Public Law 47–295

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to purchase a suitable site, and cause to be erected thereon, at Poughkeepsie, in the State of New York, a substantial and commodious public building, with fire proof vaults, tor the use and accommodation of the post office and internal revenue offices, and for other government uses. The site, and the building thereon, when completed according to plans and specifications to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 295, 308-311. 1882. Treasury, shall not exceed the cost of seventy five thousand dollars; and the site purchased shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of at least fifty feet, including streets and alleys; and for the purposes herein mentioned the sum of seventy five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of

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any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury; Provided, That no part of said sum shall be expended until a valid title to the said site shall be vested in the United States, and the State of New York shall cede to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owners thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of any civil process therein.