Chapter 1011. To increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 1011.— An Act To increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, and for other purposes. March 3, 1901. [[Public, No. 161](/us/pl/57/161).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That to enable the SecretaryOmnibus public buildings act.Cost limited increase. of the Treasury of the United States to give effect to and execute the provisions of existing legislation authorizing the purchase of sites and the erection thereon of public buildings in the several cities hereinafter enumerated, the limit of cost heretofore fixed by Congress therefor be, and the same is hereby, increased, respectively, as follows, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to enter into contracts for the completion of each of said buildings within its respective limit of cost, including site, hereby fixed:
United States post-office and court-house at Harrison, Arkansas,Harrison, Ark. from seventy thousand dollars to one hundred thousand dollars. United States post-office and court-house at Fresno, California, fromFresno, Cal. one hundred thousand dollars to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. United States post-office at Chillicothe, Ohio, from seventy thousandChillicothe, Ohio. dollars to eighty thousand dollars. United States post-office and custom-house at Perth Amboy, NewPerth Amboy, N.
J. Jersey, from fifty thousand dollars to sixty thousand dollars. United States custom-house at San Francisco, California, from oneSan Francisco, Cal.Custom-house.*Proviso*.Subtreasury space. million dollars to one million five hundred thousand dollars: *Provided, *That the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, provide space in said custom-house for the subtreasury. United States post-office at Colorado Springs, Colorado, from oneColorado Springs, Colo. hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars to one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.
United States post-office and court-house at Rome, Georgia, fromRome, Ga. fifty-nine thousand one hundred and four dollars and forty-eight cents to one hundred and thirty-four thousand one hundred and four dollars and forty-eight cents. United States post-office at Dekalb, Illinois, from sixty-five thousandDekalb, Ill. dollars to one hundred thousand dollars. United States post-office, custom-house, and court-house at Jacksonville,Jacksonville, Fla.*Post*, p. 1231. Florida, from three hundred and twenty-eight thousand eight 1204hundred and eighty-one dollars and thirty-eight cents to five hundred and twenty-eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-one dollars and thirty-eight cents.
Hutchinson, Kans.United States post-office at Hutchinson. Kansas, from fifty thousand dollars to sixty thousand dollars. Georgetown, S. C.United States post-office, and custom-house at Georgetown, South Carolina, from fifty thousand dollars to sixty-five thousand dollars. Anniston, Ala.United States post-office and court-house at Anniston, Alabama, from seventy-five thousand dollars to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and authority is hereby given to the Secretary of the Treasury Adjustment of damages.to settle and adjust any claims for damages due to the abrogation of certain contracts under a former appropriation for a public building at Anniston, Alabama, provided the amounts thereof can be liquidated for such sums as in his opinion are just and reasonable, and a sum of money sufficient to cover such adjustments and settlements shall be paid from the amount herein authorized.
Kankakee, Ill.United States post-office at Kankakee, Illinois, from seventy thousand dollars to eighty thousand dollars. Chicago, Ill.United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Chicago, Illinois, from four million dollars to four million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Pekin, Ill.United States post-office and revenue office at Pekin, Illinois, from seventy thousand dollars to eighty thousand dollars. Lawrence, Kans.United States post-office at Lawrence, Kansas, from fifty thousand dollars to sixty thousand dollars.
Emporia, Kans.United States post-office at Emporia, Kansas, from fifty-one thousand dollars to sixty thousand dollars. Indianapolis, Ind.United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Indianapolis, Indiana, from two million two hundred thousand one hundred dollars to two million six hundred thousand one hundred dollars, to be used by the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, for the completion of said building and making such improvements as in his judgment may be deemed necessary, including changes of north front, interior finish of every nature, approaches, and other improvements.
Council Bluffs, Iowa.United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Council Bluffs, Iowa, from two hundred and forty-seven thousand eight hundred and forty-seven dollars and thirty-nineAdditional land. cents to two hundred and fifty-five thousand three hundred and forty-seven dollars and thirty-nine cents; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to purchase for the United States the tract of ground lying immediately west of the ground now owned by the United States in the city of Council Bluffs on which the United States public building used for court-house, post-office, and other governmental offices is situated, the ground so authorized to be purchased being thirty feet wide and extending south from Broadway street, in said city, to the first alley south *Proviso*.Price limit.of said Broadway street: *Provided,* That said tract can be purchased at a sum not to exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars.
