Chapter 1036. 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. 1036.— 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. June 6, 1902.[[Public, No. 146](/us/pl/32/146).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Omnibus public building act.Cost limit increased.*Post,* p. 424. That to enable the Secretary 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, anti 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:
Anniston, Ala.The limit of cost of the public building in Anniston, Alabama, is hereby increased from fifty thousand dollars to seventy-five thousand dollars. Montgomery, Ala.United States post-office and court-house at Montgomery, Alabama, from one hundred and eighty-five thousand four hundred and fifty-six 311dollars and sixty-seven cents to two hundred and fifty thousand four hundred and fifty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents. United States post-office and court-house at Fort Smith, Arkansas,Fort Smith.
Ark. from one hundred and thirty thousand six hundred and seven dollars and ninety-six cents to two hundred and thirty thousand six hundred and seven dollars and ninety-six cents. United States mint at. Denver, Colorado, from five hundred thousandDenver, Colo., mint. dollars to eight hundred thousand dollars. United States post-office and court-house at Beaumont, Texas, fromBeaumont, Tex. seventy-five thousand dollars to one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to acquire additional ground adjoining the present site sufficient in size to accommodate the necessary enlargement, of the present building, said additional ground to cost not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars.
United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Hartford,Hartford, Conn. Connecticut, from eight hundred and sixty-two thousand two hundred and thirty-eight dollars and fifteen cents to one million one hundred and two thousand two hundred and thirty-eight dollars and fifteen cents. United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Tampa,Tampa, Fla. Florida, from three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars to three hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars.
United States post-office and court-house at Brunswick, Georgia,Brunswick, Ga. from one hundred thousand dollars to one hundred and thirty thou-sand dollars. United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Atlanta,Atlanta, Ga. Georgia, from four hundred and thirty-two thousand three hundred and fifty-three dollars and forty cents to six hundred and two thousand three hundred and fifty-three dollars and forty cents, and the SecretaryPurchase of additional land.*Post.* p. 1211. of the Treasury is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to expend not to exceed one hundred and seventy thousand dollars for the acquisition of additional land for the enlargement of the site heretofore acquired: *Provided,* That the land so authorized to be acquired is the remainder*Proviso.*Description. of the block or square upon which the present post-office building is now located and can be secured within said limit of cost hereby fixed.
United States post-office at Monmouth, Illinois, from forty-sevenMonmouth, Ill. thousand dollars to forty-eight thousand dollars. United States post-office at Ottumwa. Iowa, from forty-five thousandOttumwa, Iowa. five hundred and ninety-eight dollars and fifty-nine cents to fifty-two thousand and ninety-eight dollars and fifty-nine cents, and the SecretaryAdditional land. of the Treasury is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to expend not to exceed six thousand five hundred dollars for the acquisition of additional land for the enlargement of the site heretofore acquired: *Provided,* That the land so authorized to be acquired has a frontage of*Proviso.*Description. ninety-nine feet on the public park and a depth of one hundred and thirty-two feet, and is the property now owned by the Hawley estate adjoining the present post-office site.
United States post-office at Burlington, Iowa, from one hundred andBurlington, Iowa. twenty-six thousand two hundred ami thirteen dollars and seventy-nine cents to one hundred and sixty-six thousand two hundred and thirteen dollars and seventy-nine cents, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to make the necessary extension and changes in said building within the limit of cost hereby fixed. United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Paducah,Paducah.
Ky. Kentucky, from one hundred and forty-five thousand two hundred and ten dollars to two hundred and fifteen thousand two hundred and ten dollars. United States post-office and court-house at Richmond, Kentucky,Richmond, Ky. from one hundred thousand nine hundred and forty-nine dollars and 312ninety-two cents to one hundred and twenty thousand nine hundred and forty-nine dollars and ninety-two cents. Augusta, Me,*Post*, p. 1207.United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Augusta, Maine, from two hundred anti nine thousand one hundred and seventy- six dollars and six cents to three hundred and fifty-nine thousand one hundred and seventy-six dollars and six cents.
Bangor, Me.United States post-office and custom-house at Bangor, Maine, from two hundred and forty-seven thousand eight hundred and four dollars and twenty-eight cents to two hundred and eighty-two thousand eight hundred and four dollars and twenty-eight cents. Cumberland, Md.United States post-office and court-house at Cumberland, Maryland, from one hundred thousand dollars to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Lynn, Mass.United States post-office at Lynn, Massachusetts, from one hundred and twenty-five thousand eight hundred and thirty-three dollars and twenty-seven cents to one hundred and twentvseven thousand and thirty-three dollars and twentvseven cents, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to repair and improve said building within the limit of cost hereby fixed. ‘ “ Minneapolis, Minn.United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Minneapolis.
Minnesota, from seven hundred and eighteen thousand nine hundred and thirteen dollars and nineteen cents to nine hundred and sixty-eight thousand nine hundred and thirteen dollars and nineteen cents. Fergus Falls, Minn,United States post-office and court-house at Fergus Falls, Minnesota, from one hundred thousand dollars to one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. Jackson. Miss.United States post-office and court-house at Jackson, Mississippi, from one hundred and fifty-three thousand and forty-seven dollars and thirty-three cents to one hundred and fifty-eight thousand and forty--seven dollars and thirty-three cents.
Joplin, Mo.United States post-office and court-house at Joplin, Missouri, from one hundred thousand dollars to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Butte, Mont.United States post-office and court-house at Butte. Montana, from two hundred anil twenty-five thousand dollars to three hundred thou-sand dollars. Lincoln, Nebr.*Post*, p. 1209.United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Lincoln, Nebraska, from two hundred and twentvseven thousand three hundred and sixty-one dollars and ninety-six cents to five hundred and twentvseven thousand three hundred and sixty-one dollars and ninety- six cents.
