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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 37 STAT. · March 4, 1913 · Chapter 147

Chapter 147. To increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the enlargement, extension, remodeling, or improvement of certain public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, and for other purposes

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CHAP. 147.— An Act To increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the enlargement, extension, remodeling, or improvement of certain public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, and for other purposes.March 4, 1913.[[H. R. 28766](/us/bill/62/hr/28766).][[Public, No. 432](/us/pl/62/432).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Public buildings, omnibus act.Limits of cost increased find contracts authorized.
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 acquisition of land or sites or the enlargement thereof, and the erection, enlargement, extension, remodeling, or repair 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:
Mobile, Ala.United States post office at Mobile, Alabama, $75,000. Gadsden, Ala.United States post office and courthouse at Gadsden, Alabama, $8,000. Opelika, Ala.Additions authorized.Vol. 36, p. 680, amended.United States post office and courthouse at Opelika, Alabama, $50,000, and the Act of Congress approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, is hereby amended so as to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to construct said building in such way as to provide suitable accommodations for the United States courts.
Santa Barbara, Cal.United States post office at Santa Barbara, California, $20,000. Greeley, Colo.United States post office at Greeley, Colorado, $35,000. La Junta, Colo.United States post office at La Junta, Colorado, $25,000. Live Oak, Fla.United States post office at Live Oak, Florida, $15,000. Saint Petersburg, Fla.United States post office at Saint Petersburg, Florida, $25,000. Carrollton, Ga.*Proviso*.Addition to site.United States post office at Carrollton, Georgia, $7,500: *Provided*, That $750 of said amount may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, for the acquisition of additional ground adjoining the present site.
Dublin, Ga.United States post office at Dublin, Georgia, $8,000. Elberton, Ga.United States post office at Elberton, Georgia, $12,500. Atlanta, Ga.United States post office and courthouse at Atlanta, Georgia, $22,500. Cedartown, Ga.United States post office at Cedartown, Georgia, $5,000. Cartersville, Ga.United States post office at Cartersville, Georgia, $6,250. Honolulu, Hawaii.United States post office, courthouse, and customhouse at Honolulu, Hawaii, $325,000: *Provided*, That so much of this sum as may *Proviso*.Enlarging site.be necessary not exceeding $100,000 shall be used for the enlargement of the present site.
Mount Vernon, Ill.United States post office at Mount Vernon, Illinois, $15,000. La Salle, Ill.United States post office at La Salle, Illinois, $35,000. 867 United States post office at New Albany, Indiana, $38,000.New Albany, Ind. United States post office and courthouse at Salina, Kansas, $10,000.Salina, Kans. United States post office at Hopkinsville, Kentucky, $20,000.Hopkinsville, Ky. United States post office at Middlesboro, Kentucky, $25,000.Middlesboro, Ky. United States post office at Georgetown, Kentucky, $30,000.Georgetown, Ky.
United States post office at Milford, Massachusetts, $15,000.Milford, Mass. United States post office at Cadillac, Michigan, $25,000.Cadillac, Mich. United States post office and courthouse at Detroit, Michigan,Detroit, Mich. $70,000. United States post office at Holland, Michigan, $20,000.Holland, Mich. United States post office at Minneapolis, Minnesota, $175,000.Minneapolis, Minn. United States post office at Moorhead, Minnesota, $13,500.Moorhead, Minn. United States post office, land office, and other Government offices at Miles City, Montana, $75,000.Miles City, Mont.
United States post office and courthouse at Chillicothe, Missouri,Chillicothe, Mo.Additions for courts.Vol. 36, p. 682. $65,000, and the Act of Congress approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, is hereby amended so as to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to construct said building in such way as to provide suitable accommodations for the United States courts. United States post office at Tupelo, Mississippi, $10,000.Tupelo, Miss. United States post office at Laurel, Mississippi, $20,000.Laurel, Miss.
United States post office and courthouse at Clarksdale, Mississippi,Clarksdale, Miss.Additions for courts.Vol. 36, p. 686. $55,750, and the Act of Congress approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, is hereby amended so as to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to construct said building in such way as to provide suitable accommodations for the United States courts. United States post office at Corinth, Mississippi, $3,500.Corinth, Miss. United States post office and courthouse at Lincoln, Nebraska,Lincoln, Nebr. $175,000.
United States post office and courthouse at McCook, Nebraska,McCook, Nebr. $25,000. That the limit of cost for the extension, alteration, and improvementConcord, N. H.Vol. 36, p. 704. of the public building in the city of Concord, New Hampshire, contained in an Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven, and for other purposes, approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, be, and hereby is, increased from $32,000 to $50,000.
United States post office at Morristown, New Jersey, $50,000.Morristown, N. J. United States post office at Plainfield, New Jersey, $50,000.Plainfield, N. J. For the acquisition of additional land for enlargement of siteBronx, N. Y. for a post office in the Borough of the Bronx, New York City, in the State of New York, $60,000. That the provisions of the Acts of Congress approved June thirtieth,Yonkers, N. Y.Cost of site.Vol. 34, p. 780.Vol. 35, p. 522.Vol. 36, p. 878. nineteen hundred and six, May thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, and June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, for the acquisition of a site and the erection thereon of a public building at Yonkers, New York, at a total limit of cost of $250,000, be, and the same are hereby, amended so as to provide for the acquisition of a site only for said building at a limit of cost of $250,000, and the appropriations heretofore and to be made under said limit of cost for said site and building are hereby made available for the acquisition of such site only: *Provided*, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is*Proviso*.Cost of building. hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be erected upon the site, when acquired, a suitable building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, for the use of the United States post office and other governmental offices, the cost of said building not to exceed $250,000.
United States post office at Gastonia, North Carolina, $20,000.Gastonia, N. C. United States post office at Kinston, North Carolina, $20,000.Kinston, N. C. 868 Tarboro, N. C.United States post office at Tarboro, North Carolina, $15,000:*Proviso*.Addition to site. *Provided*, That not to exceed $4,000 of said amount may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, for the acquisition of additional land adjoining the present site. Lumberton, N. C.For a site for a post-office building at Lumberton, North Carolina, $5,000, in addition to the amount heretofore authorized.
Rocky Mount, N. C.United States post office at Rocky Mount, North Carolina, $16,000. Piqua, Ohio.United States post office at Piqua, Ohio, $75,000. Alliance, Ohio,United States post office at Alliance, Ohio, $45,000. Dayton, Ohio.United States post office and courthouse at Dayton, Ohio, $50,000. Ashland, Ohio.For the enlargement of the site for a post-office building at Ashland, Ohio, $10,000. Oklahoma City, Okla.For the extension and enlargement of the United States post office and courthouse at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, or for an additional building, $250,000.
Tulsa, Okla.United States post office and courthouse at Tulsa, Oklahoma, $175,000. Albany, Oreg.Additional accommodations.Vol. 35, p. 531.United States post office at Albany, Oregon, $10,000, and the Act of Congress approved May thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, is hereby amended so as to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to construct said building in such a way as to provide suitable accommodations for the Federal bureaus. The Dalles, Oreg.United States post office at The Dalles, Oregon, $24,000.
Reading, Pa.United States post office at Reading, Pennsylvania, $70,000. Corry, Pa.United States post office at Corry, Pennsylvania, $35,000. Hanover, Pa.United States post office at Hanover, Pennsylvania, $10,000. San Juan, P. R.United States post office, courthouse, and customhouse at San Juan, Porto Rico, $32,000. Narragansett Pier, R. I.United States post office at Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island, $19,000. Shelbyville, Tenn.United States post office at Shelbyville, Tennessee, $5,000.
Winchester, Tenn.For additional land for site for a United States post office at Winchester, Tennessee, $2,300. Corpus Christi, Tex.Additions for court.Vol. 35, p. 531.United States post office and court house at Corpus Christi, Texas, $70,000, and the Act of Congress approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, is hereby amended so as to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to construct said building in such way as to provide suitable accommodations for the United States courts.
Galveston, Tex.Appraisers’ stores, enlargement.That the $90,000 authorized by the Act of Congress approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, for the extension, Vol. 36, p. 680.enlargement, remodeling, or improvement of the appraisers’ stores at Galveston, Texas, and $40,000 in addition thereto, which sum of $40,000 is hereby authorized, shall be applied to the purposes set forth in the next following three items pertaining to or providing for public buildings at Galveston, Texas, namely:
Remodeling for courthouse.For remodeling and reconstruction, to adapt it for use as a United States courthouse, the building now used for appraisers’ stores, $50,000. New building.For the purchase of suitable and convenient building and site for an appraiser’s store, warehouse, and other purposes, and providing suitable offices therein, $65,000. Rearranging offices, etc.For rearranging and constructing offices in the third story of the United States post-office and customhouse building, and work Authority for rent, etc., repealed.*Ante*, p. 420.incident thereto, $15,000.
The Act of Congress approved August twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and twelve, authorizing an expenditure of $8,000 for rented quarters and moving expenses, is hereby repealed. Cuero, Tex.United States post office at Cuero, Texas, $20,000. Hillsboro, Tex.United States post office at Hillsboro, Texas, $10,000. Sherman, Tex.For the acquisition, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, of additional ground adjoining the post office and courthouse at Sherman, Texas, $5,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary. 869 United States post office at Brigham City, Utah, $20,000.Brigham City, Utah.
United States post office and courthouse at Brattleboro, Vermont,Brattleboro, Vt. $50,000. United States post office and courthouse at Lynchburg, Virginia.Lynchburg, Va. $25,000. United States post office and customhouse at Everett, Washington,Everett, Wash. $50,000. United States post office at Moundsville, West Virginia, $25,000.Moundsville, W. Va. United States post office at Sistersville, West Virginia, $10,000.Sistersville, W. Va. That the provisions of the Acts of Congress of May twenty-seventh,Washington, D.
C.Engraving and Printing Bureau.Vol. 35, p. 319.*Ante*, p. 34. nineteen hundred and eight, and August twenty-second, nineteen hundred and eleven, fixing the limit of cost for the new building for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, District of Columbia, be, and the same are hereby, amended so as to fix the limit of cost for said new building, including vaults, at $2,880,000, and any unexpended balance of the appropriations for said vaults remaining after their construction is hereby made available for the purpose of said building, but said limit of cost of $2,880,000 shall not be exceeded.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,Enlargement, etc., of buildings authorized. authorized and directed to enter into contracts for the enlargement, extension, remodeling, rebuilding, reconstruction, or improvement of the following-named buildings within the respective limits of cost hereby fixed: United States post office and customhouse at Oakland, California,Oakland, Cal. $115,000: *Provided*, That this amount, or so much thereof as may be*Proviso*.Additional land. necessary, shall be used for the acquisition of additional land for the enlargement of the present site.
