Chapter 76. for the erection of a public building at Columbus, Ohio
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CHAP. 76.— An Act for the erection of a public building at Columbus, Ohio.Apr. 11, 1882. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Public building, Columbus, Ohio.Purchase of site. That the Secretary of the Treasury be,and he hereby is,authorized and directed to purchase a suitable site, and cause to be erected thereon, at Columbus in the State of Ohio, a substantial and commodious public building, with fireproof vaults, for (he use and accommodation of the United States district and circuit courts, internal-revenue and pension offices, post-office, and other government uses.
The site, and the building thereon, when completed according to plans and specifications to be previously made and approved Cost.by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed the cost of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and the site purchased shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of at least fifty feet, including streets and alleys; and for the Appropriation.purposes herein mentioned the sum of one hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of *Proviso*.Title.the Treasury: *Provided*, That no part of said sum shall be expended until a valid title to the said site shall be vested in the United States and the State of Ohio shall cede 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 any civil process therein.
Approved, April 11, 1882.