Chapter 40.
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CHAP. 40.— An act to provide for the erection of a public building in the city of Fargo, North Dakota.December 27, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Fargo. N. Dak. Public building, etc. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site for. and cause to be erected thereon, a suitableSite. building, with fireproof vaults therein, for the accommodation of Building.the post-office and United States courts, at the city of Fargo.
North Dakota. The plans, specifications, and full estimates for said buildingPlans, estimates, etc. shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed, for the site and building complete, the sum of oneLimit of cost. hundred thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the site*Provisos*. purchased shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than fifty feet, including streetsOpen space. and alleys: *Provided further*, That no money appropriated for thisAppropriation unavailable until valid title, etc., pass. purpose shall be available until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of North Dakota 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.
Approved, December 27, 1890.