Chapter 214. for the erection of a public building at Chester, Pennsylvania
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CHAP. 214.— An Act for the erection of a public building at Chester, Pennsylvania.May 16, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Chester, Pa.Public building, etc. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to acquire, Site.Building.by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site, and cause to be erected thereon a suitable building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the use of the United States Government offices in the city of Chester and Cost.State of Pennsylvania; the cost of said site and .building complete not to exceed the sum of eighty thousand dollars.
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 214, 215. 1890.113 Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall he invitedProposals. by public advertisement in one or more of the newspapers of said State of the largest circulation for at least twenty days prior to the day specified in said advertisement for the opening of such proposals. Proposals made in response to said advertisement shall be addressed and mailed to the Secretary’ of the Treasury, who shall then cause the said proposed site, 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 result of such examination, and of his recommendations 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 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,Appointment of commission. to be composed of an officer of the Treasury Department and two other persons, which commission shall also examine the said proposed sites, and such others as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate. and grant such hearings in relation thereto as they’ shall deem necessary; and said commission shall, within thirty’ days after suchExamination and report. examination, make to the Secretary’ of the Treasury written report of their conclusion in the premises, accompanied by’ any statements, maps, plats, or documents taken by or submitted to them, in like manner as hereinbefore provided in regard to the proceedings of said agents of the Treasury’ Department; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall thereupon finally determine the location of the buildingDetermination of location. to be erected.
The compensation of said commissioners shall be fixed by’ the Secretary of the Treasury, but shall not exceed six dollars per day’ and actual traveling expenses: *Provided, however*, ThatCompensation of commission. the member of said commission appointed from the Treasury Department*Proviso*.Treasury member.No expenditure until valid title and jurisdiction pass. shall be paid only his actual traveling expenses. No money shall be used or applied for the purpose mentioned, until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Pennsylvania 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, May 16, 1890.