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404 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Gus. 131-134. 1887. Title. for this purpose shall be available mntil al title to the glnoupds fort; said building shall be vested in the nit es nor nn 1 the ateo Kentucky shall cede to the United States elxchéive jurisdicgon over the same during the time the United States s a or remain e owner thereof, i'or all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of any civil processes there1_n;_nor shall Emm,m,,_ any site be purchased until estimates for the erection of a building which will furnish sufficient accommodations for the transaction of the public Easiness, auddwhich shall notglexceled inbcgoest the lbalagce oi thelsium erein limite after the site all ave n purc ase an pair or _ shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury; and no purchase of site, nor plan tbr said building, shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the said sum of hfty thousand dollars for site and building; and the sitepur- Open space. chased shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire by an open space of at least forty feet, including streets and alleys. Appmpriation. Sue. 2. That the sum of fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise approlpriated, to life usgd audi expended in the purchase of said grounds an the erection said buil ing. Approved, February 16, 1887. . Feb. 17, 1887. CHAP. 132.-An t authorii th S f Wa d' le "-**"*— BC¢50:]:lb lg)! Bt;"‘lllS,t8£l;·$HDltl0D, au e ni S a . Be it enacted_ by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ldlontana to be States q[ America an Congress That the Secretary of War be, $:*8 lf: 0:,*;:::: and he is hereby, authorised and duccted to adjust and balance the ac- .m,,m,_ cpuéxt fp; armshammgnition, audgccouterments between the Territory o on · na an the overnment the,United tates b creditin said Territory with the balance now standing against it ot sliid accoudt. Approved, February 17, 1887. _ , _ CHAR133.-Anatt tth ‘h f h ‘ ‘ ‘· ."..*`°" " ***8* R.-..¤... t.. ti. m.°G..1‘.£'1I‘...i ni£·£.“i‘S.ilZ2§i‘¤1‘I.?§§‘.§{‘°, ’°'“ “""““""*“" Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the U nitcd Right of ray Stateeof America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby granted to §I!;¤;*¤8;*c;‘S*:_t_ the Rio Grande and El Paso Railroad Company right of way one hun- ,0 1,;,, Grande and dlred felettppdei, ori; sgph relate as the Secretary of War may designate, gi pw, g,;;,,,,,; rong e o iss i itary eservatiou Texas. If said . il Company. shall not be built across said reservation within three years neiitt aigi the passage of this act, this grant shall absolutely cease and determine. Approved, February 17, 1.887. Fab, I1, 18:31; CHAP. 134.-—A.n act for the relief of Robert Strachan. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqrrescnt ¢¢'v th U ‘ Robert Strachan. States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdidtidnllie, Eindnlthe DEQ; gig s; same is hereby, conferred upon the United States Court of Claims to bh N fund to hear, try, and determine, according to the rules and practice now in Umm of mums_ force in said court,_any claim for damage which Robert Strachan may have against the District of Columbia by reason of the said District of Columbia, or its agents, servants, or employees having turned the water