Chapter 207. Providing for the sale of the old customhouse and lot connected therewith in the city of Louisville, Kentucky
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CHAP. 207.— An Act Providing for the sale of the old customhouse and lot connected therewith in the city of Louisville, Kentucky.August 4, 1894. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Louisville, Ky.Sale of old customhouse authorized. That when the public offices have been removed from the old customhouse, situated at the south west comer of Third and Green streets, in the city of Louisville, State of Kentucky, and said building is in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury no longer needed for the use of the United States, the said Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to sell at public auction in the city of Louisville, Kentucky, to the highest bidder, after thirty days’ notice in two of the principal newspapers published in the said city of Louisville, the said building and lot on which it is located, and to give a. quit claim deed to the purchaser thereof, and to deposit the proceeds of the sale to the credit of Proceeds.the Treasurer of the United States as “miscellaneous receipts derived from the sale of Government property.
” The time and place of said sale in said city to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, with power to reject any or all bids and to re-advertise and offer the said property in like manner as often as may be necessary to secure what in his judgment may be the value thereof, and the cost to be paid *Proviso*.Appraisement.from the proceeds of sale: *Provided*, That before the said property is advertised for sale a Government appraisement under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury shall be made of the value of the property—and that in the advertisement of sale notice shall be given that no bid will be received which is less than the appraised value of said property.
Approved, August 4, 1894.