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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Gus. 109, 110. 1895. 675 01;:335. 109.-An Act For the erection of a public building at Brockton, Massa- February zo, mss. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the B¤>¤F*<>¤-M==!¤¤-` Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site tn5E25E bmming °°` for a suitable building, with fireproof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the post-office and other Government offices at the city of P""- P· °1°· Brockton, Massachusetts, and cause such building to be erected thereon. The plans, specihcations, and full estimates of said building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed, L*’”“ °‘ °°°*~ for the site and building complete, the ,sum of seventyfive thousand dollars: Provided, That the site shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire 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 a valid title to the site for said T‘°l°‘°°°‘ building shall be vested in the United_ States, nor until the State of Massachusetts 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 andthe service of civil process therein. Approved, February 20, 1895. CHAP. 110.-An Act To erect a public building at Pottsville, Pennsylvania. F°b'°*“'Y m- 18*** Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqoresentattves of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the iiflfgzuégulgltn W Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase, mi-ima. g acquire by condemnation, or otherwise provide a site, and causeto rm, p.912. be erected thereon a suitable, commodious, and substantial building, ' including fireproof vaults, heatin g and ventilatin g apparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office, internal-revenue- office, commissioner’s office, and other Government offices, in the borough of Pottsville and State of Pennsylvania. The cost of the site and the building, including fireproof vaults, heat- Cming and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of sixty thousand dollars. _ Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited ·P’°’°“‘““ f" “‘*°· by public advertisement in one or more of the newspapers of said city for at least fourteen days prior to the date specified in the advertisement for opening the proposals. The proposals made in response to said public advertisement at the time named in the advertisement, or within ten days subsequent thereto, shall be received, opened, and considered by a commission of three persons, who shall be appointed °°'“""’“*°"‘ by the Secretary of the Treasury, and it shall be the duty of said commissioners to forward to the Secretary of the Treasury, within forty days from the date named in the advertisement for opening the proposals, a written report, with the original proposals, maps, and so forth, aspen, sw. and the oaths prescribed by Act of Congress approved June twenty- V<>¤·18.r·27¤ third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and to definitely state in said report the site selected by them, and their selection of the site shall be final, and each commissioner shall be allowed a compensation C°*¤P°¤°°°i°¤- for his services of an amount within the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, said compensation not to exceed two hundred dollars and actual traveling expenses to each commissioner. Approved, February 20, 1895.