New Brunswick, N.J.United States post-office at New Brunswick, New Jersey, from one hundred thousand dollars to one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. Rochester, N. Y.United States post-office and court-house at Rochester, New York, from six hundred and seven thousand five hundred and thirty-three dollars and fifty-two cents to six hundred and forty-seven thousand five Additional land.hundred and thirty-three dollars and fifty-two cents, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to acquire, as additional land for the enlargement of the present site, a plot of ground, including the buildings thereon, adjoining the Government building site and between North Fitzhugh street and Pindell alley, containing about eleven thousand and eighty-six square feet, at a cost not exceeding forty thousand dollars.
New York City, custom-house.United States custom-house at New York City, New York, from three million dollars to four million five hundred thousand dollars. Binghamton. N. Y.United States post-office and court-house at Binghamton. New York, from one hundred and fifty-seven thousand three hundred and sixty- two dollars and ten cents to one hundred and fifty-nine thousand six Additional land.hundred and twelve dollars and ten cents, and the Secretary of the 313Treasury is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to expend not to exceed two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars for the acquisition of additional land for the enlargement of the site heretofore acquired: *Provided.* That the additional and so acquired shall be all that parcel*Proviso.*Description. of land situate in the city of Binghamton, New York, being twenty--eight feet front on Henry street in said city, and about two hundred feet deep on Center street in said city, and bounded north by Henry street, east by Center street, west by the present Government building lot and site upon which its public building in now erected.
The said lot runs to a point on the south where Center street touches the Government building lot. United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Buffalo,Buffalo, N. Y. New York, from two million dollars to two million and thirty-five thousand dollars. United States post-office and court-house at Jamestown, New York,Jamestown, N. Y. from one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. United States post-office and court-house at Elizabeth City, NorthElizabeth City.
N.C. Carolina, from one hundred thousand dollars to one hundred and twenty thousand dollars: *Provided.* That the Secretary of the Treasury, in his*Proviso.*Change of sites, discretion, may exchange the present site for a new site without additional cost or expense therefor to the Government, and erect the said building thereon. United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Cleveland,Cleveland, Ohio. Ohio, from two million five hundred thousand dollars to three million dollars, and to permit the location of the post-office, custom-house, and court-house building in the city of Cleveland.
Ohio, so that the same may conform to the building lines as desired by the municipal authorities of said city, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized,Additional land. in his discretion, to acquire from the city of Cleveland. Ohio, by deed or other means of assuring title thereto, so much land, as an addition to the site of said building, as may be necessary for the above purpose, by extending the site into the present sidewalk line of Wood street, and to convey to said city of Cleveland, in exchange therefor, a like quantity of land on the public-square boundary of said site: *Provided.* *Proviso.*No cost to the United States.Sandusky, Ohio.That such exchange can be effected without cost to the United States.
United States post-office and custom-house at Sandusky, Ohio, from one hundred thousand three hundred and twenty-eight dollars and sixty cents to one hundred and twenty thousand three hundred mid twenty-eight dollars and sixty cents: and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized in his discretion to acquire, as additional land for the enlargement of the present site, seventy feet front on Market street and one hundred and thirty-two feet deep running south from the west part of lots seven and nine, Columbus avenue, including building thereon, at a cost not to exceed twenty thousand dollars.
United States post-office at Youngstown, Ohio, from seventy-fiveYoungstown, Ohio.Additional land. thousand dollars to eighty-nine thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the 'Treasury is hereby authorized in his discretion to acquire, as additional land for the enlargement of the present site, seventy-three and one-half feet on Front street and one hundred and thirty feet deep adjoining the present site at a cost not exceeding fourteen thousand dollars. United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Richmond,Richmond, Va.*Post.* p. 1210.
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; and the Secretary of the TreasuryAdditional land. is hereby authorized in his discretionAdditional land. 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 314of one hundred and sixty feet from Slain to Bank streets, containing about nine thousand six hundred square feet, within a limit of cost of seventy-five thousand dollars, hereby fixed, unless a higher value, not exceeding one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, be fixed in the condemnation proceedings hereinbefore authorized.
Eau Claire, Wis.United States post-office and court-house at Eau Claire, Wisconsin, from one hundred and ten thousand dollars to one hundred and forty thousand dollars, and the limit of cost of site is hereby fixed at ten thousand dollars. Portland, Oreg.Post-office and court-house.United States post-office and court-house at Portland, Oregon, from four hundred and four thousand three hundred and live dollars and seventy-four cents to six hundred and four thousand three hundred and five dollars and seventy-four cents, for the purpose of enlarging said building so as to make the same suitable for the further accommodation of the post-office and United States courts which shall continue therein.
Custom-house.United States custom-house at Portland, Oregon, from seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars to seven hundred and sixty thousand dollars. Aberdeen, S. Dak.United States post-office and court-house at Aberdeen, South Dakota, from one hundred thousand dollars to one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. Memphis, Tenn.United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Memphis, Tennessee, from six hundred and six thousand three hundred and twenty-three dollars and fifty three cents to eight hundred and fifty- six thousand three hundred and twenty-three dollars and fifty-three cents.
Dallas, Tex.United States post-office and court-house at Dallas, Texas, from two hundred and ninety-six thousand and fifty-four dollars and seventy- five cents to four hundred and forty-six thousand and fifty-four dollars and seventy-five cents. Alexandria, Va.United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Alexandria, Virginia, from ninety-eight thousand seven hundred and eighty nine dollars and thirtveight cents to one hundred and fifty-eight thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine dollars and thirty-eight cents.
Saint Joseph, Mo.United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Saint Joseph, Missouri, from three hundred and seventy-two thousand one hundred and forty dollars and sixty-six cents to three hundred and ninety thousand one hundred and forty dollars and sixty-six cents: *Provided,**Proviso.*Additional land. That the Secretary of the Treasury acquires by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise a tract of ground immediately adjoining the present site with a frontage of not less than sixty feet on Eighth street and a depth of one hundred and forty feet, within a limit of cost of eighteen thousand dollars, hereby fixed.
