Chapter 274. to provide for the erection of a public building for the use of the post office and government offices at the city of Terre Haute, Indiana
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CHAP. 274.— An Act to provide for the erection of a public building for the use of the post office and government offices at the city of Terre Haute, Indiana.July 7, 1882. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Torre Haute, Ind.Public building.Purchase of site.Plans, cost.Appropriation.*Proviso.*Title. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to purchase a site and to cause to be erected at the city of Tene Haute, in the State of Indiana, a suitable building for the use and accommodation of the post office and other government offices in said city, with fireproof vaults extending to each story; the site, and the building thereon, when completed according to plans and specifications to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, not to exceed the cost of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and the sum of seventy five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purchase of said site and the completion of said building: *Provided,* That there shall be an open space of not less than fifty feet upon every side of said building, including streets and alleys, and that no part of said sum shall be expended until a valid title to said site shall lie vested in the United States, and the State of Indiana shall cede to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of any civil process therein.
Approved, July 7, 1882.