Maysville, Ky.United States post-office at Maysville, Kentucky, from forty thousand dollars to fifty thousand dollars. Henderson, Ky.United States post-office at Henderson, Kentucky, from forty thousand dollars to fifty thousand dollars. Fitchburg, Mass.United States post-office at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, from one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars to one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. Fargo, N. Dak.United States court-house, post-office, and land office at Fargo, North Dakota, an additional sum of eighty thousand dollars, to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Battle Creek, Mich.United States post-office at Battle Creek, Michigan, from one hundred thousand dollars to one hundred and ten thousand dollars. Elizabeth City, N. C.United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Elizabeth City, North Carolina, from one hundred and twenty thousand dollars 1205to one hundred and forty thousand dollars; and the Secretary of theChange of site permitted. Treasury is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to exchange the present site for a new site, or to purchase or condemn a new site anti sell the present site, either at public or private Side, whenever such sale can be made for the best interests of the Government; and in the event of sale of the present site the proceeds of such sale shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as a miscellaneous receipt derived from the sale of public property.
United States post-office at Centerville, Iowa, from thirty-five thousandCenterville, Iowa. dollars to forty thousand dollars. United States post-office and custom-house at Durham, North Carolina,Durham, N. C. from seventy thousand dollars to one hundred thousand dollars. United States post-office at Goldsboro, North Carolina, from thirty-fiveGoldsboro, N, C. thousand dollars to fifty thousand dollars. United States post-office, at Elizabeth, New Jersey, from one hundredElizabeth, N.
J. and thirty-five thousand dollars to two hundred thousand dollars. For the completion of the United States court-house and post-officeOmaha, Nebr. at Omaha, Nebraska, five thousand dollars additional to the present authorized limit. United States post-office at Niagara Falls, New York, from seventy-fiveNiagara Falls, N. Y. thousand dollars to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to provide space in the building for the customs service in said city, said building to be used for post-office and custom-house business.
United States post-office and court-house, at Rochester, New York,Rochester, N. Y. from six hundred and forty-seven thousand five hundred and thirty three dollars and fifty-two cents to seven hundred and seven thousand five hundred and thirty-three dollars and fifty-two cents. United States post-office at Oil City, Pennsylvania, from sixty thousandOil City, Pa.*Proviso.*Site. dollars to eighty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the cost of site shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars.
United States post-office at McKeesport. Pennsylvania, from oneMcKeesport, Pa. hundred thousand dollars to one hundred and ten thousand dollars. United States post-office at Washington, Pennsylvania, from sixtyWashington, Pa. thousand dollars to eighty thousand dollars. United States post-office and court-house at Nashville, Tennessee,Nashville, Tenn. from five hundred and seventy-four thousand nine hundred and forty-eight dollars and sixty-five cents to seven hundred and thirty-four thousand nine hundred and forty-eight dollars and sixty-five cents.
United States post-office at Allentown, Pennsylvania, from one hundredAllentown, Pa. thousand dollars to one hundred and ten thousand dollars. United States post-office and revenue office at Martinsville, Virginia,Martinsville, Va. from thirty-five thousand dollars to forty-five thousand dollars. United States post-office at Janesville. Wisconsin, from seventy-fiveJanesville, Wis. thousand dollars to eighty-one thousand dollars. United States post-office, and court-house at Evanston, Wyoming,Evanston, Wyo. from one hundred thousand dollars to one hundred and seventy-nine thousand dollars.
United States post-office and court-house at Guthrie, Oklahoma,Guthrie, Okla. from fifty thousand dollars to one hundred thousand dollars. United States post-office at Huntington, West Virginia, from oneHuntington, W. Va. hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. United States post-office at Atlantic City, New Jersey, from oneAtlantic City, N. J. hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. United States post-office at Marblehead, Massachusetts, from fortyMarblehead, Mass. thousand dollars to seventy thousand dollars.
