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142 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 101, 102, 103,105. 1880, May 24, 1880. CHAP. 101.-An act to provide a building for the use of the United States circuit -——-——i————- and district courts, custom-house, and post-office at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvama. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives oj the United Public building, States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- Pittsburgit ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be constructed a suitable building at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for the accommodation of the circuit and district courts of the United States, the customs officers, internal-revenue officers, the postoftice, and any other offices of the general government in said city, at a cost not exceeding seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Approved, May 24, 1880. May 26, 1880, CHAP. 102.-An act for the erection of a public building at Montgomery, Alabama. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Public building, States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- M°““9°'-“°"Y· Al"- ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site for, and cause to be erected, a suitable building, with proper nre-proof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the courts of the United States, postoffice, landoffice, internal-revenue offices, and other government offices at the city of Montgomery, Alabama. The site and buildings thereon when completed, upon plans and specifications to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed the cost of Promo. one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars : Provided, That no money to be appropriated for this purpose shall be available until a valid title to the site of said building shall be vested in the United States, and until the State of Alabama shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of any civil pro- Promise. cess therein: And provided further, That the lot of land so purchased fbr a site shall be such as to aftbrd an open space between the building hereby authorized, and any other building, of not less than forty feet. Appl-Optimus, Sec. 2. That the sum of forty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, to be used and expended in the purchase of said site and towards the construction of said building. Approved, May 26, 1880. May 26, 1880, CHAP. 103.-An act authorizing the changing the name of the schooner Rebecca D. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives oj the United Nr5H0b0f ¤<>h<><>rE States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasxw gd °°° "* ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to allow the owner of gthe schooner Rebecca D, a vessel of American ownership and license, to gagge her name, and that said vessel be hereafter known as the Wm. . arnes. Approved, May 26, 1880. May 27, 1880. CHAP. 105.-An act to construe and define "An act to cede to the State of Ohio the ———-———— unsold lands_in the Virginia military district in said State", approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other purposes. _ t Be it enacted. by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United V $@13 atc n133E1a;:: States of America in Congress assembled, That the act ceding to the State digging in Ohio. Y of Chic the lands remaining "unsurveyed and unsold " in the Virginia military district, in the State of Ohio, had no reference to lands which were included in any survey or entry within said district founded upon nuhtary warrant or warrants upon Continental establishment; and the