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436 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 132,132%,135. 1873. fined or unparted bullion, whenever, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, it can be done with advantage to the government, is hereby repealed. Anmovsn, February 12, 1873. _Feb. 12, 1873. CHAP. CXXXII.·- An Act for a public Building at Atlanta, Georgia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ty" the United Public building States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- °* A;;m**·*£" ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be cong§¥8,’8gjS struptetd) a siritaglle b;ickGbui1<ling,. with a fire-proot yault fexttexulingtttg eac s ry a an e0rg1a or e accommoc a ion o e in e States circuit and district couits, post-office, and other government Appropriation. offices; and the sum of one hundred and ten thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the purpose aforesaid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall Pl¤¤¤ Mui ¤¤ii· cause proper plans and estimates to be made, so that no expenditures m°t°s' shall be made or authorized for the full completion of said building be- Nomoneytobe youd the sum herein appropriated: Provided, That no money hereby

      • 3 ““$’l.l“{;i appropriated shall be used or expended until the valid title to the land
gut,,,, for a site, independent and unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent

released. buildings, which it is understood the city of Atlanta is ready to donate for this purpose, shall be rested in the United States, nor until the State of Georgia shall cede its _)urxs<h<~tion over the same, and also duly release and relinquish to the United States the right to tax or in any way assess said site or the property of the United States that may be thereon, duriu the time that the United States shall be or remain the owner th gt ereo . Approved, February 12, 1873. Feb. 12, 1873. CHAP. CXX,‘CIII.—An Act to provide fog the Removal of the wooden Buildings on ‘ udicimy quare. Be it enacted by the Senate and Izfoase of Representatives of the United Carman wooden States of America, in Congress assembled, That the engineer in charge of l>¤il<ll¤»‘éSt}° lm public buildings and grounds be, and he is hereby, directed to cause the 5?&?g;ryl£:,m_ wooden buildings situated on Judiciary square, of Washington city, to be sold and removed therefrom, and that he pay to the Women’s Christian Proviso. Association of Washington the proceeds of such sale: Provided, That the governor of the District of Columbia shall find and provide for said assooiation suitable buildings for at least one year after their removal from said square. Approved, February 12, 1873. Feb. 18, 1878. CHAP. CXXXV. -—An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to establish a uniform VKB67, ch. IAF;/$$9mdQ/l gdplgglplcy ih/‘0u9}l0u¢ the United States," approved Jllarch second, eighteen o.xiv. p. . tm re an m seven. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Bankruptm: States of America, in Congress assembled, That whenever a corporation

g:t;?n¤g>g>rg0;g_ created by the laws of any State, whose business is carried on wholly

umm uguim W1l',lllD the State creating the same, and also any insurance company so which proceed- created, whether all its business shall be carried on in such State or not lggiimgg lf3m has liadhproreedingfs duly cgytnrmmncegl against suc}; corporation orlcompany SH t { core e cour s 0 suc a e or e urnose o wmcin un ie a airs Zéhdisghlrsfggir of such corporation or company and digidiiig its assets ragtably among its ""' cred1tors and lawfully among those entitled thereto prior to proceedings having been commenced against such corporation or company under the bankrupt laws of the United States, any order made, or that shall be made, by such court agreeably to the State law for the ratable distribution or payment of any' dividend of assets to the creditors of such corporation 01* company wlulo such State court shall remain actually or construc-