United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Superior,Superior, Wis. Wisconsin, from two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars to three hundred thousand dollars. 1206 Oak Park, Ill.United States post-office at Oak Park, Illinois, from thirty-five thousand dollars to forty-five thousand dollars. Rockhill, S. C.United States post-office at Rockhill, South Carolina, from thirty-five thousand dollars to forty-five thousand dollars. Sherman, Tex.United States post-office and court-house at Sherman, Texas, from one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars to one hundred and forty-five thousand dollars.
Wausau, Wis.United States post-office at Wausau, Wisconsin, from fifty thousand dollars to fifty-seven thousand dollars. Batesville, Ark.United States post-office and court-house at Batesville, Arkansas, from seventy thousand dollars to eighty thousand dollars. Saint Joseph, Mo.United States post-office and court-house at Saint Joseph, Missouri, from three hundred and ninety thousand one hundred and forty dollars and sixty-six cents to five hundred and ninety thousand dollars.
Fond du Lae, Wis.United States post-office at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, from sixty thousand dollars to sixty-five thousand dollars. Amesbury, Mass.United States post-office at Amesbury, Massachusetts, from forty-five*Proviso*.Fronting on two streets not required.*Ante*, p. 325. thousand dollars to fifty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That that portion of section nineteen in Public Act Numbered One hundred and forty-six, entitled “An Act to increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, and for other purposes,” approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, which provides that a site shall be bounded upon at least two sides by streets shall not apply to a site to be selected in Amesbury, Massachusetts.
Municipal building, Washington, D. C.Municipal building, Washington, District of Columbia, from one million five hundred thousand dollars to two million dollars, one-half Half from District revenues.of which shall be chargeable to the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half to be paid out of any money in the Treasury of the Title transferred to District.United States not otherwise appropriated, and the title to the site heretofore acquired for said municipal building is hereby transferred from the Government of the United States to the District of Columbia: *Proviso*.Contracts.*Ante*, p. 321.*Provided,* That nothing in this section contained shall be held to repeal or modify the provisions of “An Act to increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, and for other purposes,” approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, so far as the said Act provides that the Secretary of the Treasury and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall act jointly in contracting for erecting and completing a building for the accommodation of the municipal and other offices in the District of Columbia.
Sec. 2. New buildings on sites owned by United States. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to contract for the erection and completion of a suitable building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, complete, for the use and accommodation of the United States governmental offices upon ground now owned by the United States in each of the following cities, respectively, within its respective limit of cost hereby fixed:
Sterling, Ill.United States post-office at Sterling. Illinois, forty thousand dollars. Champaign, Ill.United States post-office at Champaign, Illinois, seventy thousand dollars. Traverse City, Mich.United States post-office at Traverse City, Michigan, fifty thousand dollars. Moberly, Mo.United States post-office at Moberly, Missouri, thirty-five thousand dollars. Columbia, Mo.United States post-office at Columbia, Missouri, thirty-five thousand dollars. Tacoma, Wash.United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Tacoma, Washington, four hundred thousand dollars. 1207 United States post-office and court-house at Spokane Falls, Washington,Spokane Falls, Wash. four hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That in the public*Proviso*.Elevators. buildings at Tacoma and Spokane Falls, in the State of Washington, the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide for elevators.
United States post-office, court-house, and land office at Pierre,Pierre, S. Dak. South Dakota, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. United States post-office and other Government offices at Yankton,Yankton, S. Dak. South Dakota, eighty thousand dollars. United States post-office and land office at Natchitoches, Louisiana,Natchitoches, La. sixty thousand dollars. That the buildings provided for in this section shall be unexposedOpen spaces required. to danger from tire by an open space of at least, forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys.
Sec. 3. That to enable the Secretary of the Treasury of the UnitedCost of sites increased. States to give effect to and execute the provisions of existing legislation authorizing the purchase of sites in the several cities hereinafter*Ante*, p. 320. enumerated the limit of cost heretofore fixed by Congress therefor be, and the same is hereby, increased, respectively, as follows: United States post-office at Bar Harbor, Maine, from six thousandBar Harbor, Me. dollars to twelve thousand dollars.
United States post-office and custom-house at Calais, Maine, fromCalais, Me. six thousand dollars to twelve thousand dollars. United States post-office at Hamilton, Ohio, from twenty thousandHamilton, Ohio. dollars to thirty thousand dollars. United States post-office at Albert Lea, Minnesota, from three thousandAlbert Lea, Minn. dollars to six thousand dollars. United States post-office at Crookston, Minnesota, from four thousandCrookston, Minn. dollars to six thousand dollars.
