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282 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Orr. 19, 20, 22. 1885. fifty feet, including streets and alleys; the site, and building thereon, Plans. when completed upon plans and specifications to he previously made com and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, not to exceed the cost mm, of one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That no money to be appro- Tms. printed for said building shall be available until a valid title to the site selected is vested in the United States, nor until the State of Nevada shall cede 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 process therein. _ Appmmqm Sec. 2. That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropri ated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned. Approved, January 13th, 1885. Jim, 13, 1335, CHAP. 20.-—An act providing for the emotion of s public building at Waco, Tuna. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repreeentatiees of the United. , ¥‘¤;°gLT•¤E· States of eioseriea in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- ‘

 ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site for,

and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with iire- proof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the United States courts, postomce, and other Government odlees at the city of Waco, Texas. The Plans. plans, specifications, and full estimates for said building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed, for the site and building complete, the sum of one hundred thousand dol- Appropriation. lars, which sum is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasumn. ury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the site shall leave the _ building unexposed to danger from iire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet, including streets and alleys; and no money appropriated for this purpose shall be available until avalid Title. title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, ~ nor until the State of Texas 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 puréposesexceptthead-

 of the criminal laws of said State an the service of civil

process erein. Approved, January 13th, 1885. Jn- 17. 15 cmu-. u-nmmmwaugsgyppum ponseremet nanometer Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representation o the United mel; Suites of America in Congress assembled, That the properfacconnting {rm of Column; officers of the Treasury Department are hereby directed to allow, and Belief ot pay out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Appropriation. each of such persons, or their legal representatives, who were omoors, clerks, and employees of the metropolitan police force of the District of Columbia on the twentyeighth of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, a sum equal to twenty per eentum on the salary of such 1867, eh. so, vol. persons as tixed by law, for the time stated in said resolution of the 14. p. na twentyeighth of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. Approved, January 17th, 1885.