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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 26 STAT. · June 9, 1890 · Chapter 402

Chapter 402. for the erection of a public building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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CHAP. 402.— An Act for the erection of a public building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.June 9, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Cedar Rapids, Iowa.Public building, etc.Site. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is. authorized and directed to purchase or otherwise provide a suitable site, and cause to be erected thereon, at the city of Cedar Rapids, in the State of Iowa, a suitable Building.and commodious public building, with fireproof vaults, for the use and accommodation of the post-office, and for other Government uses.
The site, and the building thereon, when completed according to plans and specifications to be previously made and approved by the Maximum cost.Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed the cost of one hundred FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 402, 403. 1890.129 thousand dollars; nor shall any site be purchased until estimates forLimitations upon purchase of site, etc. the erection of a building 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 the site purchased snail leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by anOpen space.*Proviso*.No expenditure until valid title and jurisdiction pass. open space of at least forty feet, including streets and alleys: *Provided*, That no part of said sum when appropriated shall be expended until a valid title to the said site shall be vested in the United States, and 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 any civil process therein.
Approved, June 9, 1890.
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