Chapter 67. providing for the erection of a public building at Los Angeles, California
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CHAP. 67.— An Act providing for the erection of a public building at Los Angeles, California.Jan. 29, 1887. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Los Angeles, Cal.Public-building.Site. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to procure a site for, and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with fireproof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the United States district and circuit courts, post office and internal revenue and other Government Plans, etc.offices, at the city of Los Angeles, California.
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 *Proviso*.complete the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the site shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in Open space.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 Title.shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of California shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein.
Approved, January 29, 1887.