Chapter 343. Providing for the erection of a public building at the city of Seattle, in the State of Washington
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CHAP. 343.— An Act Providing for the erection of a public building at the city of Seattle, in the State of Washington. 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 theSeattle, Wash.Public building authorized. Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to purchase, or acquire by condemnation proceedings, a site for a building to be erected thereon, and to cause to be erected at the city of Seattle, in the State of Washington, a suitable building for the use and accommodation of the United States courts, custom-house, land office, post office, and other Government offices, in said city, with fireproof vaults extending to each story; the site, and the building thereon, when completed accordingLimit of cost. to plans and specifications to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, not to exceed the cost of three hundred thousand dollars.
Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invitedProposals for site. 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 addressedInvestigation of site. 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 the 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—commission. Secretary of the Treasury shall deem further investigation necessary, he may appoint a commission of not more than three persons, one of whom shall be an officer of the Treasury Department, which commission shall also examine the said proposed sites, and such others as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, and grant such hearings in relation thereto as they shall deem necessary; and said commission shall, within thirty days after such examination, make to the Secretary 974 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Chs. 343, 344. 1899. 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 —determination.to the proceedings of said agent of the Treasury Department; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall thereupon finally determine the location of the building to be erected. Compensation.The compensation of said commissioners shall be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars per day *Proviso.*—of Treasury member.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.
Fire space.The building to be erected shall be unexposed to danger from fire by an open space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys. Approved, March 2, 1899.