Nashville, Tenn.United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Nashville, Tennessee, from four hundred and seventy-four thousand nine him-, died and forty-eight dollars and sixty-five cents to five hundred and seventy-four thousand nine hundred and forty-eight dollars and sixty- five cents. Newport News, VaUnited States post-office and custom-house at Newport News, Virginia. from two hundred thousand dollars to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Rome, Ga.United States post-office and court-house at Rome, Georgia, from fifty-one thousand one hundred and four dollars and forty-eight Additional land.cents to fifty-nine thousand one hundred and four dollars and forty-eight cents, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized in his discretion to expend a sum not in excess of eight thousand dollars for a tract of land immediately adjoining the post-office site in said city having a frontage of eighty-eight feet on East First street and a depth of one hundred and thirty-two feet. 315 United States post-office at Leadville, Colorado, from seventy-fiveLeadville.
Colo. thousand dollars to eighty-five thousand dollars. United States post-office and court-house at Springfield, Illinois,Springfield, Ill. from three hundred and eighty-one thousand eight hundred and sixty- four dollars and twenty-two cents to five hundred and thirty-one thou-sand eight hundred and sixty-four dollars and twenty-two cents. United States post-office at Oskaloosa, Iowa, from sixty-six thousandOklahoma, Iowa. dollars to seventy thousand dollars. United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Seattle,Seattle, Wash.
Washington, from seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars to nine hundred thousand dollars. United States post-office and custom-house at Jacksonville, Florida,Jacksonville. Fla. from two hundred and seventy-eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-one dollars and thirty-eight cents to three hundred and twenty-eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-one dollars and thirty-eight cents. ’ United States post-office at Kalamazoo, Michigan, from seventy-eightKalamazoo, Mich. thousand two hundred and thirtvsix dollars and seventy-four cents to one hundred and twenty-eight thousand two hundred and thirty-six dollars and seventy-four cents.
United States post-office at Menominee, Michigan, from fifty thousandMenominee, Mich. dollars to fifty-one thousand five hundred dollars. National Bureau of Standards, District of Columbia, from two hundredNational Bureau of Standards, D. C. and fifty thousand dollars to three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. United Skates post-office at New Brighton, Pennsylvania, from seventy-fiveNew Brighton. Pa. thousand dollars to eighty thousand dollars. United States mint at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from two millionPhiladelphia.
Pa., mint, dollars to two million and twenty-five thousand dollars. United States post-office and court-house at Waco, Texas, from oneWaco, Tex. hundred and fourteen thousand two hundred and fifty-one dollars and eighty cents to two hundred and fourteen thousand two hundred and fifty-one dollars and eighty cents. United States post-office and custom-house at Newport, Vermont,Newport. Vt. from one hundred thousand dollars to one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. United States court-house, custom-house, and post-office at Omaha,Omaha.
Nebr. Nebraska, from one million eight hundred thousand dollars to one mil-lion eight hundred and forty-five thousand dollars. United States court-house and post-office at Greensboro, North Carolina,Greensboro, N. C. from seventy-one thousand eight hundred and seven dollars and forty-nine cents to one hundred and thirty-three thousand four hundred and fifty-seven dollars and forty-nine cents. United States post-office and court-house at Norfolk, Virginia, fromNorfolk, Va. two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to two hundred and fifty-eight thousand dollars.
That the present site in each of the cities heretofore-mentioned shallEnlargement of present sites. not be enlarged by the acquisition of ground under the provisions of this Act, unless the Secretary of the Treasury is given specific authority herein toenlarm said sites, respectively: *Provided,* That the limits*Proviso.*Limit of cost includes necessary changes, etc. of cost hereinbefore respectively fixed shall include all necessary changes in, alterations and repairs of. the above-named buildings, and of the heating, ventilating, and plumbing systems and elevators therein, which may become necessary by reason of, or incident to, the extension or enlargement of said buildings.
That where any of the public buildings hereinbefore-mentionedRepairs, etc. have been completed, the increase in the limit of cost as to such buildings provided by this section shall be taken and understood to be an authorization for repairs, alterations, and additions to the same within said limit of cost, in accordance with plans and specifications hereto-316fore drawn or hereafter to be drawn, and for the purchase of additional grounds for the sites of said buildings where authority is given by law for the purchase of such additional grounds.
Sec. 2. New buildings on site owned by United States.*Post,* p. 426.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and be 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:
San Francisco, Cal., custom-house.*Proviso.*Old post-office site.United States custom-house at San Francisco, California, one million dollars: *Provided,* That the United States custom-house at San Francisco, California, shall be erected upon the old post-office site on Battery street, between Washington and Jackson streets, and be provided with elevators. Hastings. Nebr.United States post-office and court-house at Hastings, Nebraska, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
Norfolk, Nebr.United States post-office and court-house at Norfolk, Nebraska, one hundred thousand dollars. Emporia, Kans.United States post-office at Emporia. Kansas, forty-one thousand dollars. Oklahoma City, Okla.*Post,* p. 1212.United States post-office and other governmental offices at Oklahoma city. Oklahoma, fifty thousand dollars. Guthrie. Okla.*Proviso.*“Government acre.”United States post-office and court-house at. Guthrie. Oklahoma, fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the.
United States post-office and court-house at Guthrie, Oklahoma, shall be erected upon that portion of the northwest corner of block fifty-six of the official plat of the town site of Guthrie, Oklahoma, known as the Government Boundaries.acre,” more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the north-west corner of said block, running thence east on the north line of the block one hundred and sixty-eight and one-tenth feet; thence south parallel with the east line of said block one hundred and sixty-eight and one-tenth feet; thence west parallel with the south line of said block one hundred and sixty-eight and one-tenth feet; thence north along the west side of said block one hundred and sixty-eight and one-tenth feet, to the place of beginning, and containing twenty-three thousand three hundred and seventy-five and twenty-eight one- hundredths square feet.
