Chapter 389. Providing for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Leadville, Colorado
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CHAP. 389.— An Act Providing for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Leadville, Colorado. 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 theLeadville, Colo.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, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office and other Government offices in the city of Leadville and State of Colorado, the cost of said site and building, includingLimit of cost. said vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, complete, not to exceed the sum of fifty 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 sites. 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 1000 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Chs. 389–391. 1899. maps, plats, and statements which shall have come into his possession relating to the said proposed site. —commission.If, upon consideration of said report and accompanying papers, the 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 of the Treasury written report of their conclusion in the premises, accompanied by all statements, maps, plats, or documents taken or submitted to them in like manner as hereinbefore provided in regard 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 *Proviso.*—of Treasury member.day 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 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.