Chapter 649. to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of a public building thereon, at Alexandria, in the State of Louisiana
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CHAP. 649.— An Act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of a public building thereon, at Alexandria, in the State of Louisiana.July 2, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Alexandria, La.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 causeSite.Building. 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 post office and other Government offices, in the city of Alexandria, and State of Louisiana, the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heatingCost. and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of sixty 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 theExamination, etc., by Treasury agent.
Treasury 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, one ofAppointment of commission. whom shall be an officer of the Treasury Department, which commission shall also examine the said proposed sites, and such others as theExamination.Hearings.
Secretary of the Treasury may designate, and grant such hearings in relation thereto as they shall deem necessary; and said commission 212FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 649-651. 1890. shall, within thirty days after such examination, make to the Report.Secretary of the Treasury written report of their conclusion 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;
Determination of location.and the Secretary of the Treasury shall thereupon finally determine the location of the building to be erected. Compensation of commissioners.The compensation of said commissioners shall be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars per *Proviso*.Treasury member.day and actual traveling expenses: *Provided, however*, That the member of said commission appointed from the Treasury Department shall be paid only his actual traveling expenses.
No expenditure until valid title, etc., pass.No money shall be used for the purpose mentioned until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Louisiana 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.
Open space.The building shall be unexposed to danger from fire by an open space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys. Approved, July 2, 1890.