Chapter 276. for the erection of a public building at Harrisonburg and Abingdon State of Virginia
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CHAP. 276.— An Act for the erection of a public building at Harrisonburg and Abingdon State of Virginia.July 7, 1882. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Harrisonburg, Va.Public building.Purchase of site.Plans, cost.*Proviso.*Abingdon, Va.Public building. Site, plans, cost. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site for, and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with fire proof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the United States courts, post office, and other government offices at Harrisonburg, State of Virginia.
The plans, specifications, and full estimates for said building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed for the site and building complete the sum of fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the site selected shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet, including streets and alleys; and no money appropriated for this purpose shall be available until a valid title to the site for the said building shall be vested in the United States; nor until the State of Virginia shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owners thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein.
Also, the like sum is hereby appropriated, upon the same terms and conditions, for a site and public building at Abingdon Virginia Approved, July 7, 1882.