Chapter 50.
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CHAP. 50.— AN ACT for the erection of a public building at the city of Bloomington, Illinois.January 5, 1891. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Bloomington, Ill. Public building, etc. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase, acquire by condemnation, or otherwise provide a site, and causeSite. to be erected thereon a substantial and commodious building, withBuilding. fireproof vaults, for the use and accommodation of the post-office, internal-revenue office, and for other Government uses, at the city of Bloomington in the State of Illinois.
The site and building thereon, when completed upon plans and specifications to be previouslyPlans, etc. made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not Cost.exceed in cost the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars; nor shall No purchase of site until building estimates approved.any site be purchased untilLimitation. estimat 708FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 50, 60. 1891. exceeding the said sum of seventy-five thousand dollars for site and building; and the site purchased shall leave the building unexposed Open space.to danger from fire by an open space of at least forty feet, including *Proviso*.streets and alleys: *Provided*, That no part of said sum shall be No expenditure until valid title, etc., pass.expended until a valid title to the said site shall be vested in the United fates, nor until the State of Illinois 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 5, 1891.