Chapter 40. for the erection of a public building at Camden, New Jersey
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CHAP. 40.— An Act for the erection of a public building at Camden, New Jersey.Jan. 26, 1887. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Camden, N. J.Public building.Site. That the 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 post-office, customhouse, and internal-revenue and other Government offices, at the city of Camden, New Jersey.
The. plans, specifications, and full estimates of saidPlans, etc. building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed for the site and building complete the sum of one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the site shall leave the building*Proviso*.Open space. 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 theTitle. site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of New Jersey 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; nor shall any site be purchased until estimates for the erection of aEstimates. building which will furnish sufficient accommodations for the transaction of the public business, and which shall not exceed in cost the balance of the sum herein limited after the site shall have been purchased and paid for, shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury; and no purchase of site, nor plan for said building, shall be approvedLimit. by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the said sum of one hundred thousand dollars for site and building.
Approved, January 26, 1887.