FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 1762. 1904. 481 To acquire a site for and toward the construction of a tireproof ,0’fg;'m°fg°° l’““‘““¥ building for committee rooms, folding rooms, and other offices for the ' United States Senate and for necessary office rooms for Senators, to L¤<>¤*=i¤¤- be erected on square numbered six hundred and eighty-six, in the city _ of \Vashington, District of Columbia, bounded byT street northeast, . First street northeast, C street northeast, and Delaware avenue north- <><>¤¤*¤¤¤¤¤¤· east, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and said site shall be acquired and said building_ constructed under the direction and su r- Commission. vision of a commission, which is hereby created, to be composedw of three Senators, namel : Honorable Shelpiy M. Cullom, of Illinois, Honorable Jacob H. Callinger, of New ampshire, and Honorable Francis M. Cockrell, of Missouri, and said building shall be constructed in accordance with architectural plans to be secured by said Limit ofcost. commission in such way as they may deem advisable. The cost of said building, exclusive of site, shall not exceed two million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars; the construction thereof and letting of contracts therefor, including employment of skilled and other services, shall be under the control of the Superintendent of the Capitol Building and Grounds, subject to the direction and supervision of said Aoquumguus. commission. The said commission may acquire said site or any portion thereof b direct purchase, if the prices are reasonable; such portion of said site as can not be so purchased shall be acqpired by ‘ , · condemnation, as follows: The said commission shall notify the Secretary of the Interior in writing of such failure, whereupon the said Secretary of the Interior shall, within thirty days after the receipt of said notice, {proceed to acquire such portion of said site in the manner rescribed or providing a site for an addition to the Government I’rintiu Officein so much of the Act approved July first, eighteen V°’· ‘°·P·‘“’·
and ninety-eight, as is set forth on pages six hundred and
forty-eight and six hundred and forty-nine of volume thirty of the Statutes at Large, and for the purpose of such acquisition the Secre- : tary of the Interior shall have and exercise all powers conferred upon the Public Printer in said Act. " The appropriations herein and hereafter made for said site and p,]§Q,”,'f§§f,fQF“‘°i“P' building may be used for the payment of necessary expenses not compensation or salaries of the commission hereinafter provided for, and shall be disbursed by the Secretary of the Interior. Any vacancy occurring by resignation or otherwise in the member- V¤°¤¤°l°*· ship of the said commission shall be filled by the presiding officer of tb€AS0mt8• posed f h Se l H bl °° * l ¤* `oint commission com o t ree nators, name y, onora e W °**°¤ °¤· Geoiige P. Wetmore, of Rhode Island, Honorable Russell A. Alger, of reinhfyaiiixjillilnigsfggm Michigan, and Honorable Arthur P. Gorman, of Maryland, an three members of the House of Re resentatives of the Fiftg- eighth Congress, namely, Honorable Joseph Cannon, of Illinois, onorable William P. Hepburn of Iowa, and Honorable James D. Richardson, of Tennessee, which is hereby created, is authorized to inquire and report to Congress at its next session plans in detail and estimates of cost for the extension and completion o the Capitol buildin , in accordance with the original plans therefor by the late Thomas Walter, with such modifications thereof as they may deem advantageous or necessary, and for each and every purpose connected therewith, including the employ- ment of such professional and other services as they may deem requisite, and for such other expenses as said joint commission may authorize or incur, there is hereby appropriated the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: and the Superintendent of the Capitol Building and Grounds, under the direction and supervision of sai commission, or such commission as shall be authorized by Congress. shall conduct the making of all contracts for said construction, whenever and not before the same shall be authorized by Congress, after von xxxm, rr 1-—-31
