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840 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 173-175. 1899. ment, who shall make written report to said Secretary of the results of said examination and of his recommendation thereon and the reasons therefor, which shall be accompanied by the original proposals and all maps, plats, and statements which shall have come into his possession relating to the said proposed sites. —•¤£¤•¤i¤¤ by If, upon consideration of said report and accompanying papers, the °°""” °' Secretary of the Treasury shall deem further investigation necessary, he may appoint a commission of not more than three persons, one of whom shall be an officer of the Treasury Department, which commission shall also examine the said proposed sites and such others as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, and grant such hearings in relation thereto as they shall deem necessary; and said commission shall, within thirty days after such examination, make to the Secretary of the Treasury written report of their conclusion in the premises, accompanied by all statements, maps, plats, or documents taken by or submitted to them, in like manner as hereinbefore provided in regard to the proceedings of said agent of the Treasury Department; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall thereupon finally determine the location of the building to be erected. ‘ _

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` tary oi the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars per day and actual traveling expenses: Provided, however, That the member of said commission appointed from the Treasury Department shall be paid only his actual traveling expenses. Fire rpm. The building shall be unexposed to danger from tire by an open · space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys. Approved, February 21, 1899. February 21, 1899. CHAP. 1'lj1·.—Au Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act authorizing the Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Corpus Christi Cgznsel, known as the Morris and Cummings Ship Channel, in Aransas County, _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Afgsjs gQ,*;jy‘,,,__;·} States oj_America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled “An Act mins] imiwsy ne authorizing the Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway Company to con~ }’gg§_,‘f,°.§g§;_$”’*°°* struct a bridge across the Corpus Christi Channel, known as the Morris von ?·9.p·111- and Cummings Ship Channel, in Aransas County, Texas/’ approved May fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, is hereby reenacted; and section five oi the said Act is hereby amended to read as follows: ‘*Sec. 5. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from May fourth, eighteen hundred and nine y·nine. Approved, February 21, 1899. February 21, 1899. cHAp_ 17 __ S - . _ _ ·__—;—_r>r__ 11B3i' P0ll1t 8 tabllshmcut of 3 light house and fog signal at or Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives o the United ijglgkligegiilzggsg- States of Anzerzca., in Congress assembled, That there be established at um.; ,.t_ or Ear Iéomft Arguello,1 about twelve miles northwest of Point Concep on, a 1 ornia, a i t- ouse and fo si nal thirty-five thousand d¢§lars. g g 7 at a cost not to exceed Approved, February 21, 1899.