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1136 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 853. 1901. dred and sixty-seven, in the city of Washingt~on, District: of Columbia, and containing seventeen thousand seven hundred and thirty-three square feet, lying and being at the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Seventeenth street northwest, fronting on Pennsylvania avenue one hundred and six feet and on Seventeenth street one hundred and sixtv ,,f'%‘{,§§§°d b"C‘”““ feet, and being-the property of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Said property to be used by the Court of Claims or for such other purposes _§g>;;ig»x;,c€ as may be determined: Provided, That the same can b_e secured for a Repeal.sum not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars; and so much of the V0!-30. D-1?»59· Act entitled "An Act to provide for the erection of a building for the Department of J ustice,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, as provides " that said building shall be constructed so as to provide a court room and ne·cessary accommodations for the Court of Claims," be, and the same is hereby, repealed. T’€¤**">’b¤“di¤F<¤- For Treasury building at Washin ton, District of Columbia: For iieplairs to Treasury, Butler, and llgnder buildings, eight thousand c dollars. Fi’€·**'*"¤* ¤>`$t€¤¤- Fire-alarm system, Treasury Department: For maintenance of the automatic tire-alarm system now in the Treasury and Winder build- _ _ _ ings, two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars. §§Q;‘,§gbgQ§1;§;é€,_ For repairs and preservation of public buildings: Repairs and presvarion. ervation of custom-houses, court-houses, and post-offices, and quarangne iations, apdfot;1erTpublic buildings and the grounds thereof un er the contro o the reasury De artment, exclusive of marine §,§Q,;§‘j,,€¤d€n,S_ ltiospétals, four hundlred thousagd dollaiiqi Provgdgd, That of the sum ere y appropriate not excee in ten thousand ollars may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary %f the Treasury, in the employment of superintendents and others at a rate of compensation not exceeding Heaing Hmm ms foiiiany one persoq sig dollaiq peg F h t h d ‘ r · ea in appara us 'or u ic ui ings: or ea in oistin an ventilatingg apparatus, andliepairs to thecsame, for all p%iblic builiglin s, including quarantine stations, and exclusive of marine hospitals, under control of the Treasury Department, exclusive of personal services, except for work done by contract, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; but of this amount not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars may be expended for lpersonal services of mechanics employed from time _ to time for casua repairs only. k,Q,§§““· ‘”*€s· **“" Va.ults, safes, and locks for public buildings: For vaults, safes, and . locks, and repairs to the same, for all public buildings under control of the Treasury Department, exclusive of personal services, except for work done by contract, thirty thousand dollars; but of this amount not exceeding ghree thousand dollars may be expended for personal services of mee anics employed from time to time for casual repairs onl i. ' P““‘S· Rlans for public buildings: For books, technical periodicals and journals, photographic materials, and in duplicating plans required for all) publig gugdings under control of the Treasury Department, four thousand dollars. S"P““l’M""‘_‘ Post-office. court-house, and custom-house, Saint Paul, Minnesota: buI§§{§,“鑧{§€c§’,§d_ Old That so much of the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled “‘An V<>1·‘16»1>·763» Act for the erection of a public building at Saint Paul, Minnesota," approved February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, as authorized the Secretary of the Treasury, after the completion of the new Hniteid States pgst—office, court-house, ant; ctgtom-house building, to se an convey the present property of the nited States in said _ _ city now occupied as a court-house, custom—house, and post-office, and V°1‘3°·p‘°98‘ of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act making appropriations for sundry civil-expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and for other purposes," approved July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, as