Chapter CLXXI. *authorizing the Erection of a public Building in Rockland, Maine.*May 17, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of the TreasuryLand in Rockland, Me., to be bought for site be, and is hereby, authori
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CHAP. CLXXI.— An Act *authorizing the Erection of a public Building in Rockland, Maine.*May 17, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of the TreasuryLand in Rockland, Me., to be bought for site be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase at private sale a lot of land situate in the city of Boeklund, Maine, suitable for a site for122for custom-house, post-office, &c.a public building to accommodate the custom-house, post-office, and any other offices of the general government in said city; and to erect thereou Building to be erected.a building for the purposes aforesaid, the cost of said site and building being limited to fifty thousand dollars, of which amount twenty-five thousand dollars are hereby appropriated, to be paid from any money in the Valid title to be first obtained, and right to tax released by State.treasury not otherwise appropriated : *Provided*, That no money appropriated shall be expended until a good title is obtained to the site aforesaid, and the State of Maine shall cede jurisdiction over the same to the United States, and shall also duly release and relinquish 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, May 17, 1872.