Chapter 277. For a marine hospital at Buffalo, New York
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CHAP. 277.— An Act For a marine hospital at Buffalo, New York. March 24, 1902.[[Public, No. 58](/us/pl/57/58).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Buffalo, N. Y. Marine hospital authorized. *Post,* p. 423.Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase or otherwise procure a suitable site, and cause to be erected thereon, at the city of Buffalo, New York, a suitable and commodious building for a marine hospital (the plans and estimates for said building to be pre-91pared, examined, and approved in accordance with the law in such cases made and provided), at a total cost which shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars when finally completed: *Provided,* That no money appropriated for said building *Proviso.* Title and jurisdiction.shall be used until a valid title to the site selected shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of New York shall have ceded jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be and remain the owner thereof.
Approved, March 24, 1902.