FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 382-385. 1899. 997 submitted to them, in like manner as hereinbefore provided in regard to the proceedings of said agent of the Treasury Department; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall thereupon iinally determine the location of the building to be erected. The compensation of said commissioners shall be nxed by the Secre— -—¢¤¤¤P¤¤¤¤*i<>¤ <>f· tary of the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars per day and actual traveling expenses: Provided, however, That the member of P{¢>zjj~¤· said commission appointed from the Treasury Department shall be paid Q. mmy mm" on ly his actual traveling expenses. · The building shall be unexposed to danger from tire by an open space Fm SPM- of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys. Approved, March 2, 1899. CHAP. 383.-An Act To provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a Much 2. 1899- public building thereon at the city of Eau Claire, in the State of Wisconsin. W Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- £f‘,‘,§Ig",§f,'§;d`g,‘;‘ W ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire by purchase, thormd. condemnation, or otherwise, a site, and cause to be erected thereon a suitable building, including tsireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States courts, post-office, land office, and other Government offices in _ _ the city of Eau Claire and State of Wisconsin; the cost of said site and L“'“‘ °f °°“*· building, including said vaults, heating and ventilatiug apparatus, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars. No site shall be purchased until estimates for the erection of a building which will furnish sufficient accommodations for the transaction of the public business, and which shall not exceed in cost the balance of the sum herein limited, after the site shall have been purchased and paid for, shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury; and no purchase of site nor plan of said building shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the sum of fifty thousand dollars for site and building; and the site purchased Firs ¤p¤¤¤· shall leave the building unexposed to danger from tire by an open space of at least forty feet, including streets and alleys. Approved, March 2, 1899. ‘ CHAP. 384.-—-An Act To enlarge and improve the United States public building M¤r¤h 2.1891 at Columbus, Georgia. "—"°‘°"""W Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the g<>1¤mb¤¤.G¤- { Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to so cause the p,,,,}},} “{,§{],’{§§_Q°,‘,§, post-otiice and court-house building at Columbus, Georgia, to be *¤¢¤i¤·‘·¤· extended and enlarged so as to provide necessary accommodation for the postofiice, courts, and other branches of the Government service, and to purchase additional ground, in his discretion, at a cost not to exceed Limit of cost. fifty thousand dollars, including all necessary repairs to the present structure and cost of additional ground. Approved, March 2, 1899. CHAP. 385.-An Act To provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a Mamb 2, 1899. public building thereon at Rome, in the State of New York. —————~·;;· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the g<>¤,g<?·§;`fmm Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire, by u,.,;-ind, u g m` purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site, and cause to be erected