United States post office, courthouse, and other governmentalEast Saint Louis, Ill. offices at East Saint Louis, Illinois, $240,000. United States post office at Evansville, Indiana, $150,000.Evansville, Ind. United States post office and courthouse at Alexandria, Louisiana,Alexandria, La. $65,000. United States post office at Winchester, Kentucky, $30,000: *Provided*,Winchester, Ky.*Proviso*.Changes in building, etc. That this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used in erecting a second story on the present building, and for necessary changes in said building and in the mechanical equipment, lighting and plumbing systems thereof.
United States post office at Hagerstown, Maryland, $30,000.Hagerstown, Md.Boston, Mass.Appraisers’ stores.Limit of cost increased.Vol. 34. p. 779. That the provision of the Act of Congress approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, fixing the limit of cost for the appraisers’ stores building at Boston, Massachusetts, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to fix the limit of cost at $1,250,000. United States post office and customhouse at Muskegon, Michigan,Muskegon, Mich.*Proviso*.Enlarging site. $75,000: *Provided*, That not exceeding $10,000 of this amount may be expended for the enlargement of the present site.
United States post office at Kirksville, Missouri, $40,000.Kirksville, Mo. For one additional mail lift and one combination freight and passengerSaint Louis, Mo.Additions to new post office. elevator, and for additions to mail apparatus and other improvements at the new city post office, Saint Louis, Missouri, to be immediately available, $47,550. United States post office at Moberly, Missouri, $35,000.Moberly, Mo. United States post office, courthouse, and other governmentalMissoula, Mont. offices at Missoula, Montana, $125,000.
United States post, office at Poughkeepsie, New York, $68,000, andPoughkeepsie, N. Y. the Secretary of the Treasury is further authorized, in his discretion, to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, out of this amount such additional land as may be necessary for the enlargement of the site for said building. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorizedBrooklyn, N. Y.Addition to post office site, etc. and directed, in his discretion, to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, the remainder of the block in which the post office in 870the Borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, State of New York, is located, at a cost not exceeding $350,000, and any unexpended balance of the appropriation for this enlargement of said site may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, for the alteration or remodeling and repair of the buildings upon such newly acquired property to adopt such structures, or any of them, for temporary use for the purposes of the Government pending the completion of an extension of the present Federal building.
Toledo, Ohio.For the remodeling, extending, enlarging, or rebuilding the customhouse building at Toledo, Ohio, now used for courts and other Federal offices, $25,000. Newport, R. I.Additional offices, etc.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to enlarge the site of the public building belonging to the United States in the city of Newport, Rhode Island, by the acquisition, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, of adjoining property within a limit of cost not to exceed $100,000, and upon the present site so enlarged the Secretary is authorized and directed to cause to be erected a suitable new building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, for the use and accommodation of the United States post office, customhouse, United States engineer office, Navy pay office, constructing quartermaster’s office, Weather Bureau, Civil Service Limit of cost increased.Commission, and other Government offices, within the limit of cost, including the building and addition to site hereby fixed, of $400,000.
Chattanooga, Tenn.United States post office and courthouse at Chattanooga, Tennessee, $55,000. Nashville, Tenn.United States post office and customhouse at Nashville, Tennessee, $400,000. Danville, Va.For the completion of the tower and the installation of a clock therein in the post office and courthouse at Danville, Virginia, $2 500. Martinsburg, W. Va.Huntington, W, Va.Specific authority required.United States post office at Martinsburg, West Virginia, $20,000. United States post office at Huntington West Virginia, $225,000.
That the present site in each of the cities heretofore mentioned shall 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 to enlarge said sites, and Where such authority is given the Secretary is authorized to secure, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, such additional ground as he may deem necessary, *Provisos*.Limit of cost to include changes, repairs, etc., due to enlarging.respectively: *Provided*, That the limits 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, enlargement, remodeling, improvement, or rebuilding of said buildings, or which it may be found expedient or advisable to make to such heating, ventilating, and plumbing systems and elevators because of the enlargement, General repairs, etc., from regular appropriationsextension, remodeling, improving, or rebuilding of said buildings; and the annual appropriations for the general maintenance of public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department shall be construed to be available for all other repairs to and equipment of said buildings, grounds, and approaches, and the heating, hoisting, plumbing, and ventilating apparatus thereof.
Sec. 3. Construction of new buildings.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 upon ground now owned by the United States or authorized to be 871acquired in each of the following cities, respectively, within its respective limit of cost hereby fixed:
United States post office and courthouse at Jasper, Alabama, Jasper, Ala.$100,000. United States post office and customhouse at Douglas, Arizona,Douglas, Ariz. $100,000. United States post office at Globe, Arizona, $100,000.Globe, Ariz. United States post office at Arkadelphia, Arkansas, $55,000.Arkadelphia., Ark. United States post office at Fordyce, Arkansas, $50,000.Fordyce, Ark. United States post office at Mena, Arkansas, $50,000.Mena, Ark. United States post office at Bakersfield, California, $135,000.Bakersfield, Cal.
United States post office at Durango, Colorado, $100,000.Durango, Colo. United States post office at Fort Morgan, Colorado, $60,000.Fort Morgan, Colo. United States post office at Naugatuck, Connecticut, $80,000.Naugatuck, Conn. United States post office at Rockville, Connecticut, $55,000.Rockville, Conn. United States post office at Seymour, Connecticut, $60,000.Seymour, Conn. United States post office at Greenwich, Connecticut, $90,000.Greenwich, Conn. United States post office at Bartow, Florida, $50,000.Bartow, Fla.
United States post office at De Land, Florida, $60,000.De Land, Fla. United States post office at Orlando, Florida, $60,000.Orlando, Fla. United States post office at Barnesville, Georgia, $50,000.Barnesville, Ga. United States post office at Statesboro, Georgia, $50,000.Statesboro, Ga. United States post office at Twin Falls, Idaho, $85,000.Twin Falls, Idaho. United States post office at Taylorville. Illinois, $60,000.Taylorville, Ill. United States post office at Savanna, Illinois, $50,000.Savanna, Ill.
United States post office at Washington, Indiana, $60,000.Washington, Ind. United States post office at Huntington, Indiana, $95,000.Huntington, Ind. United States post office at Washington, Iowa, $80,000.Washington, Iowa. United States post office at Maquoketa, Iowa, $50,000.Maquoketa, Iowa. United States post office at Charles City, Iowa, $70,000.Charles City, Iowa. United States post office at Grinnell, Iowa, $90,000.Grinnell, Iowa. United States post office at Hiawatha, Kansas, $60,000.Hiawatha, Kans.
United States post office at Minden, Louisiana, $50,000.Minden, La. United States post office at Hammond, Louisiana, $50,000.Hammond, La. United States post office at Ashland, Kentucky, $100,000.Ashland, Ky. United States post office at Lancaster, Kentucky, $55,000.Lancaster, Ky. United States post office at Shelbyville, Kentucky, $50,000.Shelbyville, Ky. United States post office at Rumford, Maine, $60,000.Rumford, Me. United States post office at Caribou, Maine, $50,000.Caribou, Me.
United States post office at Skowhegan, Maine, $65,000.Skowhegan, Me. United States post office at Frederick, Maryland, $90,000.Frederick, Md. United States post office at Reading, Massachusetts, $55,000.Reading, Mass. United States post office at Attleboro, Massachusetts, $100,000.Attleboro, Mass. United States post office at Newburyport, Massachusetts, $70,000.Newburyport, Mass. United States post office at Charlotte, Michigan, $65,000.Charlotte, Mich. United States post office at Dowagiac, Michigan, $55,000.Dowagiac, Mich.
United States post office at Little Falls, Minnesota, $65,000.Little Falls, Minn. United States post office at Montevideo, Minnesota, $50,000.Montevideo, Minn. United States post office at Anoka, Minnesota, $50,000.Anoka, Minn. United States post office at Bonne Terre, Missouri, $50,000:Bonne Terre, Mo. *Provided*, That the construction of said building shall not be begun*Proviso*.Donation of site required.Vol. 36, p. 697. until the site for same has been donated and title thereto accepted by the Secretary of the Treasury, as provided in section twenty-five of the Act of Congress approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten.
United States post office at McComb, Mississippi, $50,000.McComb, Miss. United States post office at Holly Springs, Mississippi, $45,000,Holly Springs, Miss.Addition for site. $2,500 of which may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, for the acquisition, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, of a site, in addition to the sum heretofore authorized for that purpose. 872 Kalispell, Mont.United States post office at Kalispell, Montana, $100,000. Alliance, Nebr.United States post office, land office, and Weather Bureau building at Alliance, Nebraska, $75,000.
Aurora, Nebr.United States post office at Aurora, Nebraska, $50,000. Falls City, Nebr.United States post office at Falls City, Nebraska, $65,000. Wahoo, Nebr.United States post office at Wahoo, Nebraska, $50,000. Chadron, Nebr.United States post office and courthouse at Chadron, Nebraska, $110,000. Laconia, N. H.United States post office at Laconia, New Hampshire, $75,000. Berlin, N. H.United States post office at Berlin, New Hampshire, $65,000. East Orange, N. J.United States post office at East Orange, New Jersey, $125,000.
Hackensack, N. J,United States post office at Hackensack, New Jersey, $100,000. Woodbury, N. J.United States post office at Woodbury, New Jersey, $55,000. Bayonne, N. J,United States post office at Bayonne, New Jersey, $100,000. Las Cruces, N. Mex.United States post office and courthouse at Las Cruces, New Mexico, $125,000. Batavia, N. Y,United States post office at Batavia, New York, $85,000. Syracuse, N. Y.United States post office at Syracuse, New York, $550,000. Hornell, N.
Y.United States post office at Hornell, New York, $85,000. Waterloo, N. Y.United States post office at Waterloo, New York, $55,000. Salamanca, N. Y.United States post office at Salamanca, New York, $75,000. Burlington, N. C.United States post office at Burlington, North Carolina, $65,000. Waynesville, N. C.United States post office at Waynesville, North Carolina, $65,000. Shelby, N. C.United States post office at Shelby, North Carolina, $55,000. Dickinson, N. Dak.United States post office at Dickinson, North Dakota, $90,000.