Sec. 3. New buildings.*Post,* p. 426.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 post-office and other governmental offices in each of the following cities, respectively, within its respective limit of cost, *Proviso.*Cost of .sites to be nominal.including site, hereby fixed: *Provided,* That in each of the cities mentioned in this section a suitable site, satisfactory to the Secretary of the Treasury, is sold to the United States at a cost not to exceed the sum of one dollar, respectively:
Centerville, Iowa.United States post-office at Centerville, Iowa, thirty-five thousand dollars. Grand Haven, Mich.United States post-office and custom-house at Grand Haven. Michigan, fifty thousand dollars. Ogden, Utah.United States post-office and court-house at Ogden, Utah, two hundred thousand dollars. Easton, Pa.United States post-office at Easton, Pennsylvania, sixty thousand dollars. Adrian. Mich.United States post-office at Adrian. Michigan, forty thousand dollars. Louisiana, Mo.*Post,* p. 1212.United States post-office and revenue office at Louisiana.
Missouri, thirty-five thousand dollars. Gainesville, Fla.United States post-office and land office at Gainesville, Florida, thirty-five thousand dollars. 317 United States post-office and custom-house at Muskegon, Michigan,Muskegon. Mich.*Proviso.*Site.*Post,* p, 761. seventy thousand dollars; *Provided.* That lots seven, eight, and nine, in block sixty-nine, situate at the corner of Third and Clay streets in said city, are satisfactory to the Secretary of the Treasury as a site.
United States post-office at Atlantic, Iowa, thirty thousand dollars.Atlantic, Iowa. United States post-office at Ironton. Ohio, forty thousand dollars.Ironton, Ohio. United States post-office and court-house at Florence. South Carolina,Florence, S. C. one hundred thousand dollars. United States post-office and custom-house at Perth Amboy, NewPerth Amboy, N. J Jersey, fifty thousand dollars. United States post-office at Owosso. Michigan, thirty-five thousandOwosso, Mich.*Proviso.*Restriction.*Post,* p. 1212. dollars: *Provided.* That the Secretary of the Treasury shall not accept a site in either of the cities mentioned in this section until satisfied that a suitable building can be constructed within the limit of cost herein fixed, respectively.
Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,New buildings, etc.Sites acquired by purchase, condemnation, etc.*Post,* p. 426. authorized 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 fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, complete, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office and other governmental offices in each of the cities enumerated in this section within its respective limit of cost, including site, hereby fixed:
United States post-office at Selma. Alabama, seventy-five thousandSelma, Ala. dollars. United States post-office and court-house at Harrison, Arkansas,Harrison, Ark. seventy thousand dollars. United States post-office and court-house at Batesville, Arkansas,Batesville, Ark. seventy thousand dollars. United States postoffiee at Colorado Springs. Colorado, one hundredColorado Springs, Colo. and thirty-five thousand dollars. United States post-office at Waterbury, Connecticut, one, hundredWaterbury, Conn. and thirty-five thousand dollars.
United States postoffiee at Torrington, Connecticut, fifty thousandTorrington, Conn. dollars. United States post-office and court-house at Athens, Georgia, oneAthens, Ga. hundred thousand dollars. United States post-office at Jacksonville, Illinois, sixty thousandJacksonville, Ill. dollars. United States post-office at Ottawa, Illinois, sixty thousand dollars.Ottawa, Ill. United States post-office at Meriden, Connecticut, one hundred thousandMeriden, Conn. dollars. United States post-office at Oil City, Pennsylvania, sixty thousandOil City.
Pa. dollars. United States post-office at Kirksville, Missouri, forty thousandKirksville. Mo. dollars. United States post-office at Marblehead. Massachusetts, forty thousandMarblehead, Mass. dollars. United States post-office at Oak Park, Illinois, thirty-five thousandOak Park, Ill. dollars. United States post-office and revenue office at Pekin, Illinois, seventyPekin. III. thousand dollars. United States post-office at Decatur, Illinois, eighty thousand dollars.Decatur, Ill.
United States post-office at Evanston, Illinois, ninety thousandEvanston, Ill. dollars. United States post-office at Moberly, Missouri, five thousand dollars.Moberly. Mo.*Post,* p. 745. United States post-office at Stillwater, Minnesota, sixty thousandStillwater, Minn, dollars. United States post-office and court-house at Greeneville, Tennessee,Greenville, Tenn. one hundred and ten thousand dollars. 318 Maysville, Ky.United States post-office at Maysville, Kentucky, forty thousand dollars.
Natchez, Miss.United States post-office at Natchez, Mississippi, fifty thousand dollars. Nevada, Mo.United States post-office at Nevada. Missouri, forty thousand dollars. Kankakee, Ill.United States post-office at Kankakee, Illinois, seventy thousand dollars. Columbia, Mo.*Post,* p. 745.United States post-office at Columbia, Missouri, five thousand dollars. Elkhart. Ind.United States post-office at Elkhart, Indiana, eighty-five thousand dollars. Logansport, Ind.United States post-office at Logansport, Indiana, seventy-five thou-sand dollars.
Muncie. Ind.United States post-office at Muncie, Indiana, eighty thousand dollars. Dekalb, III.United States post-office at Dekalb, Illinois, sixty-five thousand dollars. Richmond, Ind.United States post-office at Richmond, Indiana, eighty thousand dollars. Vincennes, Ind.United States post-office at Vincennes, Indiana, seventy-five thou-sand dollars. Anderson, Ind.United States post-office at Anderson, Indiana, eighty thousand dollars. Crawfordsville, Ind.United States post-office at Crawfordsville, Indiana, fifty thousand dollars.
Hammond, Ind.United States post-office and court-house at Hammond, Indiana, one hundred and forty thousand dollars. Marshalltown, Iowa.United States post-office at Marshalltown, Iowa, eighty-five thousand dollars. Waterloo, Iowa.*Proviso.*Site.United States post-office and court-house at Waterloo, Iowa, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the Secretary of the Treasury in selecting a site in the city of Waterloo, and State of Iowa, shall confine its location within the First or Second wards of said city as now constituted.
