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 886 SIXTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Cir. 147. 1913. A¤i¤¤*··°¤•· Sec. 24. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, 5¤ii¤°1ii° ·¤g.` authorized and directed to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, the land adjo` the present  building site m Ardmore, Oklahoma,   from   site to A Street by a V¤*-=¤·P·¤¤°· depth of one hundred and fortygfive feet m A Street, at a cost not exceeding $8,000, said sum to _  out of the balance heretofore authorized for building and site in said city. _ ¤·*¤¤ *,¥¤¤**·, *°<gmb_ Sec. 25. That for the of  construction on the eamyruriiinao. site heretofore p suita le an_ commodious iireproof building for the accommodation of the United States_Subtreasury and other governmental offices at Saint Louis,  thesuur of aww. $200,000 is hereby authorized: Provided, That this authorization ““‘“°‘°°"" shell not be construed as lixiitigethe of cost of said bl11l(l.I.I® at the sum hereby named, but building hereby provided for all be constructed or planned so as to cost, complete, including iireproof vaults,. heating and vcntilating ap(paratus, and approaches, but exclusive of site, not exceeding $1,00 ,000. _ V _ hQ?°"'° ‘“‘°°' Thili the S¤¤l‘0t¤’_Y  the TTBISUIQY be, and he is hereby, authorized ` and directed to_enter mto contracts for the construction of a siutable °§.01' said purpose witlnn the ultimate limit of cost above mention ’ ` ¤¤¤¤¤¢1¤¤¤~ Sec.26.'l'hattl1eSecretaryof theTreasurybe,andheishereb, ¤i¤*°$°»°iZ,°'m]S"`?ra°i»-l° authorized and directed to enter into a contract or contracts fo1·_ tie ""”"-’* erection and completion of iireproof laboratories and other buildings suitable and necmsary for the investigations of the Bureau of Mines, on a site hereinafter provided, in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, md,,,,",,,,,, t the said ratories an other s construe ”°""‘° ”‘°'°wiTdhlithl$t0t’:lll]i1xl!i1ot°f¤)sthd.  hallbe ted Dum under the direction of andin accordance with plans and estimates to be a proved by a board consisting of the Director of the Bureau of Nlines, the Chief of   of the Army, and the Supervising Limit <>f¤¤¤*— Architect of tghph Treasury, and shall] be so constructled asl to tcost, com etc, wi enecessaryr a sid1ngs', approac es, pum ing, lightlilng, heating, ventilating and hoisting apparatus, and other mA¤{¤¤¤= •¤¤¤¤ri=¤<1 necessary appurtenances, not to exceed the sum of $500,000, of which ’“°` amount the sum of $250,000 is hereby authorized and shall be immediately available for the grefparation of plans for said laboratories and other buildings an or carrying forward construction k,'§,°f ·,,fT_§: work. And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to ¢¤· em(ploy, without regard to civil—service laws, rules, or regulations, an to pay for at customary rates of compensation, out of this authorization, such technical and engineering services as ma be recommended by the above board, to serve exclusively in the (lilies of the Supervising Architect of the Treasu Department to aid in the preparation 0 plans and specifications Yer and to su rvise the fgixfhmlmomu construction of the work herein rovided for: Pro·v·ided?€That the exlbgét superusmz foregoing authorization for the employment of technical and engineer- ` ing services shall be in addition to and independent of the authorizations and appgolplriations for personal services for the Office of the S“i§"fi“Q‘£g Sec lid °ih°v?““°t““°a exchange or mm a e re o ar e, an he is hereb, authorized to '"° °"°"‘°' 'i°°' transfer to the city of Pittsbiugh, Pennsylvania, hr to the board of public education_of the said city of Pittsburgh, for public use, miégntyneenmw that part of the United_States arsenal lgronmds in the city of Pitts- But er treet and the tract of land transferred by the Secret of VN-Rama War to the custody and control of the Treas Departmentiufiir a marine—hosp1tal site by an instrument datedmilune first, nineteen hundred and four, under authority of the snmdgcivil Act of March third, nmemen hundred and three, the land to transferred to the
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