Jamestown, N. Dak.United States post office at Jamestown, North Dakota, $75,000. Valley City, N. Dak.United States post office at Valley City, North Dakota, $75,000. Ashland, Ohio.United States post office at Ashland, Ohio, $100,000. Sandusky, Ohio.United States post office at Sandusky, Ohio, $130,000. Van Wert, Ohio.United States post office at Van Wert, Ohio, $70,000. Sidney, Ohio.United States post office at Sidney, Ohio, $70,000. Elyria, Ohio.United States post office at Elyria, Ohio, $100,000.
Fremont, Ohio.United States post office at Fremont, Ohio, $100,000. Middletown, Ohio.United States post office at Middletown, Ohio, $100,000. Logan, Ohio.United States post office at Logan, Ohio, $60,000. Roseburg, Oreg.United States post office at Roseburg, Oregon, $100,000. Media, Pa.United States post office at Media, Pennsylvania, $60,000. Ridgway, Pa.United States post office at Ridgway, Pennsylvania, $80,000. Dubois, Pa.United States post office at Dubois, Pennsylvania, $85,000.
Titusville, Pa.United States post office at Titusville, Pennsylvania, $75,000. Pottstown, Pa.United States post office at Pottstown, Pennsylvania, $90,000. Tarentum, Pa.United States post office at Tarentum, Pennsylvania, $60,000. South Bethlehem, Pa.United States post office at South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, $100,000. Columbia, S. C.United States post office at Columbia, South Carolina, $265,000. Marion, S. C.United States post office at Marion, South Carolina, $50,000. Redfield, S.
Dak.United States post office at Redfield, South Dakota, $65,000. Madison, S. Dak.United States post office at Madison, South Dakota, $60,000. Jellico, Tenn.Mine-rescue station quarters.United States post office at Jellico, Tennessee, $70,000, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to provide in said building suitable quarters for a mine-rescue station. Maryville, Tenn.United States post office at Maryville, Tennessee, $60,000. Martin, Tenn.United States post office at Martin, Tennessee, $50,000.
Humboldt, Tenn.United States post office at Humboldt, Tennessee, $50,000. Memphis, Tenn.United States post office at Memphis, Tennessee, $120,000. Bay City, Tex.United States post office at Bay City, Texas, $60,000. Stanford, Tex.United States post office at Stamford, Texas, $50,000. Navasota, Tex.United States post office at Navasota, Texas, $50,000. Belton, Tex.United States post office at Belton, Texas, $55,000. New Braunfels, Tex.United States post office at New Braunfels, Texas, $50,000.
Beeville, Tex.United States post office at Beeville, Texas, $50,000. 873 United States post office at Yoakum, Texas, $65,000.Yoakum, Tex. United States post office at El Paso, Texas, $300,000.El Paso, Tex. United States post office at Nacogdoches, Texas, $55,000.Nacogdoches, Tex. United States post office at Brenham, Texas, $60,000.Brenham, Tex. United States post office at Richfield, Utah, $55,000.Richfield, Utah. United States post office at Warrenton Virginia, $50,000.Warrenton, Va.
United States post office at Franklin, Virginia, $45,000.Franklin, Va. United States post office at Pulaski, Virginia, $50,000.Pulaski, Va. United States post office at South Boston, Virginia, $50,000.South Boston, Va. United States post office at Waynesboro, Virginia, $52,500, $2,500Waynesboro, Va. of which may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of theAddition for site. Treasury, for the acquisition, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, of a site, in addition to the sum heretofore authorized for that purpose.
United States post office at Ellensburg, Washington, $75,000.Ellensburg, Wash. United States post office at Wenatchee, Washington, $85,000.Wenatchee, Wash. United States post office and customhouse at Aberdeen, Washington,Aberdeen, Wash. $112,500. United States post office at Seattle, Washington, $300,000.Seattle, Wash. United States post office and land office at Vancouver, Washington,Vancouver, Wash. $140,000. United States post office at Williamson, West Virginia, $50,000.Williamson, W.
Va. United States post office at Buckhannon, West Virginia, $60,000.Buckhannon, W. Va. United States post office at Neenah, Wisconsin, $80,000.Neenah, Wis. United States post office at Antigo, Wisconsin, $70,000.Antigo, Wis. United States post office at Merrill, Wisconsin, $75,000.Merrill, Wis. United States post office and courthouse at Madison, Wisconsin,Madison, Wis. $550,000, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to expend from this sum such amount as may be necessary for the demolition of the present building, either in whole or in part.
United States post office at Buffalo, Wyoming, $62,500.Buffalo, Wyo. United States post office at Basin, Wyoming, $50,000.Basin, Wyo. United States post office and other Government offices at Cody,Cody, Wyo. Wyoming, $50,000. Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,Acquiring sites and constructing buildings, authorized. authorized and directed to contract for the acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, of 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 Decatur, Alabama, $65,000, to beDecatur, Ala. erected at such point as shall be equally convenient, so far as possible, to the cities of Decatur and New Decatur. United States post office at Andalusia, Alabama, $50,000.Andalusia, Ala. United States post office on the State line dividing West Point,West Point, Ga., and Lanett, Ala. Georgia, and Lanett, Alabama, $50,000. United States post office, courthouse and jail at Cordova, Alaska,Cordova, Alaska. $100,000.
United States customhouse at Nogales, Arizona, $110,000.Nogales, Ariz. United States post office at Marianna, Arkansas, $50,000.Marianna, Ark. United States post office at Prescott, Arkansas, $50,000.Prescott, Ark. United States post office at Russellville, Arkansas, $50,000.Russellville, Ark. United States post office at Rogers, Arkansas, $70,000.Rogers, Ark. United States post office at Red Bluff, California, $60,000.Red Bluff, Cal. United States post office and customhouse at San Pedro, California, $60,000.San Pedro, Cal.
United States post office at San Luis Obispo, California, $80,000.San Luis Obispo, Cal. United States post office and other Government offices at Willow,Willow, Cal. 874Glenwood Springs, Colo.United States post office, land office, and other Government offices at Glenwood Springs, Colorado, $ 100,000. Mystic, Conn.United States post office at Mystic, Connecticut, $55,000. Branford, Conn.United States post office at Branford, Connecticut, $55,000. Middletown, Conn.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, On present site.authorized and directed to contract for the erection and completion of a Vol. 36, p. 689.suitable building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States post office and other Government offices, on a site already acquired in the town of Middletown, State of Connecticut, the cost of said building, including said vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of $140,000.
Apalachicola, Fla.United States post office and customhouse at Apalachicola, Florida, $75,000. Marianna, Fla.United States post office and courthouse at Marianna, Florida, $70,000. Sanford, Fla.United States post office at Sanford, Florida, $70,000. Lakeland, Fla.United States post office at Lakeland, Florida, $75,000. Fitzgerald, Ga.United States post office at Fitzgerald, Georgia, $75,000. Douglas, Ga.United States post office at Douglas, Georgia, $55,000. Washington, Ga.United States post office at Washington, Georgia, $55,000.
Moultrie, Ga.United States post office at Moultrie, Georgia, $65,000. Dawson, Ga.United States post office at Dawson, Georgia, $60,000. Sandpoint, Idaho.United States post office at Sandpoint, Idaho, $70,000. Marion, Ill.United States post office at Marion, Illinois, $70,000. Olney, Ill.United States post office at Gluey, Illinois, $70,000. Paxton, Ill.United States post office at Paxton, Illinois, $60,000. Hoopeston, Ill.United States post office at Hoopeston, Illinois, $70,000.
Geneseo, III.United States post office at Geneseo, Illinois, $60,000. Charleston, Ill.United States post office at Charleston, Illinois, $75,000. Batavia, Ill.United States post office at Batavia, Illinois, $95,000. Metropolis, Ill.United States post office at Metropolis, Illinois, $50,000. Mount Carmel, Ill.United States post office at Mount Carmel, Illinois, $75,000. Jerseyville, Ill.United States post office at Jerseyville, Illinois, $65,000. Aledo, III.United States post office at Aledo, Illinois, $65,000.
Valparaiso, Ind.United States post office at Valparaiso, Indiana, $95,000. Rochester, Ind.United States post office at Rochester, Indiana, $70,000. Kendallville, Ind.United States post office at Kendallville, Indiana, $75,000. Bluffton, Ind.United States post office at Bluffton, Indiana, $70,000. North Vernon, Ind.United States post office at North Vernon, Indiana, $60,000. Clinton, Ind.United States post office at Clinton, Indiana, $60,000. Shelbyville, Ind.United States post office at Shelbyville, Indiana, $80,000.
Cedar Falls, Iowa.United States post office at Cedar Falls, Iowa, $95,000. Chariton, Iowa.United States post office at Chariton, Iowa, $70,000. Carroll, Iowa.United States post office at Carroll, Iowa, $70,000. Cherokee, Iowa.United States post office at Cherokee, Iowa, $70,000. Glenwood, Iowa.United States post office at Glenwood, Iowa, $50,000. Vinton, Iowa.United States post office at Vinton, Iowa, $70,000. Cherryvale, Kans.United States post office at Cherryvale, Kansas, $60,000.
Girard, Kans.United States post office at Girard, Kansas, $75,000. North Topeka, Kans.United States branch post office at North Topeka, Kansas, $71,000. Eldorado, Kans.United States post office at Eldorado, Kansas, $60,000. Pratt, Kans.United States post office at Pratt, Kansas, $60,000. Thibodaux, La.United States post office at Thibodaux, Louisiana, $50,000. Glasgow, Ky.United States post office at Glasgow, Kentucky, $60,000. Fort Fairfield, Me.United States post office and customhouse at Fort Fairfield, Maine, $80,000.
Marion, Ky.United States post office at Marion, Kentucky, $70,000. Saco, Me.United States post office at Saco, Maine, $60,000. Cambridge, Md.United States post office at Cambridge, Maryland, $80,000. 875 United States post office at Salisbury, Maryland, $90,000.Salisbury, Md. United States post office at South bridge, Massachusetts, $80,000.Southbridge, Mass. United States post office at Leominster, Massachusetts, $90,000.Leominster, Mass. United States post office at Malden, Massachusetts, on a site to beMalden, Mass. donated, $150,000: *Provided*, That the construction of said building*Proviso*.Site to be donated. shall not be begun until the site for same has been donated and title*Post*, p. 889. thereto accepted by the Secretary of the Treasury, as provided in section thirty-four of this Act.
