Chapter 794.
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CHAP. 794.— An act for the erection of a public building at Ottumwa, Iowa.August 8, 1888. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Ottumwa, Iowa.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 cause to be erected thereon a substantial and commodious building, with fireproof vaults, for the use and accommodation of the post-office, and for other Government uses, at Ottumwa, Iowa.
The site andSite, plants, etc. 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 forty thousand dollars: nor shall any site be purchased until estimates for the erection of a buildingEstimates. 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 beLimit of cost. approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the said sum of forty thousand dollars for site and building; and the site purchased shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire by an open space of at least forty feet, including streets and alleys: *Provided*, That no part of said sum shall be expended*Proviso*.Title, etc. until a valid title to the said site shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Iowa 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, August 8, 1888. Chapter 816: to cancel certain reservations of lands, on account of live-oak, in the southwestern land-district of the State of Louisiana. Chapter 816 25 Stat. 391 1888-08-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-23 50 1 public
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