Chapter 44.
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CHAP. 44.— An act to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Kansas City, in the State of Missouri.January 2, 1891. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Kansas City, Mo. Public building, etc. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site, and to causeSite. to be erected thereon a suitable building, including fireproofBuilding. vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office, courts, and other Government offices in Kansas City and State of Missouri, the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heating andCost. ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches complete, not to exceed the sum of one million two 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,Appointment of commission. one of whom shall be an officer of the Treasury Department, 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; andHearings. 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 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 shallDetermination of location.
Compensation of commissioners. thereupon finally determine the location of the building to be erected. The compensation of said commissioners shall be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars per day and actual traveling expenses: *Provided, however*, That the*Proviso*. 706FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 44-46. 1891. member of said commission appointed from the Treasury DepartmentTreasury member. shall be paid only his actual traveling expenses.
No money shall be used for the purpose mentioned until a validNo expenditure until valid title, etc., pass. title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Missouri 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, tor all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein.
The building shall be unexposed to danger from fire by an openOpen space. space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys. Approved, January 2, 1891.