United States post office at Amherst, Massachusetts, $80,000,Amherst, Mass. United States post office at Winchester, Massachusetts, $75,000.Winchester, Mass. United States post office at Houghton, Michigan, $100,000.Houghton, Mich. United States post office at Cheboygan, Michigan, $70,000.Cheboygan, Mich. United States post office at Hastings, Michigan, $81,000.Hastings, Mich. United States post office at Midland, Michigan, $60,000.Midland, Mich. United States post office at Wyandotte, Michigan, $75,000.Wyandotte, Mich.
United States post office at Mount Pleasant, Michigan, $75,000.Mount Pleasant, Mich. United States post office at Bad Axe, Michigan, $55,000.Bad Axe, Mich. United States post office at Bemidji, Minnesota, $75,000.Bemidji, Minn. United States post office at Fairmont, Minnesota, $65,000.Fairmont, Minn. United States post office at Saint Peter, Minnesota, $60,000.Saint Peter, Minn. United States post office at Harrisonville, Missouri, $52,500.Harrisonville, Mo. United States post office at Liberty, Missouri, $60,000.Liberty, Mo.
United States post office at Washington, Missouri, $60,000.Washington, Mo. United States post office at Butler, Missouri, $60,000.Butler, Mo. United States post office at Fayette, Missouri, $55,000.Fayette, Mo. United States post office at Water Valley, Mississippi, $50,000.Water Valley, Miss. United States post office at Central City, Nebraska, $55,000.Central City, Nebr. United States post office at Fallon, Nevada, $55,000.Fallon, Nev. United States post office at Winnemucca, Nevada, $60,000.Winnemucca, Nev.
United States post office at Franklin, New Hampshire, $90,000.Franklin, N. H. United States post office at Vineland, New Jersey, $70,000.Vineland, N. J. United States post office at Montclair, New Jersey, $130,000.Montclair, N. J. United States post office at Raton, New Mexico, $75,000.Raton, N. Mex. United States post office and courthouse at Santa Fe, New Mexico,Santa Fe, N. Mex. $295,000. United States post office at Hoosick Falls, New York, $80,000.Hoosick Fails, N. Y. United States post office at Long Island City, New York, $200,000.Long Island City, N.
Y. United States post office at Owego, New York, $75,000.Owego, N. Y. United States post office at Cohoes, New York, $100,000.Cohoes, N. Y. United States post office at Waldon, New York, $65,000.Walden, N. Y. United States post office at Saranac Lake, New York, $90,000.Saranac Lake, N. Y. United States post office at Fort Plain, New York, $65,000.Fort Plain, N. Y. United States post office at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, $60,000.Chapel Hill, N. C. United States post office at Thomasville, North Carolina, $55,000.Thomasville, N.
C. United States post office at Coshocton, Ohio, $115,000.Coshocton, Ohio. United States post office at Washington Court House, Ohio,Washington Court House, Ohio. $80,000. United States post office at Martins Ferry, Ohio, $85,000.Martins Ferry, Ohio. United States post office at Kenton, Ohio, $80,000.Kenton, Ohio. United States post office at Gallipolis, Ohio, $75,000.Gallipolis, Ohio. United States post office at Wilmington, Ohio, $75,000.Wilmington, Ohio. United States post office at Altus, Oklahoma, $82,500.Altus, Okla.
United States post office and courthouse at Woodward, Oklahoma,Woodward, Okla. $110,000. United States post office and other Government offices at Shawnee,Shawnee, Okla. Oklahoma, $125,000. United States post office at Durant, Oklahoma, $80,000.Durant, Okla. United States post office at Chandler, Oklahoma, $55,000.Chandler, Okla. United States post office at Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, $80,000.Phoenixville, Pa. United States post office at Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, $100,000.Lock Haven, Pa. 876 State College, Pa.United States post office and other Government offices at State College, Pennsylvania, $75,000.
Pittston, Pa.United States post office at Pittston, Pennsylvania, $100,000. ULewistown, Pa.nited States post office at Lewistown, Pennsylvania, $75,000. Indiana, Pa.United States post office at Indiana, Pennsylvania, $90,000. Hollidaysburg, Pa.United States post office at Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, $80,000 Berwick, Pa.United States post office at Berwick, Pennsylvania, $80,000. Franklin, Pa.United States post office at Franklin, Pennsylvania, $100,000. Tamaqua, Pa.United States post office at Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, $75,000.
Donora, Pa.United States post office at Donora, Pennsylvania, $75,000. Olyphant, Pa.United States post office at Olyphant, Pennsylvania, $65,000. Monessen, Pa.United States post office at Monessen, Pennsylvania, $90,000. McKees Rocks, Pa.United States post office at McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, $80,000. Waynesburg, Pa.United States post office at Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, $75,000. Sayre, Pa.United States post office at Sayre, Pennsylvania, $80,000. Beaufort, S. C.United States post office and customhouse at Beaufort, South Carolina, $50,000.
Clinton, S. C.United States post office at Clinton, South Carolina, $55,000. Lancaster, S. C.United States post office at Lancaster, South Carolina, $50,000. Bellefourche, S. Dak.United States post office at Bellefourche, South Dakota, $75,000. Chamberlain, S. Dak.United States post office and land office at Chamberlain, South Dakota, $60,000. Franklin, Tenn.United States post office at Franklin, Tennessee, $55,000. Tullahoma, Tenn.United States post office at Tullahoma, Tennessee, $50,000.
Athens, Tenn.United States post office at Athens, Tennessee, $50,000. Denton, Tex.United States post office at Denton, Texas, $75,000. Gallatin, Tenn.United States post office at Gallatin, Tennessee, $50,000. Pittsburg, Tex.United States post office at Pittsburg, Texas, $55,000. Gilmer, Tex.United States post office at Gilmer, Texas, $55,000. Mount Pleasant, Tex.United States post office at Mount Pleasant, Texas, $55,000. Honey Grove, Tex.United States post office at Honey Grove, Texas, $50,000.
Orange, Tex.United States post office at Orange, Texas, $60,000. Commerce, Tex.United States post office at Commerce, Texas, $50,000. Vernon, Tex.United States post office at Vernon, Texas, $50,000. Cameron, Tex.United States post office at Cameron, Texas, $55,000. Comanche, Tex.United States post office at Comanche, Texas, $50,000. Eureka, Utah.United States post office at Eureka, Utah, $50,000. Vernal, Utah.United States post office and other Government offices at Vernal, Utah, $50.000.
Spanish Fork, Utah.United States post office and other Government offices at Spanish Fork, Utah, $50,000. Saint Johnsbury, Vt.United States post office at Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, $100,000. Farmville, Va.United States post office at Farmville, Virginia, $60,000. Norton, Va.Mine rescue station quarters.United States post office at Norton, Virginia, $75,000, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to provide in said building suitable quarters for a mine rescue station.
Salem, Va.United States post office at Salem, Virginia. $65,000. Front Royal, Va.United States post office at Front Royal, Virginia, $50,000. Leesburg, Va.United States post office at Leesburg, Virginia, $55,000. Charles Town, W. Va.United States post office at Charles Town, West Virginia, $75,000. Beaver Dam, Wis.United States post office at Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, $80,000. Burlington, Wis.United States post office at Burlington, Wisconsin, $70,000. Mineral Point, Wis.United States post office and customhouse at Mineral Point, Wisconsin, $60,000.
Rhinelander, Wis.United States post office at Rhinelander, Wisconsin, $91,000. Ripon, Wis.United States post office at Ripon, Wisconsin, $75,000. Tomah, Wis.United States post office at Tomah, Wisconsin, $55,000. Oconto, Wis.United States post office at Oconto, Wisconsin, $60,000. Sec. 5. Acquiring sites, authorized.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to contract for the acquisition, by purchase, 877condemnation, or otherwise, of 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 Union Springs, Alabama, $5,000.Union Springs, Ala. United States post office at Albertville, Alabama, $5,000.Albertville, Ala. United States post office at Attalla, Alabama, $5,000.Attalla, Ala. United States post office at Greenville, Alabama, $5,000.Greenville, Ala. United States post office at Sylacauga, Alabama, $5,000.Sylacauga, Ala. United States post office at Nogales, Arizona, $10,000.Nogales, Ariz. United States post office at Prescott, Arizona, $7,500.Prescott, Ariz.
United States post office at Conway, Arkansas, $5,000.Conway, Ark. United States post office at Stuttgart, Arkansas, $5,000.Stuttgart, Ark. United States post office at El Dorado, Arkansas, $5,000.El Dorado, Ark. United States post office at Forrest City, Arkansas, $5,000.Forrest City, Ark. United States post office at Brinkley, Arkansas, $5,000.Brinkley, Ark. United States post office at Modesto, California, $20,000.Modesto, Cal. United States post office at Canyon City, Colorado, $15,000.Canyon City, Colo.
United States post office at Monte Vista, Colorado, $10,000.Monte Vista, Colo. United States post office and courthouse at Montrose, Colorado,Montrose Colo. $15,000. United States post office and land office at Sterling, Colorado,Sterling, Colo. $15,000. United States post office at Newark, Delaware, $5,000.Newark, Del. United States post office at De Funiak Springs, Florida, $6,000.De Funiak Springs, Fla. United States post office, courthouse, and customhouse, at KeyKey West, Fla.
West, Florida, $80,000. United States post office at Kissimmee, Florida, $6,000.Kissimmee, Fla. United States post office at Lake City, Florida, $7,500.Lake City, Fla. United States post office at Toccoa, Georgia, $5,000.Toccoa, Ga. United States post office at Canton, Georgia, $5,000.Canton, Ga. United States post office at Rossville, Georgia, $5,000.Rossville, Ga. United States post office at Sandersville, Georgia, $5,000.Sandersville, Ga. United States post office at Forsyth, Georgia, $5,000.Forsyth, Ga.
United States post office at Thomson, Georgia, $5,000.Thomson, Ga. United States post office at Waynesboro, Georgia, $5,000.Waynesboro, Ga. United States post office at Monroe, Georgia, $5,000.Monroe, Ga. United States post office at Madison, Georgia, $5,000.Madison, Ga. United States post office at Eatonton, Georgia, $5,000.Eatonton, Ga. United States post office at Nampa, Idaho, $10,000.Nampa, Idaho. United States post office at Caldwell, Idaho, $10,000.Caldwell, Idaho. United States post office at Mendota, Illinois, $10,000.Mendota, Ill.
United States post office at Carlinville, Illinois, $10,000.Carlinville, Ill. United States post office at Highland, Illinois, $7,000.Highland, Ill. United States post office at Carrollton, Illinois, $7,000.Carrollton, Ill. United States post office at Havana, Illinois, $10,000.Havana, Ill. United States post office at Springvalley, Illinois, $10,000.Springvalley, Ill. United States post office at Chicago, Illinois, $50,000, and said siteChicago, Ill., post-office.*Proviso*.Open space modified. shall be located on or near East Sixty-third Street in said city: *Provided*, That the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, disregard the provisions of law requiring a site to be bounded upon at least two sides by streets, and may further, in his discretion, reduce or entirely dispense with the open space for fire protection, United States post office at Woodstock, Illinois, $17,000.Woodstock, Ill.
United States post office at Decatur, Indiana, $10,000.Decatur, Ind. United States post office at Linton, Indiana, $8,000.Linton, Ind. United States post office at Noblesville, Indiana, $10,000.Noblesville, Ind. United States post office at Lebanon, Indiana, $10,000.Lebanon, Ind. United States post office at Greensburg. Indiana, $12,000.Greensburg, Ind. United States post office at Plymouth, Indiana, $10,000.Plymouth, Ind. United States post office at Warsaw, Indiana, $10,000.Warsaw, Ind. 878 Salem, Ind.United States post office at Salem, Indiana, $5,000.
Albia, Iowa.United States post office at Albia, Iowa, $5,000. Fairfield, Iowa.United States post office at Fairfield, Iowa, $10,000. Oelwein, Iowa.United States post office at Oelwein, Iowa, $8,000. Marengo, Iowa.United States post office at Marengo, Iowa, $5,000. Newton, Iowa.United States post office at Newton, Iowa, $10,000. Madisonville, Ky.United States post office at Madisonville, Kentucky, $10,000. Barbourville, Ky.United States post office at Barbourville, Kentucky, $5,000.
Central City, Ky.United States post office at Central City, Kentucky, $7,500. Harrodsburg, Ky.United States post office at Harrodsburg, Kentucky, $10,000. Eminence, Ky.United States post office at Eminence, Kentucky, $8,000. Paintsville, Ky.United States post office at Paintsville, Kentucky, $5,000. Pikeville, Ky.United States post office and courthouse at Pikeville, Kentucky, $7,500. Prestonsburg, Ky.United States post office at Prestonsburg, Kentucky, $5,000. Murray, Ky.United States post office at Murray, Kentucky, $5,000.
Hodgenville, Ky.United States post office at Hodgenville, Kentucky, $5,000. Falmouth, Ky.United States post office at Falmouth, Kentucky, $5,000. Elizabethtown, Ky.United States post office at Elizabethtown, Kentucky, $7,500. Morgan City, La.United States post office at Morgan City, Louisiana, $6,000. Provincetown, Mass.United States post office and customhouse at Provincetown, Massachusetts, $8,000. South Framingham, Mass.United States post office at South Framingham, Massachusetts, $25,000.
Benton Harbor, Mich.United States post office and customhouse at Benton Harbor. Michigan, $25,000. Calumet, Mich.United States post office at Calumet, Michigan, $20,000. Caruthersville, Mo.United States post office at Caruthersville, Missouri, $5,000. Centralia, Mo.United States post office at Centralia, Missouri, $7,500. Farmington, Mo.United States post office at Farmington, Missouri, $5,000. Sikeston, Mo.United States post office at Sikeston, Missouri, $7,500. Westplains, Mo.United States post office at Westplains, Missouri, $7,500.
Unionville, Mo.United States post office at Unionville, Missouri, $7,500. Mountain Grove, Mo.United States post office at Mountain Grove, Missouri, $7,500. Lebanon, Mo.United States post office at Lebanon, Missouri, $7,500. Lamar, Mo.United States post office at Lamar, Missouri, $10,000. Somersworth, N. H.United States post office at Somersworth, New Hampshire, $7,500. Salem, N. J.United States post office at Salem, New Jersey, $10,000. Bath, N. Y.United States post office at Bath, New York, $15,000.
Oneida, N. Y.United States post office at Oneida, New York, $20,000. Lyons, N. Y.United States post office at Lyons, New York, $15,000. Rutherfordton, N. C.United States post office at Rutherfordton, North Carolina, $5,000. Mount Olive, N. C.United States post office at Mount Olive, North Carolina, $5,000. Edenton, N. C.United States post office at Edenton, North Carolina, $7,500. Mount Airy, N. C.United States post office at Mount Airy, North Carolina, $5,000. Lenoir, N. C.United States post office at Lenoir, North Carolina, $8,000.
Wadesboro, N. C.United States post office at Wadesboro, North Carolina, $5,000. Rockingham, N. C.United States post office at Rockingham, North Carolina, $5,000. Fargo, N. Dak.United States post office and courthouse at Fargo, North Dakota. $25,000. Napoleon, Ohio.United States post office at Napoleon, Ohio, $7,500. Saint Marys, Ohio.United States post office at Saint Marys, Ohio, $7,500. New Philadelphia, Ohio.United States post office at New Philadelphia, Ohio, $12,500. Delphos, Ohio.United States post office at Delphos, Ohio, $7,000.
Millersburg, Ohio.United States post office at Millersburg, Ohio, $7,500. Frederick, Okla.United States post office at Frederick, Oklahoma, $10,000. Hobart, Okla.United States post office at Hobart, Oklahoma, $10,000. Saint Johns, Oreg.United States post office at Saint Johns, Oregon, $5,000. Tyrone, Pa.United States post office at Tyrone, Pennsylvania. $25,000. Warren, R. I.United States post office at Warren, Rhode Island, $10,000. Dillon, S. C.United States post office at Dillon, South Carolina, $7,500. 879 United States post office at Milbank, South Dakota, $7,500.Milbank, S.
Dak. United States post office at Vermilion, South Dakota, $7,500.Vermilion, S. Dak. United States post office at Huntingdon, Tennessee, $2,500.Huntingdon, Tenn. United States post office at Elizabethton, Tennessee, $2,500.Elizabethton, Tenn. United States post office at Rogersville, Tennessee, $3,000.Rogersville, Tenn. United States post office at Memphis, Tennessee, $40,000.Memphis, Tenn. United States post office at Crockett, Texas, $6,000.Crockett, Tex. United States post office at Memphis, Texas, $7,500.Memphis, Tex.
United States post office at Sweetwater, Texas, $7,500.Sweetwater, Tex. United States post office at Seguin, Texas, $7,500.Seguin, Tex. United States post office at Taylor, Texas, $5,000.Taylor, Tex. United States post office at Georgetown, Texas, $5,000.Georgetown, Tex. United States post office at Coleman, Texas, $5,000.Coleman, Tex. For the acquisition, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, ofDallas, Tex.Additional land. additional ground adjoining the post office and courthouse at Dalias, Texas, $300,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary: *Provided*, *Proviso*.New site authorized.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered, in his discretion, in lieu of the foregoing, to acquire a new site by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, for a post office at Dallas, Texas, at a limit of cost not to exceed $300,000.
United States post office at Nephi, Utah. $5,000.Nephi, Utah. United States post office at West Point, Virginia, $5,000.West Point, Va. United States post office at Cape Charles, Virginia, $7,500.Cape Charles, Va. United States post office at Buena Vista, Virginia, $5,000.Buena Vista, Va. United States post office at Woodstock, Virginia, $5,000.Woodstock, Va. United States post office at Manassas, Virginia, $5,000.Manassas, Va. United States post office at Colfax, Washington, $7,000.Colfax, Wash.
United States post office at Pasco, Washington, $10,000.Pasco, Wash. United States post office at New Martinsville, West Virginia,New Martinsville, W. Va. $12,500. United States post office on west side at Milwaukee, Wisconsin,Milwaukee, Wis. 5100,000. United States post office at Newcastle, Wyoming, $5,000: *Provided*,Newcastle, Wyo.*Proviso*.Authorizations for post office buildings hereafter, restricted. That hereafter no authorization shall be made for the construction of a building to be used exclusively for post office purposes it any town or city where the postal receipts have not reached the sum of $10,000 annually, nor shall any authorization for the purchase of a site for post office purposes only be made at any town or city where the postal receipts have not reached the sum of $6,000 annually.
Sec. 6. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,Portland, Oreg.Construction of post office authorized. authorized and directed to enter into contracts for the construction of a suitable building for a post office only upon the site heretofore acquired, bounded by Seventh, Eighth, Hoyt, and Glisan Streets, in the city of Portland, Oregon, at a total limit of cost for said building, complete, including mechanical equipment, heating, ventilating, vacuum cleaning and air washing systems, machinery, mechanical appliances and devices for handling mail, intercommunicating telephones and clock systems, and such other labor-saving devices and appliances as may be deemed necessary, at a total limit of cost,Limit of cost. exclusive of site, of $1,000,000.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, furtherArchitectural competition authorized. authorized and empowered, in his discretion, to secure the plans, specifications, and estimates for said building and the local supervision of its construction by competition among not less than five architects, and to make payment for the services of the architect whose plan may be selected out of the appropriation for said building, any statute to the contrary notwithstanding. 880 Sec. 7.
Birmingham, Ala.New site, or additional ground, and construction of building, authorized.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to contract for acquisition, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site, or additional ground adjoining the site already acquired, 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, courts, and other Limit of cost.governmental offices at Birmingham, Alabama.
The cost of said building and additional ground, or new site and building shall not *Proviso*.Sale of present site, etc.exceed $1,000,000: *Provided*, That if the Secretary of the Treasury should decide to acquire a new site he may in his discretion sell the site already acquired at an upset price of not less than $200,000, at public or private sale, at such time and upon such terms as ho may deem to be to the best interests of the United States and deposit the proceeds in the Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt.
Sec. 8. New Haven, Conn.Limit of cost increased from proceeds of old building.That the limit of cost for the acquisition of a site and the erection thereon of a suitable building for the accommodation of the United States post office, courthouse, and other governmental offices at New Haven, Connecticut, as provided by the Act of Congress approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, is hereby Vol. 36, p. 694.increased by the sum of $400,000, or so much thereof as may be realized from the sale of the old post-office and customhouse building and site thereof in the said city of New Haven, as provided in said Use of old building after sale.Act of June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten; and said Act of June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, is hereby amended so that the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized, in his discretion, to sell said old post-office and customhouse building and site on such terms as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem to be to the best interest of the United States subject to the provision and agreement that possession of same shall not be delivered until said new building is ready for occupancy.
Sec. 9. Washington. D. C.Office building for bureaus of Interior Department on Square 143.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be constructed on square numbered one hundred and forty-three, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, a fireproof building of modern office building type of architecture of sufficient area to afford when completed office accommodations for the entire organization at Washington, District of Columbia, of the Geological Survey, Reclamation Service, Indian Office, Bureau of Mines, and such other offices and bureaus of the Interior Department as can be accommodated therein.
Board to approve plans, etc.That the plans, specifications, and estimates for said building shall be approved by a board consisting of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Superintendent of the Capitol Building and Grounds. Amount authorized.Use of balance for preparing plans, etc.Vol. 32. p. 1039.That for the purpose of beginning the construction of said building the sum of $596,000 is hereby authorized, and the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the acquisition of said square one hundred and forty-three is hereby made available as a part of said authorization for the employment, at customary rates of compensation without regard to civil-service laws, rules, or regulations, of technical and engineering services in the Office of the Supervising Architect, exclusively to aid in the preparation of the necessary plans, specifications, estimates, and toward the commencement of the construction of said building.
Employment of additional technical services, etc.That the foregoing authorization for the employment of technical and engineering services shall be in addition to and independent of the authorizations and appropriations for personal services for the *Proviso*.Limit of cost.Office of the Supervising Architect otherwise made: *Provided*, That this authorization shall not be construed as fixing the limit of cost of said building at the sum hereby named, but the building hereby authorized shall be constructed or so planned as to cost, complete, 881including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, lighting fixtures, and approaches, but exclusive of site, not exceeding $2,596,000.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorizedContracts authorized. and directed to enter into contracts for the construction of a suitable building for said purpose within the ultimate limit of cost above mentioned. Sec. 10. That a building is hereby authorized to be erected in theGeorge Washington Memorial Building authorized. District of Columbia, to be Known as the George Washington Memorial Building. The control and administration of said building, when erected,Control, etc. shall be in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
The George Washington Memorial Association is authorized toTo be erected by George Washington Memorial Association.Cost, etc. erect said building in accordance with plans to be procured by said association and to be approved by the Commission of Fine Arts, said building to be fireproof, faced with granite, and to cost not. less than $2,000,000; it shall have an auditorium that will seat not loss than six thousand people, and such other smaller halls, reception rooms, office rooms, and so forth, as may be deemed necessary to carry out the purposes for which the building is erected.
And the said GeorgeEndowment fund. Washington Memorial Association shall in addition provide a permanent endowment fund of not less than $500,000, to be administered by the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, the income from which shall, as far as necessary, be used for the maintenance of the said building. Permission is granted the George Washington Memorial AssociationSite in Armory Square. to erect said building in the north end of the reservation known as Armory Square, bounded by Sixth and Seventh Streets west and B Street north and B Street south.
The south front of said buildingLand set apart. is to be on a line with the south front of the new National Museum Building, in the north end of the Smithsonian Park; and the said land is hereby set apart for that purpose: *Provided*, That the actual*Provisos*.Amount of paid subscriptions required. construction of said building shall not be undertaken until the sum of $1,000,000 shall have been subscribed and paid into the treasury of the George Washington Memorial Association: *And provided further*, That the erection of said George Washington Memorial BuildingTime of construction, etc. be begun within a period of two years from and after the passage of this Act, and this section shall be null and void should the George Washington Memorial Association fail to comply with the provisions thereof which are conditions precedent to the authorization herein granted.
Said building may, among other purposes, be used for inauguralPublic use of building. receptions and special public meetings authorized by Congress. Congress may alter, amend, add to, or repeal any of the provisionsAmendment, etc. of this section. Sec. 11. That so much of section twenty-four of the Act of CongressWilmington, N. C.Construction of building, excluding post office.Vol. 35, p. 542. approved May thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, as provides for the construction of buildings for a customhouse and other governmental offices, except United States courts and post office, and for a building for the United States appraisers’ stores at Wilmington, North Carolina, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to require that upon the enlarged site of the present customhouse and warehouse in said city the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause to be constructed a suitable and commodious fireproof building for the accommodation of the customs service, the appraisers’ stores, the United States courts and court officials, and such other governmental offices, exclusive of the post office, as can be properly and conveniently quartered in said building; and that the limit of cost fixed by said Act of May thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, isLimit of cost increased. hereby extended by the sum of $300,000, and said Act is hereby amended so as to fix the limit of cost for said new customhouse, 882appraisers’ stores, and courthouse and enlargement of site thereof at Use of balance.not exceeding $600,000; and that the unexpended balances of the appropriations heretofore made pursuant to said section twenty-four of the public budding Act of May thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, are hereby made available for the construction of the said building for customhouse, appraisers’ stores, and courthouseContracts authorized. hereinbefore prescribed; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to enter into contracts for the construction of such buildings for customhouse, appraisers’ stores, and courthouse at Wilmington, North Carolina, within the limit of cost hereinbefore fixed.
Sec. 12. Lancaster, Pa.New site.Vol. 36, p. 1375.Post office at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, $80,000, together with the unexpended balance of the amounts heretofore appropriated for additional land and building; all to be available for the acquisition of a new site. Sec. 13. Akron, Ohio.Acquiring site and erecting building.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site, or acquire it by condemnation or otherwise, in the city of Akron, Ohio, and cause to be erected thereon a suitable building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the post office and other governmental offices, the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heating and ventilating Sale of present building.apparatus, and approaches, not to exceed $400,000.
And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, when said building is completed and occupied by the United States authorities, to sell the present post-office building and site in said city of Akron 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 the proceeds of said sale in *Proviso*.Minimum price.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 $100,000.
Sec. 14. Memorial amphitheater at Arlington Cemetery. Va.Commission to supervise, etc.That for the purpose of beginning the construction under the direction of a commission consisting of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and Superintendent of the United States Capitol Building and Grounds, Ivory G. Kimball, representing the Grand Army of the Republic, and Charles W. Newton, representing the United Spanish War Veterans, of a memorial amphitheater, including a chapel, at the National Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, Construction authorized.Vol. 35, p. 540.and in accordance with the plans of Carrere and Hastings, architects, of New York City, adopted by the commission heretofore appointed, *Proviso*.Limit of cost.there is hereby authorized the sum of $250,000: *Provided*, That this authorization shall not be construed as fixing the limit of cost of said building at the sum herein named, but the building herein provided for shall be constructed so as to cost, complete, including heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, $750,000.
Contracts authorized.That said commission is hereby authorized to enter into contracts for the construction of said memorial amphitheater and chapel within *Proviso*.Location of chapel, etc.the ultimate limit of cost above mentioned. *Provided further*, That the said commission may, in its discretion, locate said chapel elsewhere upon the Arlington estate, and in that event may expend of the sum hereby authorized not more than $75,000 for the purpose of constructing said chapel.
Carrere and Hastings.Contract for professional services.That said commission is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a contract with Carrere and Hastings, architects, for their full professional services in connection with the construction of the memorial amphitheater, herein authorized, at the usual and customary professional charges for such services. Sec. 15. Oneonta, N. Y.Strip of public building site conveyed to.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to convey by quitclaim deed to the city of Oneonta, New York, for street purposes and no other, all the right, 883title, and interest of the United States of America in and to all or so much of a ten-foot strip of land off the South Main Street side of the Federal building site in said city as ho may deem advisable for said street purposes.
Sec. 16. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,East Las Vegas, N. Mex.Acquiring site and erecting building between, and town of Las Vegas. directed to purchase a site, or acquire it by condemnation or otherwise, on land at a convenient point between the incorporated city of East Las Vegas, New Mexico, and the incorporated town of Las Vegas, New Mexico, and cause to be erected thereon a suitable building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the post office, courthouse, and other governmental offices, the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, not to exceed the sum of $125,000, and the building herein provided for shall be used as a post office and courthouse and for other governmental purposes for both the incorporated city of East Las Vegas and the incorporated town of Las Vegas, notwithstanding the general law requiring the maintenance of a post office in each county seat, and the authorization of $15,000 made for theFormer site repealed.Vol. 36, p. 691. purchase of a site in the town of Las Vegas is hereby repealed.
Sec. 17. That a commission, consisting of the Secretary of theWashington, D. C.Patent Office.Commission created to submit plans for new building. Interior, the Commissioner of Patents, and the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, be, and is hereby, created, which shall cause plans and estimates to be prepared for a building to accommodate the Patent Office of the United States, and report the estimated cost thereof to the Congress, provided that such plans and estimates be prepared under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury.
And for the preparation of such plans and estimates aTechnical services authorized. sum not to exceed $5,000 is hereby authorized to be expended for employment of technical and engineering services without regard to civil-service laws, rules, or regulations in the Office of the Supervising Architect. That the foregoing authorization for the employment ofAdditional to office force of Supervising Architect. technical and engineering services shall be in addition to and independent of the authorization and appropriations for personal services tor the Office of the Supervising Architect otherwise made.
Sec. 18. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,Pittsburgh, Pa.Sale of post-office site. authorized and directed to sell, in whole or in part, the post-office site situated at Liberty Avenue and Sixteenth Street, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 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 or purchasers thereof, and to deposit the proceeds of said sale in the Treasury of the United States as a miscellaneous receipt: *Provided*, That all the land embraced in said site shall not be*Proviso*.Minimum price. sold for less than an aggregate of $750,000; the proceeds of such sale,Proceeds for new site. or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby authorized toward the purchase of another site for a post office building in said city of Pittsburgh.
Sec. 19. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,Newark, N. J.Acquiring site for new building. authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site for a suitable building and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States post office and other governmental offices in the city of Newark, in the State of New Jersey, the cost of said site not to exceed the sum of $800,000 and payment thereforPayment from proceeds of present site. to be made out of the proceeds of the sale of the old site and building hereinafter provided for: *Provided*, That such site shall not be*Provisos*.Sale of present building. acquired until the Secretary of the Treasury shall have entered into a contract on behalf of the United States with a responsible purchaserUse until new building completed. for the sale of the site now occupied in. said city by the post office at a minimum price of $1,800,000, such contract to provide for the use by the Government free of rent of said site and buildings thereon for 884governmental purposes until the completion and occupation by the Government of a building upon the site herein authorized to be Terms of sale, etc.acquired: *And further provided*, That the sale of the present site and building thereon shall be made only after proper advertisement and at such time and upon such terms as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem to be for the best interests of the United States, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to execute and deliver Use of balance for construction.to the purchaser a quitclaim deed.
The balance of said proceeds in excess of the amount paid for the site is hereby authorized for the construction of a new building complete, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the use of the United States post office and other governmental offices, said building to be erected on the site herein authorized to be Fire protection.purchased: *And provided further*, That the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, may disregard the provision requiring forty feet open space for fire protection.
Sec. 20. Des Moines, Iowa.Acquiring site for public uses except post office.That the Secretary of the Treasury he, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to select and acquire by purchase or otherwise a suitable site for a public building in Des Moines, Iowa, for the use of the courts of the United States and such other governmental purposes, except post-offices purposes, as may be necessary or Building authorized.Cost.convenient, the site to cost not more than $100,000; and he is further authorized and directed to cause to be erected upon said site a suitable building for the aforesaid purposes, the building to cost not more than $250,000.
To acquire the site and erect the building there is hereby authorized the sum of $350,000. Sale of present building.When said site has been acquired and the building erected thereon the Secretary of the Treasury shall sell the lots and building thereon now owned by the United States situated at the northeast corner of West Court Avenue and West Fifth Street in the city of Des Moines, Iowa, at not less than $225,000, which shall be covered into the Treasury. Publication.The said sale shall be made after notice published in at least three daily Des Moines newspaper once each day for not less than three weeks, upon bids received in pursuance of such notice and upon the terms deemed most advantageous to the.
United States. Restriction on amount for present building.Only that part of the money heretofore appropriated for the repair and modification of said building now in use as may be necessary to render the building fit for use by the district court and by other officers of the Government now using it, shall be expended, anti the remainder shall be covered into the Treasury. Sec. 21. Washington, D. C.National archives building.Designs and estimates to be prepared.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to prepare designs and estimates for a fire-proof national archives building of modern library-stack type of architecture, containing not less than three million cubic feet of space, suitable for the orderly storage of records, documents, and other papers which have accumulated in the various departments, independent establishments, and executive offices and in the files of the Senate and House of Representatives and are not needed for current use.
Space required.That the said designs and estimates shall be prepared with a view to the erection of the said building in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, upon a lot of land large enough to contain ultimately a building embracing eight million nine hundred thousand cubic feet of space. Provision for subsequent extension.That the said designs and estimates shall make provision for a building capable of subsequent extension, without impairing its architectural appearance, from a capacity of three million cubic feet to a capacity of eight million nine hundred thousand cubic feet.
Inspection of buildings, etc., abroad.That before the said designs and estimates are completed inspection shall be made under the direction of the Secretary of the Treas885ury of the best modern national archive buildings in Europe, and consultation shall be had with the best authorities in Europe on the construction and arrangement of archive buildings. That the said designs and estimates shall provide for the constructionLimit of cost. of a building the total cost of which, including heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, shall not exceed the sum of $1,500,000.
That whenever the said designs and estimates have been approvedPurchase of site. by a commission consisting of the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, and the Secretary of the Interior, then the Secretary of the Treasury shall be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, in his discretion, to purchase, or cause to be taken for public use, by condemnation or otherwise, as a site for said building, any piece of land of the size defined in this section the purchase of which shall be approved by the said commission.
That for the preparation of said designs and estimates the sum ofAmount authorized for preparing plans, etc. $5,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized to be expended for employment of technical and engineering services in the office of the Supervising Architect. Sec. 22. That for the purpose of preventing the pollution andWashington, D. C.Commission to acquire land adjoining Rock Creek to connect Zoological and Potomac Parks. obstruction of Rock Creek and of connecting Potomac Park with the Zoological Park and Rock Creek Park, a commission, to be composed of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, and the Secretary of Agriculture, is hereby authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, such land and premises as are not now the property of the United States in the District of Columbia shown on the map on file in the office of the Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia, dated May seventeenth, nineteen hundred and eleven, and lying on both sides of Rock Creek, including such portion of the creek bed as may be in private ownership, between the Zoological Park and Potomac Park; and the sum of $1,300,000 is hereby authorized to be expendedAmount authorized. toward the requirement of such land.
That all lands now belonging to the United States or to the District of Columbia lying within thePublic lands added. exterior boundaries of the land to be acquired by this act as shown and designated on said map are hereby appropriated to and made a part of the parkway herein authorized to be acquired. One-half ofOne half of cost from District revenues, in installments. the cost of the said lands shall be reimbursed to the Treasury of the United States out of the revenues of the District of Columbia in eight equal annual installments, with interest at the rate of three per centum per annum upon the deferred payments.
That shouldCondemnation proceedings. the commission decide to institute condemnation proceedings in order to secure any or all of the land herein authorized to be acquired, such proceedings shall be in accordance with the provisions of the actVol. 26, p. 412. 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).
Sec. 23. That a commission is hereby created, to consist of thePotomac River, D. C.Memorial Bridge, Washington to Arlington.Commission created to report design, etc. President of the United States, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the chairman of the Committees on Public Buildings and Grounds of the Senate and House of Representatives, for the purpose of investigating and reporting to Congress a suitable design for a Memorial Bridge across the Potomac River, from the city of Washington, to a point at or near the Arlington estate in the State of Virginia; and the saidAmount authorized for expenses. commission is hereby authorized to expend the sum of $25,000 in procuring such designs and for malting such surveys and estimates of cost as they may deem advisable, and report as early as may be to Congress. 886 Sec. 24.
Ardmore, Okla.Purchase of land adjoining building site.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, the land adjoining the present Federal building site in Ardmore, Oklahoma, extending from said site to A Street by a Vol. 36, p. 1365.depth of one hundred and forty-five feet in A Street, at a cost not exceeding $8,000, said sum to be paid out of the balance heretofore authorized for building and site in said city.
Sec. 25. Saint Louis, Mo.Construction of subtreasury authorized.That for the purpose of beginning the construction on the site heretofore procured of a suitable and commodious fireproof budding for the accommodation of the United States Subtreasury and other governmental offices at Saint Louis, Missouri, the sum of *Proviso*.Limit of cost.$200,000 is hereby authorized: *Provided*, That this authorization shall not be construed as fixing the limit of cost of said building at the sum hereby named, but the building hereby provided for shall be constructed or planned so as to cost, complete, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, but exclusive of site, not exceeding $1,000,000.
Contracts authorized.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to enter into contracts for the construction of a suitable building for said purpose within the ultimate Unit of cost above mentioned. Sec. 26. Bureau of Mines.Erection of laboratories, etc., in Pittsburgh, Pa.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to enter into a contract or contracts for the erection and completion of fireproof laboratories and other buildings suitable and necessary for the investigations of the Bureau of Mines, on a site hereinafter provided, in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, within the total limit of cost hereinafter fixed.
Board to approve plans and estimates.That the said laboratories and other buddings shall be constructed under the direction of and in accordance with plans and estimates to be approved by a board consisting of the Director of the Bureau of Mines, the Chief of Engineers of the Army, and the Supervising Limit of cost.Architect of the Treasury, and shall be so constructed as to cost, complete, with the necessary railroad sidings, approaches, plumbing, lighting, heating, ventilating and hoisting apparatus, and other Amount authorized for plan.necessary appurtenances, not to exceed the sum of $500,000, of which amount the sum of $250,000 is hereby authorized and shall be immediately available for the preparation of plans for said laboratories and other buildings and for carrying forward construction Technical, etc., services, preparing plans, etc.work.
And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to employ, without regard to civil-service laws, rides, or regulations, and to pay for at customary rates of compensation, out of this authorization, such technical and engineering services as may be recommended by the above board, to serve exclusively in the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department to aid in the preparation of plans and specifications for and to supervise the *Proviso*.Additional to office force of Supervising Architect.construction of the work herein provided for: *Provided*, That the foregoing authorization for the employment of technical and engineering services shall be in addition to and independent of the authorizations and appropriations for personal services for the Office of the Supervising Architect otherwise made.
Exchange of lands with City, for site.That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to transfer to the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, or to the board of public education of the said city of Pittsburgh, for public use, Lands transferred to Pittsburgh.that part of the United States arsenal grounds in the city of Pittsburgh lying between Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Streets and between Butler Street and the tract of land transferred by the Secretary of Vol. 32, p. 1088.War to the custody and control of the Treasury Department for a marine-hospital site by an instrument dated June first, nineteen hundred and four, under authority of the sundry civil Act of March third, nineteen hundred and three, the land to be transferred to the 887said city of Pittsburgh being more particularly described as follows:Description.
Beginning at the northwest corner of the said tract of land transferred to the custody and control of the Treasury Department, and running thence along Fortieth Street hi a northwesterly direction to the intersection of said street and Butler Street, one thousand one hundred and seventeen and one-half feet, more or less; thence along Butler Street in a southwesterly direction to the intersection of said street and Thirty-ninth Street, five hundred and twenty-three feet, more or less; thence along Thirty-ninth Street in a southeasterly direction to southwest corner of the said tract of land transferred to the custody and control of the Treasury Department, one thousand one hundred and one-half feet, more or less; and thence along the westerly boundary of said tract of land in a northeasterly direction to the place of beginning, five hundred and twenty-three feet, more or less; and containingLands transferred to United States. thirteen and one-fourth acres, more or less, on the transfer by the board of public education of the city of Pittsburgh, or by the city of Pittsburgh, to the United States, for the use of the Bureau of Mines, under the Department of the Interior, as a site for the erection of the laboratories and other buildings hereinbefore provided for, of the tract of land in the said city of Pittsburgh, known as the Magee High School site, and lying on Forbes Street and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and more particularly described as follows:Description.
