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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 72. 1891. 717 CHAP. 'l2.—An act for the erection of a. public building at Sioux City, Iowa. Jmuuy 15, gsm_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- Sioux City, rows. tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed P“““° °““d*“g*°"°· . to purchase or acquire by condemnation a site for, and cause to be sm, erected thereon, a suitab e building with fire-proof vaults therein, B,md;,,g_ ' for the accommodation of the United States district and circuit courts, post-office, custom-house, internal revenue office, and other Government omces, at the city of Sioux City, Iowa. The plans, p;,,,,,mimm_cm_ specifications, and full estimates for said building shall be previously made and approved according to law and shall not exceed, for the uml, of cw, site and bui ding complete, the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited Proposals to be im. by pu lic advertisement in one or more of the newspapers of said '°""“°‘"°"· city of largest circulation for at least twenty days prior to the date specified in said advertisement for the opening of said proposals. Proposals made in response to said advertisement shal be addressed Responses. aud mailed to the Secretar of the Treasury, who shall then cause the said proposed sites, and, such others .as e may think roper to designate, to be examined in person by an agent of the Treasury- E,.m¤.,¤,,,,_m_b, Department, who shall make written., report to said Secretary of the T*°¤¤¤'¥¤¤°¤°- results of said examination, and of his recommendation thereon, and the reasons therefor, which shall be accompanied by the original proposals and all maps. plats, and statements which shall have come into his possession re ating to the said proposed sites. . If, upon consideration of said report and accompanying papers, l the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem further investigation nec- _ essary, he may a point a commission of not more than three persons, ,_pp0m,m,¤,°,°0m_ one of whom shall be an officer of the Treasury Department, which mission. commission shall also examine the said proposed sites, and such others as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, and grant such hearings in relation thereto as they shall deem necessary; and H,,,,,,,,g,_ said commission shall, within thirty days after such examination, make to the Secretary of the Treasury written report of their con- nmmiwieumum. clusion in the premises, accomppnied y all statements, maps, plats, P°'· or documents taken by or su mitted to them, in like manner as _ hereinbefore rovided in regard to the proceedings of said agent of the Treasury Illepartment; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall Deterrnination are thereupon finally determine the location of the building to be erected. °•‘{"*· The com nsation of said commissioners shall be fixed by the Sec- Compensation Dram. retary of tllg Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars per '"*°°*°¤°”· day and actual traveling expenses: Provided however, That the mm. member of said commission appointed from the Treasury Depart- rmsiu-ymemuei. ment shall be aid only his actual traveling expenses. No money shall be used for the purpose mentioned until a valid Noegguaismunm title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, "“‘“* ·°‘°·· *’““'* nor until the State of Iowa shall have ceded to the United States . exclusive `urisdiction over the same, during the time the United " States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all pu ses except the administration of the criminal laws of said State anldxthe service e u1 in s a e unexpose o an r _ rom re an 0 en q,,,,, °f·i*’}i“t"W"‘3“ “£"ii’i£" ti t d i ii b space of at leagt forty feet on each side, mcliiding streets ayiid alldys. Om Approved, January 15, 1891.