Chapter 357. To erect a public building at Lawrence, Massachusetts
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CHAP. 357.— An Act To erect a public building at Lawrence, Massachusetts. March 2, 1899. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Lawrence, Mass.Public building authorized. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase, FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 357–359. 1899. 983 acquire by con dem nation, or otherwise provide a site and cause to be erected thereon a substantial and commodious building, with fireproof vaults, for the use and accommodation of the post-office and for other Government uses at Lawrence, Massachusetts.
The site and buildingLimit of oust. thereon, when completed upon plans and specifications to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall not exceed in cost the sum of one hundred thousand dollars; nor shall any site be purchased until estimates for the erection of a building which will furnish sufficient accommodation for the transaction of the public business, and which shall not exceed in cost the balance of the sum herein limited after the site shall have been purchased and paid for, shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury; and no purchase of site nor plan for said building shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the said sum of one hundred thousand dollars for site and building; and the site purchasedFire space. shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire by an open space of at least forty feet, including streets and alleys.
Approved, March 2, 1899.