Chapter 287. for the erection of a public building at Oxford, Mississippi
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CHAP. 287.— An Act for the erection of a public building at Oxford, Mississippi.July 12, 1882. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Oxford, Miss.Public building.Purchase of site.Plans, cost, etc.*Proviso.*Title. That t he Secretary of the Treasury be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site for, and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with fireproof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the United States courts, post-office, and other government offices, at the city of Oxford, in the State of Mississippi.
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 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 said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Mississippi 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.
Approved, July 12, 1882.