Boone, Iowa.United States post-office at Boone, Iowa, one hundred thousand dollars. Iowa City, Iowa.United States post-office at Iowa City, Iowa, sixty thousand dollars. Hutchinson, Kans.United States post-office at Hutchinson, Kansas, fifty thousand dollars. Lawrence, Kans.United States post-office at Lawrence, Kansas, fifty thousand dollars. Holyoke, Mass.United States post-office at Holyoke, Massachusetts, one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars. Northampton, Mass,United States post-office at Northampton, Massachusetts, seventy thousand dollars.
Henderson, Ky.United States post-office at Henderson, Kentucky, forty thousand dollars. Sherman, Tex.United States post-office and court-house at Sherman, Texas, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Amesbury, Mass.United States post-office at Amesbury, Massachusetts, forty-five thousand dollars. Rock Hill. S, C.United States post-office at Rock Hill, South Carolina, thirty-five thousand dollars. Martinsville, Va.United States post-office and revenue office at Martinsville, Virginia, thirty-five thousand dollars.
Battlecreek, Mich.United States post-office at Battlecreek, Michigan, one hundred thousand dollars. Biloxi, Miss.United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Biloxi, Mississippi, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars Nashua, N. H.United States post-office at Nashua. New’ Hampshire, ninety thou-sand dollars. Atlantic City, N. J.United States post-office at Atlantic City, New Jersey, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. 319 United States post-office at.
Elizabeth, New Jersey, one hundredElizabeth, N. J. and thirty-five thousand dollars. United States post-office and revenue office at Durham, North Carolina,Durham, N. C. seventy thousand dollars. United States post-office and revenue office at Chillicothe, Ohio,Chillicothe, Ohio, seventy thousand dollars. United States post-office at. Zanesville, Ohio, one hundred and tenZanesville. Ohio. thousand dollars. United States post-office and court-house at Grand Forks, NorthGrand Forks, N.
Dak. Dakota, one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars. United States post-office at Findlay, Ohio, fifty-five thousand dollars.Findlay, Ohio. United States post-office at Geneva, New York, seventy-five thousandGeneva, N, Y. dollars. United States post-office, court-house, and revenue office at Fresno,Fresno, Cal. California, one hundred thousand dollars. United States post-office at Warren, Ohio, forty-five thousand dollars.Warren, Ohio. United States post-office at Allentown, Pennsylvania, one hundredAllentown, Pa. thousand dollars.
United States post-office at Goldsboro, North Carolina, thirty-fiveGoldsboro, N. C. thousand dollars. United States post-office at West Chester, Pennsylvania, sixty thousandWest Chester, Pa. dollars. United States post-office at McKeesport, Pennsylvania, one hundred thousandMcKeesport, Pa. dollars. United States post-office at Lebanon, Pennsylvania, seventy-fiveLebanon, Pa. thousand dollars. United States post-office at Washington, Pennsylvania, sixty thousandWashington, Pa, dollars.
United States post-office at Norristown, Pennsylvania, seventy-eightNorristown, Pa. thousand dollars. United States post-office at Newcastle, Pennsylvania, one hundredNewcastle, Pa. and twenty-five thousand dollars. touted States post-office at Ithaca, New York, seventy thousandIthaca. N. Y. dollars. United States post-office at Niagara Falls, New York, seventy-fiveNiagara Falls, N. Y. thousand dollars. United States post-office at Gloversville, New York, seventy-five thousandGloversville, N, Y. dollars.
United States post-office at Little Falls, New York, fifty thousandLittle Falls, N. Y. dollars. United States post-office at Kingston, New York, eighty thousandKingston, N. Y. dollars. United States post-office and custom-house at Georgetown, SouthGeorgetown, s. C, Carolina, fifty thousand dollars. United States post-office and revenue office at Spartanburg, SouthSpartanburg, £. C. Carolina, sixty thousand dollars. United States post-office, court-house and assay office at Deadwood,Deadwood, S.
Dak. South Dakota, two hundred thousand dollars. United States post-office at Flint, Michigan, sixty-five thousand dollars.Flint, Mich. United States post-office and court-house at Charlottesville, Virginia,Charlottesville, Va. one hundred thousand dollars. United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Superior,Superior, Wis. Wisconsin, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. United States post-office at Baraboo, Wisconsin, forty-five thousandBaraboo, Wis. dollars.
United States post-office at Wausau, Wisconsin, fifty thousand dollars.Wausau, Wis. United States post-office and court house at Green Bay, Wisconsin,Green Bay, Wis. one hundred and forty thousand dollars. 320 Fond du Lac, Wis.United States post-office at Fond du Lae, Wisconsin, sixty thousand dollars. Huntington, W.Va.United States post-office and court-house at Huntington, West Virginia, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Evanston, Wyo.United States post-office and court-house at Evanston.
Wyoming, one hundred thousand dollars. Reno, Nev.United States post-office at Reno, Nevada, sixty thousand dollars. Crookston. Minn.*Post,* p. 745.United States post-office, and other governmental offices at Crooks-ton. Minnesota, four thousand dollars. Gainesville, Tex.United States post-office at Gainesville, Texas, seventy thousand dollars. Lanuaie. Wyo,United States post-office at Laramie, Wyoming, one hundred thou-sand dollars. Scranton, Pa.Limit of cost in-creased.*Post,* pp. 425* 745.United States post-office and court-house at Scranton, Pennsylvania, from two hundred and seventy-three thousand one hundred and ninety dollars and eighty-five cents to three hundred and sixty-three thousand one hundred and ninety dollars and eighty-five cents.
Laredo, Tex.United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Laredo, Texas, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. *Proviso.*Restrictions as to sites.*Provided.* That the Secretary of the Treasury shall not purchase a site in either of said cities until satisfied that the price therefor will permit the execution of all the provisions of this section in each of said cities within said limit of cost for site and building respectively. Sec. 5. Purchase of sites.*Post*, p. 423,That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, 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:
Yankton, S. Dak.United States post-office at Yankton, South Dakota, seven thousand dollars. Muscatine. Iowa.United States post-office at Muscatine, Iowa, fifteen thousand dollars. Quincy, Mass.United States post-office and custom-house at Quincy, Massachusetts, twelve thousand dollars. Saratoga Springs, N. Y.United States post-office at Saratoga Springs, New York, fifteen thousand dollars. Johnstown, Pa.United States post-office at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, twenty thousand dollars.