United States post-office at Saratoga Springs, New York, from fifteenSaratoga Springs, N. Y.*Proviso*.Contracts for buildings at Albert Lea, Minn., and Saratoga Springs, N. Y. thousand dollars to twenty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized in his discretion to contract for the erection and completion of a suitable building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, complete, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office and other governmental offices upon site secured or to be secured within the limit of cost herein provided at Albert Lea, Minnesota, and Saratoga Springs.
New York, the limit of cost of building at Albert Lea, Minnesota, to be thirty thousand dollars and the limit of cost of building at Saratoga Springs, New York, to he seventy thousand dollars. Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,Augusta, Me. authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, additional land for the enlargement of the site of the UnitedAdditional land authorized.*Ante*, pp. 312, 315. States post-office building in the city of Augusta.
Maine; and the provisions of section one of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, and for other purposes,” approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, so far as the same relates to said building, are hereby amended accordingly. Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,Purchase of sites. authorized and directed to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise a suitable site for the United States post-office and other governmental offices in each of the cities enumerated in this section within its respective limit of cost hereby fixed:
United States post-office at Dixon. Illinois, ton thousand dollars.Dixon, Ill. United States post-office at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, seven thousand fiveTuscaloosa, Ala. hundred dollars. United States post-office at Hagerstown, Maryland, ten thousandHagerstown, Md. dollars. 1208 East Liverpool, Ohio.*Proviso*.Open space.United States post-office at East Liverpool, Ohio, thirty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That such site shall be deemed to comply with the provisions of this Act if bounded on two sides by streets and on a third side by a public alley and shall contain not less than thirteen thousand square feet.
Florence, Ala.United States post-office at Florence, Alabama, seven thousand five hundred dollars. York, Nebr.United States post-office at York, Nebraska, ten thousand dollars. Ann Arbor, Mich.United States post-office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, twelve thousand dollars. Carbondale, Pa.United States post-office at Carbondale, Pennsylvania, twelve thousand dollars. Grand Island, Nebr.United States post-office at Grand Island, Nebraska, ten thousand dollars. Woonsocket, R. I.United States post-office at Woonsocket, Rhode Island, fifteen thousand dollars.
Bluefields, W. Va.United States post-office and court-house at Bluefields, West Virginia, ten thousand dollars. Chippewa Falls, Wis.United States post-office at Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars. Portland, Me.United States court-house at Portland, Maine, sixty thousand dollars. Bedford, Ind.United States post-office at Bedford, Indiana, six thousand dollars. Marinette, Wis.United States post-office at Marinette, Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars. Gainesville, Ga.United States post-office at Gainesville, Georgia, five thousand dollars.
Valdosta, Ga.United States post-office at Valdosta, Georgia, eight thousand dollars. Webster City, Iowa.United States post-office at Webster City, Iowa, eight thousand dollars. Butler, Pa.United States post-office at Butler, Pennsylvania, twenty thousand dollars. Corning, N. Y.United States post-office at Corning, New York, fifteen thousand dollars. Westminster, Md.United States post-office at Westminster, Maryland, four thousand dollars. Meadville, Pa.United States post-office at Meadville, Pennsylvania, eight thousand dollars.
Mason City, Iowa.United States post-office at Mason City, Iowa, eight thousand dollars. Marion, Ind.United States post-office at Marion, Indiana, twenty-five thousand dollars. Pine Bluff, Ark.United States post-office at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, seven thousand dollars. Houston, Tex.*Provisos*.Entire block.United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Houston, Texas, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That an entire block or square of ground bounded upon each side by a street can be secured within the limit of one hundred and twenty-five thousandLess area. dollars: *Provided further, however,* That if the Secretary of the Treasure can not secure an entire block or square of ground within said limit of cost of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars in said city, then the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to secure a site of less area than an entire block or square of ground within a limit of cost of seventy thousand dollars.
