Chapter XLVI. to authorize the Construction of a fire-proof Building at Albany, New York
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CHAP. XLVI.— An Act to authorize the Construction of a fire-proof Building at Albany, New York.March 12, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatFire-proof building to be constructed at Albany, New York, for courts, &c., of the United States.Plans and estimates. the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be constructed a fire-proof building at Albany, New York, on a central and suitable site, to be donated to the United States by the city or citizens of Albany, suitable for the accommodation of the Custom-house, post-office, United States circuit and district courts, and internal revenue offices in said city, at a cost not exceeding the sum of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and before commencing work on said building he shall cause plans and estimates to be made therefor, so that no expenditure shall be made or authorized therefor exceeding the sum herein named; said building to be constructed under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: *Provided,*No money to be expended until. &c.See *Post,* p. 353.
That no money which may hereafter be appropriated for this purpose shall be used or applied to the erection of said building ujitil a valid title to the site thereof shall be vested in the United States, and until the State of New York shall cede its jurisdiction over the same, and shall also duly release and relinquish to the United States the right to tax or in any way assess said site and 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 12, 1872.