Public Law 46–21

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be constructed, at Danville, Virginia, a building for the accommodation of the circuit and district courts of the United States, the post-office, and internal-revenue officers, at a cost not exceeding seventy thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall procure the site and cause proper plans and estimates to be made so that no expenditure shall be made or authorized for the full completion of said building beyond the sum hereby appropriated, and the building shall be at least forty feet removed from any other building: Provided,

Proviso.

That no money shall be used or applied for the purpose mentioned until a valid title for the site shall be vested in the United States, and until the State of Virginia shall cede to the general government jurisdiction over the property, and exempt the same from taxation.