Chapter CXVIII. to construct a Building for a Custom-House and Post-Office at Perth Amboy, New Jersey
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Chap. CXVIII.— An Act to construct a Building for a Custom-House and Post-Office at Perth Amboy, New Jersey. March 3, 1857. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the sum of twenty thousand dollars, with ten per cent, thereon to cover contingencies, and so much as may be required to purchase a suitable site, be and the same are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwiseAppropriation for a building for a custom-house and post-office at Perth Amboy. appropriated, for the construction, in the city of Perth Amboy, in the State of New Jersey, for the accommodation of a custom-house and post-office, of a brick building perfectly fire-proof, with floors constructed of iron beams and brick arches, and an iron roof of forty-five by thirty-two feet, and thirty-two feet high: *Provided*, That no money herebyProviso as to site and taxes. appropriated shall be used or applied for the purpose mentioned until a valid title to the land for the site of said building shall be vested in the United States, and until the State of New Jersey shall also duly relinquish and release to the United States the right to tax or in any way assess said site, or the property of the United States that, may be thereon during the time that the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof.
Approved, March 3, 1857.