Chapter 457. Authorizing the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Madison,
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CHAP. 457.— An Act Authorizing the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Madison, .Wisconsin, and for other purposes. September 7, 1916.[[H. R. 14391](/us/bill/64/hr/14391).][[Public, No. 266](/us/pl/64/266).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Madison, Wis.Sale of present public building, authorized.Vol. 37, p. 873, amended. That the provision of the Act of Congress approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen (Thirty-seventh Statutes, page eight hundred and seventy-three), which authorizes the demolition of the present Federal building and the construction of a new post office and courthouse upon the site thereof at Madison, Wisconsin, at a limit of cost of $550,000, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury further, in his discretion, to sell the present post office and courthouse and the site thereof in said city to the highest bidder, at public or private sale, in such manner and upon such terms as he may deem for the best interests of the United States; to convey said property to the purchaser thereof by the usual quitclaim deed and to deposit the proceeds of such sale in the Treasury of the United States *Proviso*.Free occupancy during construction of new building.as a miscellaneous receipt: *Provided, however,* That if such sale is made before the completion and occupancy of the new Federal building hereinafter authorized, the agreement of sale shall reserve to the United States the right to continue to occupy said present Federal building property free of rent for not exceeding three years from the date of such sale.
Sec. 2. New site and building authorized. That if the Secretary of the Treasury elects so to sell the present Federal building property, he is hereby further authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a suitable site in said city, and to contract for the erection and completion thereon of a suitable building, including fireproof vaults, mechanical equipment, and approaches, complete, for the use and accommodation of the post office, United States courts, and other Limit of cost.governmental offices in said city, at a cost for said new site and building of not exceeding $550,000.
Sec. 3. Use of former appropriations.Vol. 38, p. 825. That if the Secretary of the Treasury elects so to sell said present Federal building property, the appropriations of $200,000 and $15,000 made by the Act of Congress approved March third, nineteen hundred and fifteen (Thirty-eighth Statutes, page eight hundred and twenty-five), for the demolition of the present Federal building and commencement of a new building on the site thereof and for temporary quarters and moving expenses, be, and the same are hereby, made available for the acquisition of such new site and the commencement of the erection thereon of the new building authorized in the next preceding paragraph hereof.
Sec. 4. Open space modified if present site used. That if a new building is erected on the present Federal building site, the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, may disregard the provision requiring forty feet open space for fire protection. Approved, September 7, 1916.