Chapter 435. for the erection of a public building at New London, Connecticut
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CHAP. 435.— An Act for the erection of a public building at New London, Connecticut.June 20, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,New London, Conn.Public building, etc. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to Site.Building.acquire, 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 New Cost.London, and State of Connecticut, the cost of such site and building complete not to exceed the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars.
Proposals to be advertised for.Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited by public advertisement in one or more of the newspapers of said city of largest circulation for at least twenty days prior to the day specified in said advertisement for the opening of said proposals. Responses.Proposals made in response to said advertisements shall be mailed and addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall then cause the said proposed sites, and such others as he may think proper to Examination, etc., by Treasury agent.designate, to lie examined in person by an agent of the Treasury Department. who shall make written report to said Secretary of the results of such 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.
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 435-437. 1890.163 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, to beAppointment of commission. 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;Hearings. and said commission shall, within thirty days after such examination, make to the Secretary of the Treasury written report of their conclusionExamination and report. in the premises, accompanied by any statements, maps, plats, or documents taken by or submitted to them, in like manner as herein-before provided in regard to the proceedings of said agent of the Treasury Department: and the Secretary of the Treasury shall thereuponDetermination of location. finally determine 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 shall not exceed six dollars per day and actual travelling expenses: *Provided, however*, That the member of*Proviso*.Treasury member. said commission appointed from the Treasury Department shall be paid only his actual travelling expenses. No money shall be used or applied when appropriated for the purposesNo expenditure until valid title and jurisdiction pass. mentioned, until a valid title to the site for said building snail be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Connecticut 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, June 20, 1890.