Chapter 364. Providing for an annex to the Federal building at Jackson, Mississippi
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CHAP. 364.— An Act Providing for an annex to the Federal building at Jackson, Mississippi. 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 theJackson, Miss.Annex public building authorized. Treasury be, and he is, authorized and directed to cause to be erected an addition to the Government building at Jackson, Mississippi, occupied as a post-office and other Government offices, for the better accommodation of the Federal court, land, and other Government offices, and to supply said building with the necessary fireproof vaults, elevator, and other fixtures and appliances for the more convenient, safe, and ready dispatch of public business, at a cost not to exceed thirty-oneLimit of cost. thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the plans, specifications, and estimation*Provisos.* of addition of said building and improvements or fixtures shall bePlans, etc. made and approved according to law: *And provided further,* That said building so enlarged shall be unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet on all sides, includingFire space. streets and alleys.
Approved, March 2, 1899.