Chapter 47.
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CHAP. 47.— An act for the erection of a public building at Rome, Georgia.January 2, 1891. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Rome, Ga. Public building, etc. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase or otherwise provide a suitable site and cause to be erectedSite. thereon a substantial and commodious building, with tire-proof vaultsBuilding. extending to each story, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office and other offices of the Government at Rome, Georgia, the site and building thereon, when completed upon plans and specifications to be previously made and approved by thePlans, etc.
Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed in cost the sum of fiftyCost. thousand dollars, nor shall any site be purchased until estimates forNo purchase of site until building estimates approved. 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 siteLimitation. shall have been purchased and paid for, shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury: *Provided*, That no part of said*Proviso*. sum shall be expended until a valid title to the said site shall beNo expenditure until valid title, etc., pass. vested in the United States, nor until the State of Georgia 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 civil process therein.
Approved, January 2, 1891.