Baker City, Oreg.United States post-office at Baker City, Oregon, five thousand dollars. Bessemer, Ala.United States post-office at Bessemer, Alabama, twelve thousand dollars. Ocala, Fla.United States post-office at Ocala, Florida, four thousand dollars. Sec. 6. Kansas City, Mo.*Ante*, p. 322, amended. That section seven of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, to authorize the erection 1209and completion of public buildings, and for other purposes,” approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, be amended to read as follows:
" “That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorizedSale of old custom-house. to sell the old custom-house building and the site thereof, at the corner of Ninth and Walnut streets, in the city of Kansas City, State of Missouri, at public or private sale, at such time and on such terms as he may deem to be to the best interests of the United States, but at not less than two hundred and sixty thousand dollars, to execute a quitclaim deed to the purchaser thereof, and to apply the proceeds ofUse of proceeds for enlarging post-office and court-house building. the sale of said property toward the enlargement and improvement of the post-office and court-house building in said city, the total cost of which enlargement and improvement, complete in all respects, shallLimit of cost. not exceed the sum of four hundred thousand dollars, and the SecretaryContracts authorized. of the Treasury is hereby authorized to enter into contracts to the full limit of cost for such extension and improvement hereby fixed, subject to future appropriations to be made by Congress.
” " Sec. 7. That so much of the provisions of section one of the Act ofLincoln, Nebr.*Ante*, p. 312, amended. Congress entitled “An Act to increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, and for other purposes,” approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, as relates to the United States post-office and court-house at Lincoln, Nebraska, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
" “That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorizedBuilding adjacent to post-office and court-house. and directed to cause to be constructed, upon lands now belonging to the United States, adjacent to the United States post-office and court-house at Lincoln, Nebraska, a suitable building, with fireproof vaults and elevators therein, for the accommodation of the United States courts, post-office, customs service, and other Government offices in said city, at a total cost, including said vaults, elevators, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, complete, of not to exceed the sum of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso*.Open space.
That the building when completed shall be unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet on all sides, including streets and alleys. “When said new building is completed and occupied the SecretarySale of present building for municipal purposes. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized in his discretion to sell to the city of Lincoln, Nebraska, to be used for municipal purposes only, the present United States post-office and court-house building in Lincoln, Nebraska, together with such portion of the site on which the same is located as may not be needed by the United States, but not exceeding the south eighty-five feet extending east and west along the south side of the block or square of ground between Ninth and Tenth streets in said city, at such time and upon such terms as he may deem to be to the best interests of the United States, and at a price not less than fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the net proceeds*Provisos*.Proceeds. of such sale shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as a miscellaneous receipt derived from the sale of public property: *Provided further,* That when the city of Lincoln, Nebraska, ceases to useReversion. the building and site above described for municipal purposes the same shall revert to the possession and ownership of the United States Government.
” " Sec. 8. That section eighteen of Public Act Numbered One hundredBurlington, Vt.*Ante*, p. 325, amended. and forty-six, approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, entitled “An Act to increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, and for other purposes,” is hereby amended so as to read as follows: " “Sec. 18. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,Sale of present building. authorized and directed to dispose of the present post-office and custom house building in the city of Burlington, State of Vermont, on 1210New building authorized.the best terms obtainable, and to cause to be erected on the site thereof a suitable, commodious, fireproof building for the accommodation of all the branches of the Federal service in said city, at a total cost, including heating and ventilating apparatus, tire proof vaults, elevators, and approaches, of not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars;
Temporary building.and for the purpose of providing suitable quarters and accommodations for the use of the various branches of the public service in said city, pending the removal of the present Federal building, and the erection and completion of the new building hereinbefore authorized, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be constructed, ready for occupancy, a temporary building for said purposes, on the south eighty feet of the Federal Cost.building site in said city, at a total cost for said temporary building of not to exceed ten thousand dollars, including the expense of moving the various branches of the public service into said temporary building, said amount being additional to the limit of cost hereby fixed for Sale on completion of new building.the erection of the permanent building hereinbefore authorized.
That after the completion and occupancy of the new permanent building hereinbefore authorized the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to sell, at such time and upon such terms as he may deem to be to the best interests of the United States, said temporary building, together with the strip of land on which the same is situated, not to exceed eighty feet in width on Church street, with a depth of not to exceed two hundred and fifty-four feet six inches, and to deposit the proceeds in the Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt.
