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FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ons. 209-211. 1888. IO? owners thereof. from time to time, as the Secretary of War may direct, so as to preserve the free and convenient navigation of said rivers, and the authority to erect and continue any and all of said bridges shall be subject to revocation by the Secretary of War whenever the public good, in his judgment so r uires. Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repelall this act is hereby Amendments, etc. expressly reserved. EC. 7. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction 0<>¤¤¤n¤¤¤¤m¤¤r¤¤d of the bridge or bridges herein authorized be not commenced within °°mpl°"°"‘ 0n1e year and completed within three years from the approval of this ac . Approved, May 1, 1888. CHAP. 210.-An act for a public building at Greenville, South Carolina. Mw I- 1839- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, q‘hat the Secretary §u'*£¤'Qllfii$-C- of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to pur- ° dm; chase, or otherwise procure, a suitable site, and cause to be erected thereon, at the city of Greenville, in the State of South Carolina, a substantial and commodious public building, with flre—proof vaults, for the use and accommodation of the United States courts, postoffice, internal-revenue office, and for other Government uses. The site and building thereon when completed, upon plans and specifica- site. piwsew. tions to be previously made and a proved y the Secreta of the Treasury, shall not exceed in cost tge sum of one hundred thousand dollars; nor shall an site be purchased until estimates for the erec- Mmm tion of a building which will furnish sufficient accommodations for the transaction of the public business, and which shall not exceed in cost the balance of the sum herein limited after the site shall have been purchased and paid for, shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury; and no purchase of site nor plan for said building shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involvin an expenditure exceeding the said sum of one hundred thousand Limit of cost. dollars for site and building: Provided, That no money to be appro- Hcviw. priated for said building s all be used until a valid title to the site rum, em. selected, which site shal leave the building unexposed to dange1· from tire in adjacent buildings by an open space of at least fifty feet, including streets and allevs, shal be vested in the United States, nor until the State of South Carolina shall have ceded jurisdiction over the same for all purposes, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, except for the enforcement of the criminal laws of the State and the service of civil process therein. Approved, May 1, 1888. CHAP. 211.-An act to authorize the construction of an arsenal for the repair, May 1. 1888. storage. and distribution of ordnance and ordnance stores for the use of the Gov- ¥;*"" ernment of the United States, at Columbia, Tennessee. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re nresentatires of the U mlted States of America in Congress assembled, 'Ilhat for the purpose goiumbis- TT;. of establishing an arsenal at Columbia. Tennessee, for the repair, at me M l'“°°° storage, and distribution of ordnance and ordnance stores, the sum of ·*PP’°P’*°“°¤· two hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriate ; and the construction and control of said arsenal shall under the direction of the Secretary of War: Provided, That without cost to the United States, €_‘»3»sM.be _ a sufficient quantity of land, accepted as suitable and adequate for °“° K""'