Chapter 329. for the erection of a public building at Port Townsend Washington Territory,March 3, 1885. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Port Townsend, Wash
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CHAP. 329.— An Act for the erection of a public building at Port Townsend Washington Territory,March 3, 1885. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Port Townsend, Wash. Ter.Public building.Site. 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 fireproof vaults therein for the accommodation of the custom-house, bonded warehouse, post office, and other Government offices, at the city of Port Townsend, Washington Territory, The plans, specifications, and fullPlans, cost. etc. 348 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 seventy thousand dollars, which sum is hereby appropriated Appropriation*Proviso*.out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: *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 street and alleys; and no money appropriated for this Title.purpose shall be available until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, Approved, March 3, 1885.