1356 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. HI. CHS. 443-445. 1899. previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, according to law, and the cost of said building, exclusive of the site, shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum of one and one-half million dollars; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall not approve any plan or plan for said building the cost of which will exceed, when completed, the said sum of one and onehalf million dollars. Approved, March 3, 1899. ° Hawk 3·18”· __, CHAP. 44-4.-An Act To provide for a public building at Cleveland, Ohio. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United gfggfxgigtgg N States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the emma. Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase, acquire by condemnation, or otherwise, the block of land located in the city of Cleveland which is bounded by Rockwell street on the north, by Wood street on the east, by Superior street on the south, and on the west by the land now owned by the United States, upon which the post-office building is located, to be used in connection with the said land already occupied by the post-office or Government building, as a site for a new public building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office, custom-house, internalrevenue office, United States circuit and district courts, signal service, Weather Bureau, pension office, and other Government offices, in the - mo said city of Cleveland and State of Ohio: Provided, That the Secre- ' tary of the Treasury can purchase said property at a reasonable price. .nm1¤.•¤¤. The cost of the site and building, including iireproof vaults, heating ' and ventilating apparatus, elevators and approaches, complete, shall not exceed the sum of two million five hundred thousand dollars. The public building now located upon the land belonging to the United States aforesaid shall be torn down before the new building is completed, but the same may be used until a sufficient portion of the new building is finished to make temporary provision for the transaction of the Government business therein. Firv •r·¤¤- The building to be erected shall be unexposed to danger from iire tor
- 11; open space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and
eys. Approved, March 3, 1899.
CHAP. 445.-··An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to reimburse the governors ot States and Territories for expenses incurred by them in aiding the United
States to raise and organize and supply and equip the Volunteer Army of the United EES; ig <:·$st;_:lg:;:rrvv:tppS)pain, ’ approved July eighth, eighteen hundred and - , { B I SCS. · Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United S,fg;“bl{;“°f;;‘:HB:: States of _America i n Congress assembled, That the Act entitled *‘Au sgngpiugxmgaem, Act to reimburse the governors of States and Territories for expenses ° _,;;,,§“;,‘_.,,,,,1,,,,,,,,,,,_ incurred by them 1D aiding the United States to raise and organize edt: Dm mu Jul and supply and equip the Volunteer Army of the United States in the 8, m’§’,,u,,,.,,d_ y existingwar with Spain," approved July eighth, eighteen hundred and · ninety-eight, be so amended that the Secretary of the Treasury shall be, and is hereby, authorized to allow, in the settlement of the claims of the governors of States and Territories for reimbursement under bmw_ the provisions of the said Act, expen ses_incurred after as well as before f No eiggmpsurlazgmpy July eighth, enghteen hundred and ninety-eight: Provided, That 110* ,,‘;f,'__'},‘0,,cc,,,,,°d,80, reimbursement shall be made for service of members of the National ' uma gms. Guard, or organized m1l1t1a, or naval reserves of any State or Territory who were not accepted into the Volunteer Army of the United
