Chapter 527.
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CHAP. 527.— An act to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania.March 3, 1891. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Philadelphia, Pa., Mint. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to Site.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 and accommodation of the United States Mint, in the city Cost.of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of two million dollars.
So much of the appropriation as may be necessary to defray travelingAppropriation for expenses immediately available. expenses and other expenses incident to the selection of the site, and for necessary survey thereof, shall be immediately available. So much of said appropriation as may be necessary for the preparationPreparation of plans. of sketch-plans, drawings, specifications, and detailed estimates for the building by the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department shall be available immediately upon the selection of the site by the Secretary of the Treasury.
No money appropriated shall be available, except as hereinbeforeNo money available until title, etc., pass. provided, until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Pennsylvania 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.
After the said site shall have been paid for. and the sketch-plansBalance to be used for building. and detailed drawings for the building shall have been prepared by the Supervising Architect, and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury and Director of the Mint, the balance of appropriation shall be available for the erection and completion of the building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, and such balance of the appropriation as may remain available after the building shall have been completed shall be applied to and used in the purchase of apparatus for the purposes of the mint.
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. That the Secretary of the Treasury be. and he is hereby, furtherOld building to be disposed of. directed, when the new building herein authorized to be erected shall have been completed, to dispose of the present United States mint building in the city of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, at private or public sale, and to give a quitclaim deed to the purchaser FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 839. 1891.839 thereof, and to deposit the proceeds of the sale to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States in the manner prescribed by sectionsR. S., secs. 3617, 3618, p. 713. thirty-six hundred and seventeen and thirty-six hundred and eighteen. United States Revised Statutes. Approved, March 3, 1891.