Chapter 108. appropriating money for the erection of a penitentiary in the Territory of Dakota
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CHAP. 108.— An Act appropriating money for the erection of a penitentiary in the Territory of Dakota.March 2, 1881. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Penitentiary in Dakota Territory.Appropriation. That the sum of thirty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the purpose of erecting, under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of the Interior, a penitentiary building in said Territory of Dakota, upon such tract, or parcel of land, at or near the village of Sioux Falls, in Minnehaha County, said Territory, as shall be designated by the Secretary of the *Proviso.*Interior: *Provided,* That the money hereby appropriated shall be devoted and applied exclusively to the purchase of the necessary grounds and to the erection of a penitentiary in said Territory, and shall not exceed the sum hereby appropriated, including the sum expended for the purchase of grounds upon which to erect said penitentiary; and the Location.penitentiary of the Territory of Dakota is hereby located at or near the village of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, said Territory, upon such tract or parcel of land as shall be selected and designated by the Secretary of the Interior as herein provided.
Approved, March 2, 1881.