Chapter 398. for the erection of a public building at Hoboken
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CHAP. 398.— An Act for the erection of a public building at Hoboken. New Jersey.June 18, 1888. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Hoboken, N. J.Public building. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase, acquire by condemnation, or otherwise provide a site, and 190FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 398, 419. 1888. cause to be erected thereon, a substantial and commodious building, with fire proof vaults, for the use and accommodation of the post-office Site, plans, etc.and for other Government uses at Hoboken, New Jersey.
The site and building thereon, when completed upon plans and specifications to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed in cost the sum of sixty thousand dollars; nor shall any site be purchased until estimates for the erection of a building which will furnish sufficient accommodations for Estimates.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 approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the said sum of sixty thousand dollars for site and building; and the site Cost.purchased shall leave the building unexposed to danger from tire by an open space of at least forty-feet, including streets and *Proviso*.Title, etc.alleys: *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, nor until the State of New Jersey shall cede 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, June 18, 1888.