112 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 9. 1897. of said bank, upon the claim of George Z. French, all further liability of said George Z. French and of his sureties to the United States of America upon his official bond as postmaster at Wilmington, North Carolina, shall cease and determine as to and to the extent of certain funds belonging to the United States which were deposited and_upou deposit by the said French in said First National Bank at the time it · closed its doors and ceased to do business and went into the hands of mi uhm the receiver: Provided, however, That nothing in this Act contained °shall operate as a release to the said French and his suretics on his oilicial bond of any liabilities to the United States which may have been incurred by said French while acting as postmaster at Wilmington, other than as to the amount so deposited and on deposit in said bank as aforesaid. Tmgmteggggggif Urmcn Assrsrur rnmsunna, N nw Yonx; For reimbursing ’ employees in the office of the assistant treasurer of the United States ndmimmmouz or at New York the amount lost in the fiscal year eighteen hundred and °¤*P*°Y°°* ninety-two by reason of the forgery of Edward Ecroyd and made good by said employees, three hundred dollars. M¤¤ PROTECTION on SALMON FISHERIES on ALASKA: To pay amounts P¤·¤¤·=¢i·>¤<¤’••¤¤¤··¤ found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the °“h°d°" appropriation “Protection of salmon fisheries of Alaska," for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six, forty-four dollars and thirty-six cents. _ Wcrlgs ¤¤\¤¤=bi=¤= WOBLD’S COLUM:BIAN EXPOSITION: To pay amounts found due by E?}°u°op£'orn¤p.» the accounting officcrs of the Treasury on account of the appropriation ¤·¤¤¤¤¤1¤¤'·¤- *¢ Synopsis of Department reports, World’s Columbian Exposition," ninety-eight dollars and forty-five cents. · g;¤-1>•y:_9¤- For payment to N. E. Dawson, for services rendered the World’s mm Columbian Commission, five hundred dollars. Public ¤•¤¤¤1i¤z•· PUBLIC BUILDINGS. c1u¤·g¤.m. _ _ For temporary building for postofiice at Chicago Illinois: For a - T°'“P°'""”“’1d""" ment of outstanding liabilities, eighty-eight dollars and thirty-eight cents. - Helena. Ark For court-house and post-office at Helena, Arkansas: For completion of approaches, tour thousand dollars. yu-k,1·. For post-office at York, Pennsylvania: For completion of building, one thousand dollars. se. An»•¤¤. Vt For custom-house and post-office at Saint Albans, Vermont: The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to make such alterations in the plans and specifications for the rebuilding and repairing of the custom-house and post-office building at Saint Albans, Vermont, or to enlarge said building as he muy deem expedient in the interest of the _rrm¤¤ npproprin- public service, such alterations or enlargement in no event to increase },§Q‘,,,§‘_°° ‘° ° “" the cost of rebuilding and repairing said building to an amount boyoud the appropriation already made for said purpose. n¤·>i¤¤.Wi=»· Authority is hereby given the Secretary of the Treasury, if he shall deem it expedient and in the interest of the public service, to expend the balance of the original sum of one hundred thousand dollars approprinted for the public building now in process of construction at Racine, Wisconsin, in the betterment and finishing of said building and of the approaches thereto; said balance and apparent surplus being about tive thousand dollars according to the estimates made in the office of I'raviM. the Supervising Architect: Provided, That in no event shall the origi- U*¤** °‘ °°°*· uu] appropriation and limit of cost of said building be exceeded. ¤¤·¤z<*r¤r¤— C·>¤¤· For custom-house and post-office at Bridgeport, Connecticut: To carry out the following provision in the sundry civil appropriation Act for eighteen hundred and ninetyeight, approved June fourth, eighteen b rpiqiiucir to p¤w•= hundred and ninetyseven, namely: “That the Secretary of the Treas- ‘j;,}§=,f,fj my bo, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, such additional land as he 1118y deem necessary, and to cause to be erected an addition or extension to the
