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FOBTYSIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 50, 51, 52. 1880. 73 CHAP. 50.jAn act to provide for a building suitable for a post-office for the ac- A 'l9 1880 ` commodation of · · , · ‘ - pm ’ ’ i.. at city of ehliiéililbdtdttiadi “‘° U“"°“ S‘“*°“ °°“'““ ““" “l‘°“°“°°”» HH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rmresentatlves of the United States of Amemea ln Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- P¤bli° buikung ury be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to procure a proper site "‘*° mm "l°“ *°“· for and cause to be constructed a suitable building, with a iire-proof W` Va' brick yault extending to each story, in the city of Charleston, West Virginia, for a post-office, and for the accommodation of United States revenue officers, and the United States courts and their officers; and the Ap p i- opriation sum of seventynve thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the 8**6. 1>l¤¤¤. end purpose aforesaid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- °°"‘P'°“°”· prial ed, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause proper plans and estimates to be made, so that no expenditures shall be made or authorized, for the purchase of a site and the full completion of said building, beyond the sum herein appropriated, upon plans to be previously approved by the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That no money Pwvim. - hereby appropriated shall be used or expended until the valid title to the _Q¤¤;liii¤M=i<>¤¤ <>f ' land for a site which site shall leave the building unexposcd to danger ““°· ““l°· from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of at least fifty feet, including streets and alleys, shall be vested in the United States, nor Jurisdiction or until the State of West Virginia shall cede its jurisdiction over the same, United SWM- 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, during the time that the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof Approved, April 9, 1880. CHAP. 51.-——An act to provide for the construction of a public building at the city April 14, 1880. of Paducah, State of Kentucky. —--—-·-——·-—····· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Public building Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site M PH-d¤<=¤h» Ks'- for, and cause to be constructed, a suitable building, of bricks or stone, with nre-proof vaults, for the accommodation of post-office, United States district court, and internal-revenue and other government offices, at the city of Paducah, State of Kentucky; and that for this purpose there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not _A1>pr¤mi¤·ti0¤k otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, to be ;.m»wl:";;;’,;i0:" expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, who‘ 1 ‘ shall, upon the passage of this act, cause the proper plans and specifications to be made so that no expenditures shall be made or_ authorized, for the purchase of a site and the full completion of said building, beyond the sum herein appropriated upon plans to be previously Ouwmf 8mm_ approved by the Secretary of the Treasury; only one half of said sum to ,,,,,0 dming Pm_ be expended during present fiscal year: Provided, That no part of the 6,,,, 5,,,,,,. ,,,,,,,._ _ money herein appropriated shall be expended unt1l_ a hvalid title to the ij;·o»1so.i_ _ site of said building which site shall leave the building unexposed to qu;l$}i€caj6’,0H;*·**°» danger from nre in adjacent buildings by an open space of at least fifty _,m_,Sd,m0u 0 f feet, including streets and alleys shall be vested in the United States, Uuitgd 3mm_ and until the State of Kentucky shall duly relinquish and release its jurisdiction over the same, and its right to tax said site and the property thereon belonging to the United States. Approved, April 14, 1880. ,- · in appropriations for ac uiri sites and the erection of April 16, 1880. CHAP, 52 siililabli: puddtlb fg did) pdbtection of the Sic Clfnnde frontier. —·——é··—· Be it enacted In; the Senate and House of Rqrresentatwes of the United _ Pm, 80,0,0,1 of States of America in Congress assembled, That tho SHQ of ’¤W0 hundred Bio Grande neutthousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any mr.