Pierre, S. Dak.United States post-office and court-house at Pierre, South Dakota, five thousand dollars. Portsmouth, Va.United States post-office and custom-house at Portsmouth, Virginia, fifteen thousand dollars. Albuquerque, N. Mex.United States post-office at Albuquerque, New Mexico, ten thousand dollars. Spokane, Wash,*Proviso*.Area of site.United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Spokane, Washington, one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the site selected shall consist of not less than an entire block or square of ground in said city.
Tacoma, Wash.*Proviso*.Area of site.United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Tacoma, Washington, one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the site selected shall consist of not less than an entire block or square of ground in said city. Albert Lea, Minn.United States post-office at Albert Lea. Minnesota, three thousand dollars. Traverse City. Mich.United States post-office and custom-house, at Traverse City, Michigan, six thousand dollars. Bar Harbor, Me.United States post-office at Bar Harbor, Maine, six thousand dollars.
Calais, Me.United States post-office and custom-house at Calais, Maine, six thousand dollars. Hamilton, Ohio.United States post-office at Hamilton, Ohio, twenty thousand dollars. 321 United States post-office at Sterling. Illinois, five thousand dollars.Sterling, Ill. United States post-office at Champaign, Illinois, fifteenChampaign, Ill. thousand dollars. United States post-office and land office at Natchitoches, Louisiana,Natchitoches La. five thousand dollars. *Provided* That upon the failure of the Secretary of the Treasury*Proviso.*Provisions void on failure to acquire suit-able site. to acquire a suitable site in any city mentioned in this Act within the limit of cost herein set forth, respectively, and within a period of two years after the passage of this Act, then and in that case so much of this Act as applies to the city or cities where such failure occurs shall be null and void: *Provided further* That, in acquiring sites underDimensions required. this section the Secretary of the Treasury shall take into consideration the present needs of the Government and the future growth of the cities enumerated, respectively; and in no ease shall the Secretary of the Treasury acquire a site unless the dimensions thereof are of sufficient size for a building that will accommodate all the govern-mental offices now located or likely in the near future to be located in said cities, respectively.
Sec. 6. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,Municipal building, D. C.Acquirement of site authorized.Limit of cost.*Post*, p. 429. authorized and directed to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, for a sum not exceeding five hundred and fifty thousand dollars, for the joint use of the I nited States and the District of Columbia, for the erection thereon of a municipal building for said District, square two hundred and fifty-five in the city of Washington,Proposed site.
District of Columbia, and that portion of E street lying between said square and Pennsylvania avenue is hereby appropriated and made a part of said square for the purpose of erecting thereon the municipal building, and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia areRemoval of electric railway tracks. hereby authorized to change the route of the Washington, Alexandria, and Mount Vernon Electric Railway in such a manner as to cause said portion of E street to be vacated by the tracks of said company, and jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the supreme court of the District of Columbia upon petition of said company to inquire into, hear, andPayment of actual cost and expense. determine the amount of the actual cost and expense to the company for the removal of its tracks from E street by reason of the provisions herein contained, and to enter judgment against the United States and the District of Columbia jointly, in such sum as may be so ascertained as aforesaid, and either party shall have the right of appeal from such judgment as in other eases: *Provided,* That if the Secretary of the*Provisos.*Condemnation proceedings.Vol. 26. p. 412.
Treasury shall be compelled or obliged to institute condemnation proceedings in order to acquire said site, such proceedings shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, providing a site for the enlargement of the Government Printing Office. (United States Statutes at Large, volume twenty-six, chapter eight hundred and thirty-seven.) When the Secretary of the Treasury shall have completed theContract for construction, etc.*Post,* p. 1206. purchase of said site he and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, acting jointly, shall proceed at once to contract for the erection and completion thereon of a fireproof building for the accommodation of the municipal and other offices of the District of Columbia. the total cost of said building, including cost of site, not to exceedLimit of cost.One half from District revenues. one million five hundred thousand dollars, one half 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 United States not. otherwise appropriated. The supervision of the construction of said building may be placedSuperintendent of construction. in charge of an officer of the Government specially qualified for the duty, to be appointed by the President of the United States, and whoSalary. shall receive for his additional services an increase of twenty-five per 322centum in his salary, to be paid out of the appropriation for said building. Sec. 7. Kansas City, Mo.Sale of old custom-house authorized.*Post*, p. 1208That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized 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, Missouri, at public or private sale, after proper advertisement, at such time and on such terms as he may deem to be to the best'interests of the United States, and to execute a quitclaim deed to the purchaser thereof, and to apply the proceeds of the sale of said property, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the completion of the post-office *Proviso*.Minimum price.and court-house building in said city: *Provided,* That said building and site shall not be sold for a sum less than two hundred and sixty thousand dollars.
Sec. 8. Saint Louis, Mo.New post-office.*Post*, p. 429.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized 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 fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, complete, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office in the city of Saint Limit of cost.*Post,* p. 1211.Louis and State of Missouri, the cost of said site and building not to exceed five hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and the. limit of cost *Proviso.*Location and area if site.of site, is hereby fixed at two hundred thousand dollars: *Provided, *That the site selected shall consist of an 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. 9. New Orleans, La.New building site.*Post*, p. 429That, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a suitable site in the city of New Orleans and State of Louisiana, upon which to erect a building for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office and other governmental offices in Limit of cost.said city, and the limit of cost of site is hereby fixed at two hundred *Proviso,*Area of site.thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the site selected shall consist of an entire block or square of ground bounded on each side by a street, and shall have an area of not less than sixty-two thousand five hundred square feet.
Estimate, etc., for new building.When the Secretary of the Treasury has acquired a site in said city as herein provided he shall make a report to Congress, stating the location, dimensions, and cost of the same, and recommend to Congress the character and size of a building that should be erected upon said site, and make an estimate showing the probable cost of said building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches. Sec. 10. Providence, R.
