Chapter 124.
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CHAP. 124.— An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of a public building thereon, at Columbus in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.February 9, 1891. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Columbus, Ga. Public building, etc. That the Secretary of the Treasury be. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to Site.acquire, by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, a site, and cause Building.to be erected thereon a suitable building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, for FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Chs. 124, 125. 1891.739 the use and accommodation of the United States post-office and other Government offices, in the city of Columbus and State of Georgia, the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heating and ventilatingCost. apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars. Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invitedProposals to be advertised for. by public advertisement in one or more of the newspapers of said city of largest circulation for at least twenty days prior to the date specified in said advertisement for the opening of said proposals.
Proposals made in response to said advertisement shall be addressedResponses. and mailed to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall then cause the said proposed sites, and such others as he may think proper to designate, to be examined in person by an agent of the TreasuryExamination, etc., by Treasury agent. Department, who shall make written report to said Secretary of the results of said examination, and of his recommendation thereon, and the reasons therefor, which shall be accompanied by the original proposals and all maps, plats, and statements which shall have come into his possession relating to the said proposed sites.
If, upon consideration of said report and accompanying papers, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem further investigation necessary, he may appoint a commission of not more than three persons, one ofAppointment of commission. whom shall be an officer of the Treasury Department, which commission shall also examine the said proposed sites, and such others as theExamination. Secretary of the Treasury may designate, and grant such hearings inHearings. relation thereto as they shall deem necessary: and said commission shall, within thirty days after such examination, make to the Secretary of the Treasury written report of their conclusion in the premises,Report. accompanied by all statements, maps, plats, or documents taken by or submitted to them, in like manner as hereinbefore provided in regard to the proceedings of said agent of the Treasury Department; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall thereupon finally determineDetermination of location. the location of the building to be erected.
The compensation of said commissioners shall be fixed by the SecretaryCompensation of commissioners. of the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars per day and actual traveling expenses: *Provided, however*, That the*Proviso*. number of said commission appointed from the Treasury DepartmentTreasury member. shall be paid only his actual traveling expenses. No money snail be used or applied for the purposes mentioned,No expenditure until valid title, etc., pass. until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Georgia 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.
The building herein provided for shall be unexposed to dangerOpen space. from fire by an open space of at least forty feet, on each side, including streets and alleys. Approved, February 9, 1891.