Chapter 100.
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CHAP. 100.— An act for the erection of a public building at the city of Staunton, Virginia.January 26, 1891. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Staunton, Va. Public building, etc. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to Site.purchase or otherwise provide a site, and cause to be erected thereon a Building.substantial and commodious building, with fireproof vaults, for the use and accommodation of the post-office and internal-revenue office, and for other Government uses, at the city of Staunton, Virginia.
The site, and building thereon, when completed upon plans and specifications to be previously made and approved by the Secretary Cost.of the Treasury, shall not exceed in cost the sum of seventy-five No purchase of site until building estimates approved.thousand dollars; nor shall any site be purchased until estimates for the erection of a building which will furnish sufficient accommodations for the transaction of the public business, and which shall Limit of building cost.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 Limit of total cost.involving an expenditure exceeding the said sum of seventy-five thousand dollars for site and building; and the site purchased shall Open space.leave the building unexposed to danger from fire by an open space *Proviso*.of at least forty feet, including streets and alleys: *Provided*, That No expenditure until valid title, etc., pass.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 Virginia shall cede to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall he 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 26, 1891.