Chapter 337. To supplement and amend an Act entitled “An Act for the erection of a new custom-house in the city of New York, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one
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CHAP. 337.— An Act To supplement and amend an Act entitled “An Act for the erection of a new custom-house in the city of New York, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. March 2, 1899. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of theNew York.Purchase of site and erection of customhouse authorized. Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, for customs purposes, the premises heretofore selected by the Secretary of the Treasury, under the Act of September fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, as aVol. 25, p. 479. site for a custom-house building, and known as the Bowling Green site, in the city of New York and State of New York, and the sum of sevenCost of site.s hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in addition to the balance in the Treasury remaining unexpended under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved September fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled “An Act for the erection of an appraiser’s warehouse in the city of New York, and for other purposes,” is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and made immediately available for such purpose.
Sec. 2. That upon the acquisition of said site the Secretary of theLimit of cost for building. Treasury shall cause to be erected thereon a substantial, commodious, and fireproof building for the purposes of a custom-house, at a cost not to exceed three million dollars, exclusive of the cost of the site, and for the preparation of the plans and the commencement of the work the sum of one million dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and made immediately available for this purpose; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized toContracts authorized. contract for the completion of said building, including heating and ventilating apparatus, fireproof vaults, elevators, and approaches complete, within the limit of cost prescribed by law, subject to the appropriations which may hereafter be made by Congress.
Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion,Plans, etc. invite not less than five architects to compete for the preparation and furnishing of plans, drawings, and specifications, and the local supervision of the construction of said new custom house building, under the direction and general supervision of the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized andSale of present custom-house property. directed to sell at public or private sale, to the highest bidder, after due advertisement, but for not less than three million dollars, the present custom-house property in the city of New York, bounded by Wall, William, and Hanover streets, and Exchange place, and to deposit the proceeds of the sale, after the payment of the usual incidental expenses, in the United States Treasury as miscellaneous receipts derived from 970 FIFTY FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Chs. 337–339. 1899. —lease of, pending completion of building authorized.the sale of Government property; and in case of such sale the Secretary of the Treasury shall lease said premises from the purchaser or purchasers thereof, at a rental which shall not exceed four per centum per annum on the purchase price, for use as a custom house until the new custom-house shall be ready for occupancy, upon such terms as he may deem advantageous, and such sale shall be subject to such right of lease; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to accept the said purchase price in several payments, from time to time, as he may *Proviso.*Final surrender.deem most advantageous: *Provided, however,* That the use, occupation, and possession of said property shall not be surrendered until the new custom-house is ready for occupation and dual payment is fully made.
Sec. 5. Appropriation reimbursable. That the appropriation of seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, made in section one of this Act, in addition to the balance in the Treasury remaining unexpended under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved September fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, for the acquisition of the Bowling Green site, and the further sum of one million dollars for the preparation of plans and the commencement of the work of construction, appropriated in section two of this Act, shall be reimbursed out of the proceeds of the sale of the present custom-house property, provided for in section four of this Act, when such proceeds have been covered into the Treasury.
Sec. 6. Repeal. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved, March 2, 1899.