Chapter 355. For the erection of a custom-house and post-office building at Brunswick, Georgia
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CHAP. 355.— An Act For the erection of a custom-house and post-office building at Brunswick, Georgia. March 2, 1899. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Brunswick, Ga.Public building authorized. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site for and cause to be erected thereon a building to be used as a custom house and post-office, at the city of Brunswick, in the State of Limit of cost.Georgia, which said site and building shall not exceed in cost the sum of fifty thousand dollars.
The plans, specifications, and full estimates for said building shall be made and approved according to law before Title, etc.any work on said building shall be commenced; and a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, and a cession of exclusive jurisdiction over the same to the United States, during their ownership thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws and the service of the civil processes of said State, shall be made before any money appropriated for said purpose shall be used, except such part as may be required to pay for said site and the ordinary preliminary expenses for examination, investigation, and report.
Fireproof vaults.The building shall contain such fireproof vaults as maybe necessary to protect from destruction by fire the custom-house and post-office records. Approved, March 2, 1899.