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970 FIFTYFIFTH CONGRESS. SEss. III. (Jus. 3374339. 1899. ·-lugs .¤*· pggdq the sale of Government property; and in case of such sale the Secreigggulfiiggzgu. tary of the Treasury shall lease said premises from tihe purchaser or purchasers thereof at a rental which shall not exceed our per centum per annum on the purchase price, for use as a custom—house until the new custom-house shall be ready for occupancy, upon such terms as he may deem advantageous, and such sale shallhbe sgbjectlto sucl; right of lteaiste; and the Secretary of the Treasury is ere y authorize 0 accep e said purchase price in several payments, irom time to time, as he_may prom. deem most advantageous: Provided, however, That the use, occupation, “"“‘°“”"“‘*°'· and possession of sz2d property shall not be surrendered unttillthe nsw . custom-house is rea y for occu ation and tina payment is u y ma e. Appmpz-1¤t.i¤¤r¤im— Sec. 5. That the appropriatidh of seven hundred and fifty thousand b“""‘”'°· dollars, made in section one of this Act, in addition to the balance in the Treasury remaining unexpended under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved September fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty- eight, for the acquisition of the Bowling Green site, and the further _ sum of one million dollars for the preparation of plans and the commencement of the work of construction, appropriated in section two of this Act, shall be reimbursed out of the proceeds of the sale of the present cplstom-house propmcty, providéad for in selction four of this Act, when suc proceeds have n covere into the reasury. Rcvcd. Sec. 6. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the pro- _ visions of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved, March 2, 1899. Mm-en 2, 1809. N 338.——An Act‘For the erection of a public building in the city of Blair, UU;"" 0 ISH 8. ' _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United gL¤ljp_§¤::imiu States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ...u.m,..;_ g Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase or ' otheryise pzgvide a guitable) site aid todcontract for the erection and com e `on ereon o a su stanti an commodious buildin with °iire;?roof vaults therein, for the use and accommodation of thi, postoffice and other offices of the Government at Blair, Nebraska. The site gd building therson, wgien complpted uponsplans and specincéations to previous y ma e an approver the ecretar of the reasnry ¤¤·i¢·>f¤<>¤’¢~ shall not exceed in cost the sum of forty-three thogsand dollars; not shall any site be purchased until estimates for the erection of a building which will furnish sufficient accommodations for the transaction of the public business, and which shall not exceed in cost the balance of the sum herein limited after the site shall have been purchased and paid for, shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury; and no purchase of site nor place for said building shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the said I"°¤P°°*~ sum of tortvthree thousand dollars for site and building; and the site purchased shall leave the building independent and unexposed to dan- _ ger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than {,’{5·_;·¤_;c' forty feet, including streets and alleys: Provided. That no part of said ’ sumhshml bt;p1ép;pded until a yallidésitltcztoftllif lsaid Site shall be vested in e D1 es nor unti the a o e ras a shall cede to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same during the time the United States shall remain the owner thereotl Approved, March 2, 1899. Mazen 2, mss. CHAP. 339.-—An Act To mv' ,· · - · · » ---W W th. cm,. .f¤t.m.gd NE.fofl‘}fif{’il¥}.‘§¥Z.‘12°'.}?’»?t‘€.‘Q..2£$£’.B‘}E£’E£J.!¥§}SL'{.€’;J§T Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R esentatives o the United fogegggrasg MM! Nor States of America in Congress assembled, mt the Secretary of the Q52i;,;,,, buildings au. Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire title,