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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 39 STAT. · May 1, 1916 · Chapter 103

Chapter 103.

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CHAP. 103.— AN ACT To provide for the exchange of the present Federal building site in Newark, Delaware. May 1, 1916.[[H. R. 6442](/us/bill/64/hr/6442).][[Public, No. 66](/us/pl/64/66).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Newark, Del. Exchange of present public building for new site.Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to acquire by exchange for the present Federal building site in Newark, Delaware, a new site for said building, and to convey the present site to be given in exchange therefor, by the usual quitclaim deed.
Such new site shall be centrally and conveniently located and of such size that an open space of such width, including streets and alleys, as the Secretary of the Treasury may determine may he maintained about the Federal building when constructed for the protection thereof *Proviso.* No additional expense.from fire in adjacent buildings: *Provided further,* That the United States Government be placed to no additional expense should the aforesaid exchange be consummated. Approved, May 1, 1916.
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