Chapter 330. For the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon in the city of New Brunswick, New Jersey
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CHAP. 330.— An Act For the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon in the city of New Brunswick, New Jersey. March 1, 1899. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * New Brunswick, N. J.Public building authorized. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase, or acquire by condemnation or otherwise, a suitable lot of land in the city of New Brunswick, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, and cause to be erected on the land so purchased or acquired a building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office and other Government offices and purposes in that Limit of cost.city, the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the Fire space.sum of one hundred thousand dollars.
That said building, when completed, shall be protected by an open space of not less than forty feet Plans, etc.on every side thereof, including streets and alleys. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, after the site for the said building shall have been purchased, to cause a plan and specifications of said building to be prepared, which plan and specifications shall not require or involve an expenditure in the erection and completion of said building, including said vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, complete, exceeding the sum that shall remain after the site of said building shall have been paid for.
That no plans or specifications for said building shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury which shall require or involve an expenditure exceeding the amount herein limited, nor shall the erection of said building be commenced until after such plans and specifications and full estimate therefor shall have been previously made and approved according to law. Approved, March 1, 1899.