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982 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 353-357. 1899. million eight hundred thousand dollars, which sum is hereby fixed as the limit of cost for the erection of said building, including the cost of a site therefor. Approved, March 2, 1899. 1I¤r¤h2·1899· CHAP. 354.-An Act Providing for the erection of an addition to the United ·"’_"""""“"` Sthtes public building at Canton, Ohio. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United cum. out. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the bu-;¢g!;**•;Q1,',g],rg’;*e‘:,”° Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to cause to be gerected, at a cost not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, on land now owned by the Government, an addition to the United States public building at Canton, Ohio; such addition to be so constructed and arranged as to provide additional accommodations for the post-office in said city. • Approved, March 2, 1899. - March 2, 1809. CHAP. 355.-An Act For the erection of a custom-house and post-office building -————-———— at Brunswick, Georgia. ` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the £}`,‘{,‘{,“;",},‘§l,§f,,’; ,,,,_ Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a thvriwi- site for and cause to be erected thereon a building to be used as a custom-house and post-office, at the city of Brunswick, in the State of Limit er cm. Georgia, which said site and building shall not exceed in cost the sum of fifty thousand dollars. The plans, specifications, and full estimates for said building hall be made and approved according to law before T¤1·>· M- any work on said building shall be commenced; and a valid title to the _ site for said building shall be vested in the United States, and a cession ‘ of exclusive jurisdiction over the same to the United States, during their ownership thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws and the service of the civil processes of said State, shall be made before any money appropriated for said purpose shall be used, except such part as may be required to pay for said site and the _ ordinary prelimin ary expenses for examination, investigation, and report. ' F“'°P'°°* ""'“’· The building shall contain such tlreproof vaults as may be necessary to protect from destruction by nre the custom-house and postoffice records. Approved, March 2, 1899. March 2. im. CHAP. 356.-An Act Providing for the erection of an addition to the United States -———--—~~—— custom-house and post-omce building in the city of Dubuque, Iowa. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Emmy:. fgvgmic States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ,,,,M,,,g ,,,,,;,.,,E°,..L Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the public building at Dubuque, Iowa, to be improved and enlarged so as to provide the necessary increase of iloor space and accommodations for the. custom-house, post-ofiice, and United States courts, and also so as to provide the necessary accommodations for the Railway Mail Serv- Limit of me. ice, Weather Bureau, and inspector of boilers and hulls, and other Government officials, at a cost not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars. Approved, March 2, 1899. March 2, 1899. CHAP. 357.—An Act To erect a public building at Lawrence,' Massachusetts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Lawrence, nw. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ,,_f,’g}},§_"“““"‘g ‘“" Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase,