Chapter 444. To provide for a public building at Cleveland, Ohio
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CHAP. 444.— An Act To provide for a public building at Cleveland, Ohio. March 3, 1899. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Cleveland, Ohio.Public building authorized. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase, acquire by condemnation, or otherwise, the block of land located in the city of Cleveland which is bounded by Rockwell street on the north, by Wood street on the east, by Superior street on the south, and on the west by the land now owned by the United States, upon which the post-office building is located, to be used in connection with the said laud already occupied by the post-office or Government building, as a site for a new public building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office, custom house, internal-revenue office, United States circuit and district courts, signal service, Weather Bureau, pension office, and other Government offices, in the *Proviso.*Cost of site.said city of Cleveland and State of Ohio: *Provided,* That the Secretary of the Treasury can purchase said property at a reasonable price. —limit, etc.The cost of the site and building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators and approaches, complete, shall not exceed the sum of two million five hundred thousand dollars.
The public building now located upon the land belonging to the United States aforesaid shall be torn down before the new building is completed, but the same may be used until a sufficient portion of the new building is finished to make temporary provision for the transaction of the Government business therein. Fire space.The building to be erected shall be unexposed to danger from fire for an open space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys. Approved, March 3, 1899.