Beginning in the center of Boundary Street at its junction with Forbes Street and running north eighty-seven degree thirty-six minutes forty-five seconds east parallel to Forbes Street for a distance of five hundred and thirty-six and two-tenths feet, more or less, to a stone monument; thence running south two degrees twenty-three minutes fifteen seconds east for a distance of one hundred and fifty feet, more or less, to a stone monument; thence north eighty-seven degrees thirty-six minutes forty-five seconds east for a distance of one hundred and fifteen feet, more or less, to a stone monument; thence north two degrees twenty-three minutes fifteen seconds west for a distance of fifty-eight and eighty-nine one-hundredths feet, more or less, to a stone monument; thence south fifty-two degrees twenty-six minutes fifteen seconds east for a distance of twenty and eighty one-hundredths feet, more or less, to a pin; thence south fifty degrees forty-one minutes fifteen seconds east for a distance of four hundred and thirteen and eight-tenths feet, more or less, to a pin; thence south fifteen degrees twenty-eight minutes forty-five seconds west for a distance of three hundred and twenty-six and seventy one-hundredths feet, more or less, to a pin; thence north seventy-six degrees forty-five minutes west for a distance of one thousand one hundred and forty-four and seventy-five one-hundredths feet, more or less, to the center of Boundary Street; and thence along the center of Boundary Street north twenty-eight degrees fifteen minutes east for a distance of four hundred and forty-four and thirty-eight one-hundredths feet, more or less, to the starting point, and containing an area of eleven and one-half acres, more or less: *Provided*, That before the above-described*Proviso*.Transfer subject to receiving water free of charge. transfer by the Secretary of War to the city of Pittsburgh shall become effective, and as an express further consideration for said transfer, and for the surrender by the United States of a perpetual water supply now obtained from a reservoir located on the lands so to be transferred, the city of Pittsburgh, through its proper officers, shall covenant and agree, at its own expense, and within a reasonable time, to tap, within that part of the Pittsburgh supply depot and reservation between Butler Street and the Allegheny River retained by the United States, the forty-two inch water main belonging to the said city which now crosses the said reservation under a revocable license, and thereafter to furnish, in perpetuity free of charge to the United States, all the water needed of good quality for said purposes 888for all purposes upon the said reservation, and shall also agree to keep its own water main, pipes, hydrants, and other necessary appurtenances now located or hereafter to be located upon the same, Reversion.in good condition and repair at its own expense.
In case of failure of the city of Pittsburgh to do any and all things necessary to proper Fulfillment of this provision, the reservoir, pipe lines, and so much of the land adjacent thereto on the part of the reservation which is to be transferred to the said city as may be needed for rights of way shall revert to the United States. Sec. 27. Utica, N. Y.Additional ground for enlarging building authorized.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, additional ground adjoining the present site of the post office, customhouse, and courthouse at Utica, New York, at. a cost not to exceed $40,000, and that for the purpose of beginning the enlargement, extension, remodeling, repairing, or improvement upon the present site and the enlarged site herein provided for of said post office, customhouse, and courthouse and other governmental offices in *Proviso*.Limit of cost.said building, the sum of $180,000 is hereby authorized: *Provided*, That this authorization shall not be construed as fixing the limit of cost of said enlargement, extension, remodeling, repairing, or improvement at the sum hereby named, but the enlargement hereby provided for shall be constructed or planned so as to cost, complete, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, not exceeding $365,000.
Sec. 28. Supervising Architect’s Office.Technical experts authorized for standardizing construction and equipment.That the employment is hereby authorized of an architectural designer at a compensation of $6,000 per annum, a structural engineering expert at $5,000 per annum, and a heating, lighting, and ventilating engineering expert at $5,000 per annum, to serve in the office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, to assist the Supervising Architect in connection with the designing and standardizing of public buildings authorized to be erected under the control of the Treasury Department and the mechanical equipment thereof, and in connection with architectural and engineering work of said *Provisos*.Employment.office of unusual magnitude or complication: *Provided*, That such services may be employed without regard to civil-service laws, rules, or regulations, and no person now in the employ of the Supervising Architect’s office shall be eligible to such employment:Additional to regular office force. *And provided further*, That the foregoing authorization for the employment of technical experts to assist the Supervising Architect shall be in addition to and independent of the authorizations and appropriations for personal services for the office of the Supervising Architect otherwise made.
Sec. 29. Baltimore, Md.Immigrant station.Limit of cost increased, purchase of site and construction authorized.Vol. 36, p. 685.That the limit of cost of the purchase of a site and the erection of an immigration station at Baltimore, Maryland, heretofore fixed at $130,000, be, and the same is hereby, increased to $280,000, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to enter into contracts for the purchase of a site and the erection of a building or buildings in said city of Baltimore, Maryland, the cost of such building or buildings and site, including filling in for pier, grading, approaches, sea wall, incidental dredging, and so forth, but excluding furniture and furnishings, not to exceed the sum of $280,000.
Part of Fort McHenry grounds set apart as site.Description.That the piece of ground forming a part of the land acquired by the United States about the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six as an addition to the grounds of Fort McHenry, in the State of Maryland, which is described as follows: “Beginning for the same at the intersection formed by the southwesternmost outline and the southeasternmost outline of the property of the Baltimore Dry Dock Company, as conveyed by George W.
McCrary, Secretary of War, to Baltimore Dry Dock Company, March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and recorded in Liber F. A. P., eight hundred and thirty-six, folio five hundred and fifty-seven, of the records of Balti889more City, which point of beginning is the southernmost corner of said Baltimore Dry Dock Company’s land; thence southeasterly binding on the said south westernmost outline produced southeasterly in a straight line two hundred and thirty feet to intellect a line drawn southwesterly from the northwest branch of Patapsco River parallel to the above-mentioned southeastern most outline of Baltimore Dry Dock Company’s land and two hundred and thirty feet therefrom measured at right angles thereto; thence northeasterly reversing said line so drawn and binding thereon five hundred and eighty-five feet, more or less, to the northwest branch of Patapsco River; thence northwesterly binding on said northwest branch of Patapsco River two hundred and thirty-eight feet, more or less, to the above-mentioned southeasternmost outline of Baltimore Dry Dock Company’s land; thence southwesterly binding on said southeasternmost outline of Baltimore Dry Dock Company’s land, six hundred and forty-two feet to the beginning, containing three and one-fourth acres, more or less,” be, and the same is hereby, set aside and designated as a site for the immigration station to be constructed at the port of Baltimore; andPurchase of lands to connect with City streets. the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, sufficient land along the southwestern boundary of the lot ceded by the United States to the Baltimore Dry Dock Company and through the land of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company for an outlet from said immigration site and grounds to the city streets beyond, the said outlet not to cost more than $20,000, and to be paid for out of the funds authorized for saidRailroad facilities. immigration station; and the Secretary of the Treasury is further authorized to contract and arrange for railroad facilities upon said outlet and immigration site; and the Secretary of the Treasury isSale of former site. further authorized and directed to sell, in such manner and upon such terms as he may deem for the best interests of the United States, the site heretofore acquired for said immigration station in the city of Baltimore, Maryland; and to convey the last-mentioned land to such purchaser by the usual quitclaim deed, and to deposit the proceeds derived from such sale in the Treasury of the United States as a miscellaneous receipt.
Sec. 30. That for the purpose of beginning the enlargementKansas City, Mo.Enlarging, etc., building authorized., extension, remodeling, repairing, rebuilding, or improvement, upon the present site, of the United States post office and courthouse at Kansas City, Missouri, so as to provide additional and necessary accommodations for the said post office. United States courts, and other governmental offices in said building, the sum of $150,000 is hereby authorized; *Provided*, That this authorization shall not be*Proviso*.Limit of cost. construed as fixing the limit of cost of said enlargement, extension, remodeling, repairing, or improvement at the sum hereby named, but the enlargement hereby provided for shall be constructed or planned so as to cost, complete, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, not exceeding $500,000.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorizedContracts authorized. to enter into contracts for the enlargement, extension, remodeling, repairing, and improvement of said building within the ultimate limit of cost above stated. Sec. 31. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,Malden, Mass.Acceptance of site, authorized.*Ante*, p, 875. authorized and directed to accept for the United States, by donation, without expense to the United States, a suitable site for the use and accommodation of the post office and other governmental offices at Malden, Massachusetts.
Sec. 32. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,Charleston, S. C.Old post-office building conveyed to Daughters of American Revolution. authorized and empowered to convey, by quitclaim deed, the building formerly used for post-office purposes and now known as the “Old Exchange,” in the city of Charleston, South Carolina, to the Order of Daughters of the American Revolution in and of the State of South 890Carolina, to be held by it as a historical memorial in trust for such use, care, and occupation thereof by the Rebecca Motte Chapter of said order, resident in the city of Charleston, State aforesaid, as the said chapter shall in its judgment deem to best subserve the preservation of said colonial building and promote the honorable and *Proviso*.Temporary public use.patriotic purpose for which the grant is requested: *Provided*, That the sixth lighthouse district shah continue to occupy the said building without cost to the Government, except for the upkeep, until provision is made for other quarters.
Sec. 33. Offers for sites to be made in writing.That the Secretary of the Treasury shall require all owners or agents of sites hi each city mentioned in this Act, where sites or additions to sites are to be purchased, to submit offers of sale in writing. And in case a site or addition to a site acquired under the provisions of this Act contains a building or buildings, the Secretary Rent of buildings until removal.of the Treasury is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to rent until their removal becomes necessary such of said buildings as may be purchased by the Government, or the land on which the same may be located, where the buildings are reserved by the vendors, 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 *Proviso*.Street frontage required.to Congress annually: *Provided*, That each site selected under the provisions of this Act shall be bounded upon at least two sides by streets, unless otherwise specifically provided.
Sec. 34. Advertising proposals for 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 largest circulation of said cities, respectively, for at least twenty days prior to the date specified in said advertisement for the opening of said Examinations of proposed sites, etc.proposals. Proposals made in response to said advertisement shall be mailed and addressed 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. 35. Open space for fire protection.That all buildings authorized to be constructed, enlarged, or extended under the provisions of this Act shall, unless otherwise provided herein, be unexposed to danger from fire by an open space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys:*Proviso*.Reduction in exceptional cases. *Provided*, That in exceptional cases and 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. 36. Construction of public buildings.Commission to present scheme involving appropriations, etc., for.That a commission composed of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Postmaster General, the Attorney General, two members of the Committee on Public Buildings and grounds of the Senate, to be appointed by the President of the Senate, and two Members of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House, shall, with the aid of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury present to Congress a connected scheme, involving annual appropriations for the construction and completion of public buildings heretofore authorized within a reasonable tune, and shall frame a standard or standards by which the size and cost of public buildings shall, as far as practicable, be determined, and shall report as to the adaptability in size, accommodations, and cost of buddings hitherto authorized to the requirements of the communities in which they are to be located, and also whether the existing appropriations should be increased or diminished to meet such requirements, and that the sum of $5,000 is hereby appropriated for the expenses of such inquiry.
Approved, March 4, 1913.
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