I.New building.Donation of site.*Post,* p. 429.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to accept as a donation from the city of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, a suitable lot of land situated in Exchange place in said city, containing not less than thirty-one thou-sand square feet of ground, as a site, and to contract for the erection and completion upon said site of a suitable fireproof building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house and other governmental Limit of cost.offices in said eity, at a limit of cost forLimit of cost said site and building of one million dollars, hereby fixed.
Safe of old building.When said building is completed and occupied by the United StatesSale of old building. authorities the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to sell the present post-office, court-house, and custom-house building and the site thereof, situate at the corner of Weybosset and Custom-House streets, in the city of Providence and State of Rhode Island, at public or private sale, after proper advertisement, on such terms as he may deem to be to the best interests of the United States, to execute a quitclaim deed to the purchaser thereof, and to deposit 323the proceeds of said sale in the Treasury of the United States as a miscellaneous receipt: *Provided.* That said*Proviso.*Minimum price. building and site shall not be*Proviso*.Minimum price. sold for any sum less than three hundred thousand dollars.
Sec. 11. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,Wheeling, W. Va.New building.*Post,* p. 429. authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, 01 otherwise, a site in the city of Wheeling and State of West Virginia, and to contract for the erection and completion thereon of a suitable fireproof building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house and other governmental oilices in said city, ata limit of cost foi said site and building of four hundred thousand dollars, hereby fixed.
When said building is completed and occupied by the United States authorities the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized. in his discretion, to sell the present post-office, court-house, and custom-house building, and the site thereof, situate at the corner of Market and Sixteenth streets, in the city of Wheeling and State of West Virginia, at public or private sale, after proper advertisement, at such time and on such terms as be may deem to be to the best interests of the United States, and to execute a quitclaim deed to the purchaser thereof, and to deposit the proceeds of said sale in the Treasury of the United States as a miscellaneous receipt: *Provided.* That said building and site shall not be sold for any sum less than one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
Sec. 12. That “An Act to provide for enlarging and improving theMacon, Ga.Vol. 30, p. 1002.*Post,* p. 1210. United States Government building at Macon. Georgia, and to appropriate fifty-eight thousand dollars therefor,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: " “That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is, hereby, authorizedImprovement of public building. and directed to cause the post-office and court-house building at Macon, Georgia, to be extended and enlarged so as to provide necessary accommodations for the post-office, courts, and other branches of the Government service, and to purchase additional ground on ThirdAdditional ground. and Mulberry streets, in his discretion, for this purpose, and that the total cost of all said improvements, changes, and repairs, including the purchase price of such additional ground, shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty-six thousand dollars: *Provided.* That the*Proviso.*Limit of cost. limit of cost of such additional land shall not exceed thirty-one thou-sand dollars.
” " Sec. 13. That a commission hereby created, consisting of the SecretaryNew York City.New post-office building.Commission created.*Post.* p. 429. of the Treasury, the Postmaster-General, and the Attorney-General of the United States, be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a suitable site in the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, and State of New York, upon which to erect a fireproof building for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office in said city: *Provided.* That the*Proviso.*Site boundaries. site selected shall be bounded on each side by a street.
When said commission has acquired a site in said city, as herein provided, the commission shall make a report to Congress, stating the location, dimensions, and cost of the same, and recommend to Congress the character and size of a building that should be erected upon said site and state the probable cost of such a building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches. Sec. 14. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,Toledo, Ohio.New building.*Post,* p. 429. authorized to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a suit-able 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 post-office and other governmental offices in said city: *Provided,* That the*Provisos.*Site boundaries and area.*Post*, p. 1212 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 324less than seventy thousand square feet, within a limit of cost of one Saint Clair site.hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, hereby fixed: *And provided further,* That if the Secretary of the Treasury shall be unable to obtain a site as above described, then and in that, case 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 Limit of cost.Estimate, etc., new building.feet 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 adjoining the present, site, as herein provided, be shall make a report to Congress, stating the location, dimensions, and cost of the land so acquired, and recommend to Congress fhe character and size of building that should be erected thereon and submit an estimate of the cost of said building, including tireproof vaults, heat ing and vent ilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches.
Sec. 15. Des Moines. Iowa.New building.*Post.* p. 429.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a suitable site in the city of Des Moines and State of Iowa upon which to erect a building for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office, court-house, custom-house, and other Limit of cost.governmental offices in said city, and the limit of cost of site is hereby *Proviso.*Site, broundaries, area.fixed at one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided.* That the site selected shall consist of an entire block or square of ground, bounded on each side by a street, and shall have an area of not less than seventy thousand square feet.
When the Secretary of the Treasury has acquired a site in said city, as herein provided, he shall make a report to Congress, stating the location, dimensions, and cost of the same, and recommend to Congress the character and size of Estimate, etc., new building.building that should be erected upon said site, and submit an estimate of the cost of said building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches. Sec. 16. Buffalo, N. Y.Sale of old custom-house, etc., authorized.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to sell the old custom-house and post-office building and the site thereof, at the corner of Seneca and M ash ington streets, in the city of Buffalo and State of New York, at public or private sale, after proper advertisement, at such time and on such terms as he may deem to be for the best interests of the United States, Deposit of proceeds.and to deposit the proceeds of said sale in the Treasury of the United *Proviso*.Minimum price.States as a miscellaneous receipt: *Provided.* That said building and site shall not be sold for a sum less than one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
Sec. 17. Los Angeles, Cal.Enlargement of a authorized.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to enlarge the public building site belonging to the United States in the city of Los Angeles. California. by the acquisition, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, all that portion of the remainder of the block lying west of the alley in which said Limit of cost.public-building site is located, provided the same can be acquired at not to exceed one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.
New building.*Post.* p. 129.That upon the present site, when so enlarged, the Secretary is authorized and directed to cause to be erected a suitable and commodious fireproof building for the use and accommodation of the United States Limit of costcourts, post-office, and other Government offices in said city, at a total cost of not to exceed six hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. Unexpended balances covered in.Vol. 30, p. 1355.That the unexpended balance of the appropriation of one hundred thousand dollars, contained in section three of the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, entitled “An Act to increase the limit of cost for the erection of a public building at Stockton.
