Chapter 49. to increase the limit of cost of the public building authorized by act of Congress, approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, to be erected at El Paso, Texas
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CHAP. 49.— An Act to increase the limit of cost of the public building authorized by act of Congress, approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, to be erected at El Paso, Texas.March 24, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,El Paso, Tex.Public building.Vol. 24, p. 107, amended. That the act of Congress, approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, providing for the erection of a public building in the city of El Paso and State of Texas, for the accommodation of the United States customhouse, post-office, and Federal courts, and for other Government uses, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to extend the limit of cost of the site and the building, including all additional workLimit of cost increased. incident to the increased depth of excavation found necessary to secure stable foundations, fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches complete, from one hundred and fifty thousand dollars to two hundred thousand dollars, and that the sum of fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriatedAppropriation. for said purpose out of any moneys in the United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to be governed by the provisions herein contained in the erection and completionErection and completion of building. of the said building upon plans, detailed estimates, and so forth, prepared by the Supervising Architect of the Treasury, and approved in accordance with existing law.
Approved, March 24, 1890.