Sso. 16. That the Secretary of the 'l‘reasiu·y ba, md he is hmby, my in van a. d¤}'°°l*°d to P¤¤>h”° 8 ¤¤*}>, of ¤»9q¤¤‘¤ it by condemnation or other- a·§n¤1n¤g as me wise, on land at a convenient point between the incorporated city of gym ‘•a"dug‘}¤°$i East Las Vegas, New Mexico, and the incorporated town of Las Vegas, W V&* New Mexico, and cause to be erected thereon a suitable building including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approac es, for the use and accommodation of the post office, courthouse, and other governmental offices, the cost of said site and buildmg, mcluding said vaults, heating and ventilating a paratus, and approaches, not to exceed the sum of $125 000, ami) the herein provided for shall be used as a past office and courthouse an for other grovermnental purposes for th the inco rated city of East   egas and the incorporated town of Las?ggas, notwithstanding the general law requiring the maintenance of a t office m each county seat, and the authorization of $15,000 mag? for the ,,,:{L§“‘°' '"° ‘°' purchase of a site in the town of Las Vegas is hereb repealed. V°l·’°·P~°°¤· Sec. 17, That a commission,  of the Secret of the W¤\¤|¤5'g¤.D·¤- Interior, the Commissioner of Patents, an the Su hitect $$S”..§¤.,?.,.,,a of the Treasury Department, be, and is hereby, created, which shall ;,'“,,‘$§,,,{""' *°' cause plans and estimates to be prepared for a building to accom- ‘ modate the Patent Office of the nited States, and re rt the estimated cost thereof to the Congress, provided that such plllzus and estimates be prepared imder the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. And or the preparation of such plans and estimates a u'fg°0§,';§f,“ •°"*°°¤ sum not to exceed $5,000 is hereby authorized to be expended for ` employment of technical and engineering services without regard to civil-service laws, rules, or regulations in the Office of the Supervising Architect. That the foregoing authorization for the grpployment o Aadmonn w ¤m<·¢ technical and engineering services shall be in additio__ to and inde- i{",'§§;,§,iLs“’°"w"“ pendent of the authorization and appropriations for personal services or the Office of the Supervising Architect otherwise made. H b h N Sec. 18. That the Secretarg of the Treasury bo, and he is hereby, SJ? 34",.;,¤... authorized and directed to se, in whole or in part, the post-otiice site "°°· situated at Liberty Avenue and Sixteenth Street, in Pittsburgh, Pennsyllvania, at public or private sale, after proper advertisement, at suc 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 or urchasers thereof, and to deposit the proceeds of said sale in the  of the United States as a miscellaneous receipt: Provided, That the land embraced in said site shall not be mggém mm sold or less than an aggregate of $750,000; the proceeds of such sale smears sor haw or so much thereof as may e necessary, are here  authorized toward ’"°· the purchase of another site for a post office b ding in said city of Pittsburgh. _ Num, N , Sec. 19. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he 18 hereby, regains; 'stt. M authorized and directed to aeqpire, by purchase, condemnation, or "°" ““‘*“‘€- otherwise, a site for a suitable uilding and 8]$l'08(7l18S, for the use and accommodation of the United States pesto ce and other governmental offices in the city of Newark, in the tate of NewJersey, the cost of said site not to exceed thesumof $800,000 and (payment therefor ,_,e?e;,,‘g*g°;jej;g?nQ;* to be made out of the proceeds of the sale of the ol site and building M_ hereinafter provided for: Provided, That such site shall not be S,;Z`°°§‘; ,,,...,,,,, acquired until the Secret of the Treasury shall have entered into a. ***5*}**** 1 _ contract on behalf of theilllnited States with a responsible purchaser ;¤g`§.,‘.Z§',Se£$f'°""d` for the sale of the site now occupied in said city by the post office at a minimum price of $1,800,000, such contract to provide for the use by the Government free of rent of said site and buildings thereon for