California, and making provision for the acquisition of 325additional land, or a new site therefor, and to provide for an addition to the public building at Los Angeles, California, and appropriating money therefor,” together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation for “court-house and post-office at Los Angeles, California;Vol. 31, p. 1134. for completion of addition to present building under present limit, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars,” are hereby covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous items.
Authority is hereby given to theSettlement of claims for damages. Secretary of the Treasury to settle and adjust any claims for damages due to the abrogation of certain contracts under former appropriations for a public building at Los Angeles, 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 anti settlements shall be paid from the amount herein authorized. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby further authorized andContracts. empowered to enter into contracts for the erection of the building herein authorized, within the limit of cost hereby fixed.
Sec. 18. That upon the land heretofore acquired as a site for theBurlington, Vt.New building.*Post*, p. 429. post-office and custom-house building at Burlington, Vermont, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be erected a suitable, commodious, and 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, fireproof vaults, elevators, and approaches, of not exceeding one hundred and seventy thousand dollars; and to provide a suitable location for saidRemoval of old building.*Post*, p. 1209. building the present post-office and custom-house building shall be removed to some other location on said site, and shall continue to be used and occupied for its present purposes until the completion of the new building herein before authorized: *Provided,* That from the appropriation*Proviso*.Cost of removal, etc. hereafter made for the new building hereinbefore authorized not to exceed ten thousand dollars may be used for the removal, repair, and renovation of the present post-office and custom-house building, to make the same suitable for occupancy pending the erection of such new building.
That after the completion and occupancy of the new building hereinSale of old building. authorized to be constructed the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and empowered to dispose of, at public auction or private sale, at such time and upon such terms as he shall consider to the best interests of the United States, the present post-office and custom-house building, or the materials of which the same is composed, and to deposit the proceeds thereof in the Treasury of the United States as a miscellaneous receipt.
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 filed with the Secretary of the Treasury in favor of the validity of the title of the land agreed to be purchased orValid title.Rent of buildings on purchased sites. donated.
And in case a site or addition to a site acquired under the provisions 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*Proviso*.Minimum area. the provisions of 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. 326 Sec. 20.
Advertising proposals for sale of sites.That proposals for the sale of land suitable for all sites, or additions to sites, provided for in this Act, respectively, shall be invited by public advertisement in one of the newspapers of said cities, respectively, of largest circulation for at. least twenty days prior to the date specified in said advertisement for the opening of said proposals. Examination of proposals, etc.Proposals made in response to said advertisement shall be addressed 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 maps, plats, and statements which shall have come into his possession relating to the said proposed sites.
Sec. 21. Contracts.That in all contracts entered into with the United States, after the date of the approval of this Act, for the construction or repair of any public building or public work under the control of Liquidating damages for delay.the Treasury Department, a stipulation shall be inserted for liquidated damages for delay; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and empowered to remit the whole or any part of Proceedings.such damages as in his discretion may he just and equitable; and in all suits hereafter commenced on any such contracts or on any bond given in connection therewith it shall not be necessary for the United States, whether plaintiff or defendant, to prove actual or specific damages sustained by the Government by reason of delays, but such stipulation for liquidated damages shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties.
Sec. 22. Commission to examine certain public buildings.*Post*, p. 430.That the Secretary of the Treasury, the Postmaster-Gen-eral, and the Attorney-General of the United States shall cause to be examined the Government buildings in the following cities, to wit: Watertown, New York; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Houston, Texas; South Bend, Indiana; Duluth, Minnesota; Lima, Ohio; Jersey City, Reports.New Jersey; Knoxville, Tennessee; Syracuse, New York, and make reports to Congress at its next session showing in detail the condition of the building in each city named, whether of insufficient capacity to transact public business, and if so the most economical and best method Investigation of postal situation at Honolulu and Hilo, Hawaii;
Albuquerque, N. Mex., Yonkers, N. Y.of affording relief. The reports should show the value of each building and site, the cost of purchasing additional ground and size thereof, the cost of constructing an addition, if one is necessary, or the cost of a new site and building, showing cost of each separately in case that is the only remedy, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to investigate the postal situation at Honolulu and Hilo, Territory of Hawaii; Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Yonkers, New York, and report to Congress at its next session the probable cost of a suitable site in said city upon which to erect a post-office building, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to prepare plans and specifications for the enlargement of the United States post-office Columbus, Ohio.and court-house, or for the construction of a new post-office and court-house, at Columbus.
Ohio, as he may deem advisable, at a cost not to exceed five thousand dollars. Sec. 23. Act authorizing building for Department of Justice, District of Columbia, repealed.Vol. 30, p, 1358.Unexpended balance covered into Treasury.That an Act to provide for the erection of a building in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, for the Department of Justice, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, is hereby repealed, and the Attorney-General of the United States is hereby directed to cover into the Treasury of the United States the balance of the appropriation carried in said Act and unexpended, and file therewith an itemized statement showing when and for what purpose *Proviso*.Grounds to be put in order.any portion of said appropriation was expended: *Provided, however,* That the Attorney-General shall first level and otherwise make presentable the grounds belonging to the Government at the corner 327of Pennsylvania avenue and Madison place (Fifteen and one-half street northwest) and pay for the same out of said appropriation.
Sec. 24. That all buildings authorized to be constructed, enlarged,Open spaces for fire protection for all buildings. or extended under the provisions of this Act shall be unexposed to danger from tire by an open space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys: *Provided.* That in exceptional cases and*Proviso*.Exceptions. for good cause shown the Secretary of the Treasury may. in his discretion, reduce the open space to less than forty feet and to any dimensions which he shall deem sufficient to afford fire protection.
Sec. 25. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repealAmendment this Act. Sec. 26. That all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict herewith areConflicting laws repealed. hereby repealed.