Chapter 347. To provide for the purchase of a site, and for the erection of a public building thereon, at Salt Lake City, the capital of the State of Utah
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CHAP. 347.— An Act To provide for the purchase of a site, and for the erection of a public building thereon, at Salt Lake City, the capital of the State of Utah. 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 theSalt Lake City, Utah.Public building authorized. Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site, and cause to be erected thereon a suitable building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States court, post office, and other offices in the city of Salt Lake, the capital of the State of Utah.
That the cost ofLimit of cost. such site and building, including the vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, shall not exceed theProposals for site. sum of three hundred thousand dollars. That proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited by public advertisement in two or more of the newspapers of largest circulation in said city for the period of at least twenty days prior to the date specified in said advertisement for the opening of said proposals.
That thereafter the SecretaryExamination of site. of the Treasury shall cause examination to be made of the said bids and the said proposed sites, and shall cause statements, maps, and plats thereof to be taken and submitted to him; and thereupon the Secretary of the Treasury shall finally determine the location of said building and the amount to be paid for the site thereof. And the SecretaryPlans, etc. of the Treasury shall cause appropriate sketches, plans, drawings, and specifications and detailed estimates for the building to be prepared by the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, providing that the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and 976 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Chs. 347–350. 1899. Sale of “Industrial Christian Home” authorized.directed to sell at public or private sale, after due advertisement, the building and land known as the Industrial Christian Home, in the city of Salt Lake, State of Utah, 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 the sale of Government property. Sec. 2. Repeal. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved, March 2, 1899.