Chapter 2548. Amending 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,” and for other purposes
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CHAP. 2548.— An Act Amending 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,” and for other purposes. March 2, 1907. [[H. R. 25758](/us/bill/34/hr/25758).] [[Public, No. 207](/us/pl/34/207).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Public buildings.Quarters for all branches of services to be provided in, authorized by omnibus.*Ante*, p. 772.
That it shall he the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, and he is hereby directed, in constructing the public buildings authorized tinder the provisions of the Act approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and 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,” to provide quarters, so far as may be practicable, for all the branches of the Government service in the town or city where such building or buildings *Proviso.*Changes, etc.are to be erected: *Provided,* That any and all changes or alterations made under the foregoing authority shall be made within the limit of cost heretofore fixed by law for the construction of such buildings.
Sec. 2. Clarinda, Iowa.Site.*Ante,* p. 792.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to expend from the appropriation heretofore made for the United States post-office building at Clarinda, Iowa, not to exceed the sum of five thousand dollars for the purpose of securing a suitable site for said building. Sec. 3. Lancaster, Ohio.Purchase of site authorized.*Ante,* p. 778.That the authorization of seventy-five thousand dollars made for the erection of a United States post-office building at Lancaster, Ohio, is hereby transferred from section seven to section eight of the Act approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six.
Sec. 4. Ocala, Fla.Additional ground.*Ante,* p. 791.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to expend from the appropriation heretofore made for the purpose of erecting a United States post-office and courthouse building at Ocala, Florida, not to exceed the sum of five thousand dollars for the enlargement of the site of said building. Sec. 5. Owosso, Mich.Additional ground.Vol. 33, p. 1159.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to expend from the appropriation heretofore made for the United States post-office building at Owosso, Michigan, not to exceed the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars for the purpose of enlarging the site of said building.
Sec. 6. Washington Parish, D. C.Restrictions repealed.Vol. 11, p. 289.That the first and second provisos of section one of the Act of Congress approved May eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, entitled “An Act to authorize the vestry of Washington parish 1237to take and inclose certain parts of streets in the city of Washington for the purpose of extending the Washington Cemetery, and for other purposes,” be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Sec. 7. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,Perry, Okla.Acceptance of building for post-office. authorized and directed to accept a building which is now used and occupied for post-office purposes in the city of Perry, Oklahoma; and the said building and ground upon which said building is erected are hereby declared to be under the exclusive jurisdiction and in the custody and control of the Secretary of the Treasury, to be used and occupied for a post-office in said city.
Sec. 8. That the commission to investigate the postal situation inCommission on New York postal situation to report to Sixtieth Congress.*Ante,* p. 786. New York, New York, created under the provisions of section seven-teen of the Act approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, consisting of the Postmaster-General, the present chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds of the United States Senate, and the present chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds of the United States House of Representatives, be, and the same is hereby, authorized and directed to report the result of such investigation to be made, together with suitable recommendations, to the first session of the Sixtieth Congress.
And for the expense ofExpenses. said commission the amount heretofore appropriated shall be avail-able, to be expended on vouchers approved by the chairman of said commission. Sec. 9. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,Des Moines, Iowa.Acceptance of land adjoining public building. authorized and directed to accept from the park commissioners of the city of Des Moines, Iowa, as a donation, a strip of ground lying between the Des Moines River and the site purchased by the Government for the United States post-office building, said piece of ground being bounded on the west by First street, on the north by Walnut street, on the south by Court avenue, and on the east by the Des Moines River.
Sec. 10. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,Mason City, Iowa.Acceptance of additional land. authorized and empowered, in his discretion, to acquire by gift or donation such additional land as he may deem necessary for the enlargement of the Federal building site heretofore acquired at Mason City, Iowa. Sec. 11. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,Reno. Nev.Grant of land for street. authorized to grant, relinquish, and convey by quitclaim deed to the city of Reno, Nevada, a strip of land twenty feet in width off the north side of the site for the post-office building to be erected in said city of Reno, said site extending along East Front street or First street a distance of one hundred and sixty feet, more or less, the said strip of land to be used for street purposes only.
Sec. 12. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,Cedar Rapids, Iowa.Sale of former building and part of site. authorized and empowered, in his discretion, to sell at public or private sale, for cash, and for not less than fifteen thousand dollars, the building or buildings on the easterly twenty feet of lot two and the westerly twenty-two feet of lot three, in block twenty-five, of the city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, being the forty-two feet next adjacent to the present site of the post-office and court-house building on Second avenue, in said city, together with the easterly twelve feet of said forty-two feet, and to give to the purchaser or purchasers of said land a quitclaim deed thereto: *Provided,* That the net proceeds of such sale shall be credited to*Proviso.*Proceeds for additional lands.*Ante,* p. 790. the appropriation made by Act of Congress approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, for the acquisition of additional land and the extension of said building.
Sec. 13. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorizedWashington, D. C.Sale of land between Anacostia River and squares 1131, 1117, 1123, 1148, and 1149. and directed to convey to the purchaser from the United States of square eleven hundred and thirty-one, and the south part of square eleven hundred and seventeen, and the squares south of squares eleven 1238hundred and twenty-three, eleven hundred and forty-eight, and eleven hundred and forty-nine, in the city of Washington, all the interest of the United States in the land lying south of the squares so purchased and between them and the channel of the Anacostia River, upon the payment by such purchaser into the Treasury of the United States of such sum of money as the said Secretary of War, upon consideration of all the circumstances, shall determine proper to be paid for the said land: and the surveyor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized and Plat, etc.directed to mark out such land and determine the acres and to record a plat thereof.
Sec. 14. Duluth. Minn.Extension to building, etc., authorized.*Ante,* p. 775, amend-ed.That so much of section three of the Act of Congress approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, as authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to acquire additional land for the enlargement of the site of the United States post office, court-house, and custom-house at Duluth, Minnesota, and to enlarge, extend, remodel, or improve said building, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to authorize and empower the Secretary of the Treasury, within the total limit of cost heretofore fixed for the above purpose, to cause to be constructed a suitable extension to said building and to remodel and improve said building for the better accommodation of the public service, and to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise a new Federal building site in said city in lieu of the acquisition of additional land for the enlargement of the site of the present building;
Appropriation avail-able.*Ante,* p. 790.and any appropriation heretofore made toward carrying into effect that portion of section three of the Act approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, above referred to, be, and the same is hereby, made available toward the objects and purposes herein authorized. Sec. 15. Los Angeles, Cal.Description of site amended.*Ante*, p. 785, amended.That so much of section eleven of the Act of Congress approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six. as describes the old Federal building site at Los Angeles, California, which the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to sell, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows:
“Being lots sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, and nineteen, in Block C, Rivara and Vignolo tract, at the southeast corner of Main and Winston streets, in said city.” Sec. 16. Repeal.That all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved, March 2, 1907.