Chapter 87.
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CHAP. 87.— An act to provide for enlarging the proposed public building at Savannah, Georgia: the purchase of another site, if practicable, and for the sale of the present site.January 21, 1891. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Savannah, Ga. Public building, site, etc. Vol. 24, p. amended. That an act of Congress approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, authorizing the erection of a public building for the use and accommodation of the United States circuit and district courts and post-office, and other Government uses, in the city of Savannah and State Limit of cost increased.of Georgia, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to increase the limit of cost of site and building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches complete, from two hundred thousand dollars to four hundred thousand Building.dollars, in order to provide for the enlargement of the building contemplated by present plans, and if found practicable the purchase Site.of another site, and the sale of the site situated about one hundred and seventy-two feet on York street and ninety feet on Abercorn street, in said city.
Sec. 2. That should it be deemed practicable to select another siteNew site. for said building it shall be purchased, acquired by condemnation, Proposals to be advertised Cor.or otherwise provided, upon the following conditions: Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited by public advertisement, in one or more of the newspapers of said city for at least fourteen days prior to the date specified in the advertisements Responses.for opening the proposals.
The proposals made in response to said public advertisements at the time named in the advertisements, or within ten days subsequent thereto, shall be received, opened, and Appointment of commission.considered by a commission of three persons, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and it shall be the duty of said commission to forward to the Secretary of the Treasury, within forty days from the date named in the advertisements for opening the proposals, a written report with the original Report.proposals, maps, and so forth, and the oaths prescribed by act of Congress approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and to definitely state in said report the site selected by them, and their selection of the Final selection.site shall be final; and each commissioner shall be allowed a Compensation of commissioners.compensation for his services of an amount within the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, said compensation not to exceed two hundred dollars, and actual traveling expenses, to each commissioner.
Open space.The building shall be unexposed to danger from fire by an open space of at least thirty-six feet on each side including streets and alleys. Sec. 3. That should another site be selected under the provisionsSale, etc., of present site. herein contained the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, 727 authorized and directed to sell, either at private or public sale the land owned by the United States known as a site for the United States courthouse and post-office, situated about one hundred and seventy-two feet on York and ninety feet on Abercorn streets, in the city and State aforesaid, and to make a quitclaim deed to the purchaser thereof.
Sec. 4. That should it not be deemed practical, on account of costEnlargement of present building. or otherwise, to select another site for said building, the building on the present site shall proceed upon a plan enlarged to the limit ofLimit of cost increased. four hundred thousand dollars, including the incidental and necessary expenses thereof. Sec. 5. That the appropriations heretofore made, shall be availableAppropriations made available. for the purposes of this act. Approved, January 21, 1891.