” " Sec. 9. Macon, Ga.*Ante*, p. 323, amended. That section twelve of an Act entitled “An Act to increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, and for other purposes,” approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, be, and the same is, amended so that said section shall read: " Improving building.“That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the post-office and court-house building at Macon, Georgia, to be enlarged, remodeled, and extended, so as to provide necessary accommodations for the post-office, courts, and other branches Additional ground.of the Government service, and to purchase additional ground on Third and Mulberry streets, in his discretion, for this purpose, and Cost increased.that the total cost of said enlargement, remodeling, extension, and improvements, including the purchase price of such additional ground, shall not exceed the sum of three hundred and six thousand dollars: *Proviso*.Cost of ground.*Provided,* That the limit of cost of such additional land shall net exceed thirty-one thousand dollars.
" Sec. 10. Richmond, Va.*Ante*, p. 313, amended. That so much of the provisions of section one of the Act entitled “An Act to increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, and for other purposes.” approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, as relates to the United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Richmond, Virginia, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as fol-lows:
" Cost increased.“United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house, at Richmond. Virginia, from five hundred and sixteen thousand six hundred and twenty-eight dollars and eight cents to five hundred and ninety-one thousand six hundred and twenty-eight dollars and eight cents;Additional land.*Ante*, p. 1089. and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized in his discretion to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, the Shafer property adjoining the present post-office site in Richmond, Virginia, having a frontage of sixty feet on Main and Bank streets and a depth of one hundred and sixty feet from Main to Bank streets, contain-1211ing about nine thousand six hundred square feet, within a limit of cost ofLimit of cost. seventy-five thousand dollars, hereby fixed, unless a higher value, not exceeding two hundred and two thousand three hundred andCondemnation value increased. fifty dollars, be fixed in the condemnation proceedings hereinbefore authorized.
” " Sec. 11. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,Engraving and Printing Bureau.Additional buildings. authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, additional ground to the south of the present site of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and cause to be erected thereon a suitable building, including heating and ventilating apparatus and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the laundry and stable of the Bureau of En-graving and Printing, and the Secretary of the Treasury is further authorized to erect upon the site now occupied by the laundry and stable buildings of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, situated to the west of the main building, an addition to the present Bureau of Engraving and Printing building consisting of two stories and basement, approximately, forty-seven feet in width by two hundred and forty-eight in length, for the use and accommodation of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
The total limit of cost for additionalLimit of cost. ground and buildings herein mentioned, including removal of laundry and stable of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, shall not exceed the sum of two hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. Sec. 12 That so much of the provisions of section one of the ActAtlanta, Ga.*Ante*, p. 311, amended. entitled “An Act to increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, and for other purposes,” approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, as relates to the United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Atlanta.
Georgia, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: " “That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorizedPurchase of site. to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, a site upon which to erect a United States post-office, custom-house, and court-house building, said site to consist of an entire block or square of ground, bounded on each side by a street, the limit of cost of site to be two hundred thousand dollars.”Cost limit.
" Sec. 13 That section eight of the Act entitled “An Act to increaseSaint Louis, Mo.*Ante*, p. 322, amended. the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, and for other purposes,” approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: " “That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorizedNew post-office.Limit of cost increased. and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site and to contract for the erection and completion thereon of a suitable building, including fire-proof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, complete, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office in the city of Saint Louis and State of Missouri, the cost of said site and building not to exceed seven hundred thousand dollars:
Provided, That the site selected shall consist of an*Proviso.*Location and area of site. area of not less than seventy-five thousand square feet, and shall be located as near as possible to the union railway station in said city.” " Sec. 14. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,Washington, D. C.Site for addition to post-office building. authorized in his discretion to secure, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, the, entire, square numbered three hundred and twenty-four in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, bounded by C street on the north, by Eleventh street on the east, by Twelfth street on the west, and Government reservation on the south, and to reserve the said square as a site for an addition to the post-office building in said city, including space for the mail-bag repair shop. 1212 Sec. 15.
Oklahoma City, Okla.*Ante*, p. 316, amended.Provision as to site changed. That the law (Public, Numbered One hundred and forty-six) entitled “An Act to increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, and for other purposes,” approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, be amended so as to transpose the provision for a United States post-office at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory, from section two to section three of said Act.
Sec. 16. Washington, D. C.Hall of records.Square to be secured. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed, in his discretion, to purchase or cause to be taken for public use, by condemnation or otherwise, as a site for a hall of records, the whole of the land embraced in square one hundred and forty-three in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, containing one hundred and fifty-seven thousand seven hundred and eleven and thirty-five one-hundredths square feet of ground, having a frontage of four hundred and two and eight one-hundredths feet on F street, the same on E street, and three hundred and ninety-two and three-twelfths feet frontage on Nineteenth street, and the same on Eighteenth street, Report as to building.*Ante*, p. 1039.and the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Congress a full statement showing size and public cost of building to he erected upon said square as a hall of records.
Sec. 17. Owosso, Mich., and Louisiana, Mo.*Ante*, pp. 316, 317, amended.Provisions as to sites changed. That the law (Public, Numbered One hundred and forty-six) entitled “An Act to increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, and for other purposes,” approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, be amended so as to transpose the provisions for a United States post-office at Owosso, Michigan, and Louisiana, Missouri, from section three to section four of said Act; and the limit of cost for site and building in each of said cities is hereby increased from thirty-five thousand dollars *Proviso*.Cost.to forty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the limit of cost of site in each of said cities shall be, five thousand dollars.
Sec. 18. Toledo, Ohio.*Ante*, p. 323, amended. That section fourteen of Public Act Numbered One hundred and forty-six, approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, entitled “An Act to increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, and for other purposes,” is hereby amended so as to read as follows: “Sec. 14. Site to be procured. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a suitable site in the city of Toledo and State, of Ohio upon which to erect a building for the use and accommodation of the United States *Provisos*.Entire block.post-office and other governmental offices in said city. *Provided,* That the site selected shall consist of an entire block or square of ground, bounded on each side by a street, and shall consist in area of not less Limit of cost increased.Saint Clair street site.than seventy thousand square feet, within a limit of cost of two hundred thousand dollars, hereby fixed: *And provide further,* That if the Secretary of the Treasury shall be unable to obtain a site as above described, then and in that ease he is hereby authorized, in his discretion to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a tract of land fronting on Saint Clair street, immediately adjoining the present post-office site, having an area of fourteen thousand four hundred square feet, said tract of land being one hundred and twenty feet Cost.Estimate for new building.square, within a limit of cost of eighty-two thousand dollars, hereby fixed.
When the Secretary of the Treasury has acquired either an entire block of ground or the tract of land adjoin mg the present site, as herein provided, he shall make a report to Congress, stating the location, dimensions, and cost of the land so acquired, and recommend to Congress the character and size of building that should be erected thereon and submit an estimate, of the cost of said building, including 1213fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches.
” Sec. 19. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall require all ownersOffers of sites. or agents of sites in each city mentioned in this Act, where sites or additions to sites are to be purchased, to submit offers of sale in writing, and no payment shall be made to any owner or agent of the property involved on account of the land proposed to be sold or purchased and no plans shall be drawn or money expended for a building upon a donated site until a written opinion of the Attorney General of the United States shall be tiled with the Secretary of the Treasury in favor of the validity of the title of the land agreed to be purchased or donated.Valid title.
And in case a site or addition to a site acquired under the provisionsRent of buildings on purchased sites. of this Act contains a building or buildings the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to rent until their removal becomes necessary such of said buildings as he may deem desirable at a fair rental value, the proceeds thereof to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States, and a report of the proceedings to be submitted to Congress annually: *Provided,* That each site selected under the provisions of*Proviso.*Minimum area. this Act shall contain not less than fifteen thousand square feet of ground space, and shall be bounded upon at least two sides by streets.
Sec. 20. That if condemnation proceedings are necessary to acquireCondemnation in District of Columbia. land within the District of Columbia, such proceedings shall be in the manner prescribed for providing a site for an addition to the Government Printing Office in so much of the Act approved July first, eighteenVol. 30, p. 648. hundred and ninety-eight, as is set forth on pages six hundred and forty-eight and six hundred and forty-nine pf volume thirty of the United States Statutes at Large.
Sec. 21. That all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict herewith areConflicting laws repealed. hereby repealed. Approved, March 3, 1901.