Public Law 51–557

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to

Site.

acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site, and cause to be erected thereon a suitable building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office and other Government offices in the city of Clarksville and State of Tennessee,

Cost.

the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars.

Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited

Proposals to be advertised for.

by public advertisement in one or more of the newspapers of said city of largest circulation for at least twenty days prior to the date specified in said advertisement for the opening of said proposals.

Proposals made in response to said advertisement shall be addressed

Responses.

and mailed to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall then cause the said proposed sites, and such others as he may think proper to

Examination by Treasury agent.

designate, to be examined in person by an agent of the Treasury Department, who shall make written report to said Secretary of the results of said examination, and of his recommendation thereon, and the reasons therefor, which shall be accompanied by the original proposals and all maps, plats, and statements which shall have come into his possession relating to the said proposed sites.

If. upon consideration of said report and accompanying papers,

Appointment of commission.

the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem further investigation necessary, he may appoint a commission of not more than three persons, one of whom shall be an officer of the Treasury Department, which

Examination.

commission shall also examine the said proposed sites, and such others as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, and grant

Hearings.

such hearings in relation thereto as they shall deem necessary; and said commission shall, within thirty days after such examination,

Report.

make to the Secretary of the Treasury written report of their conclusion in the premises, accompanied by all statements, maps, plats, or documents taken by or 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

Determination of location.

Compensation of commissioners.

thereupon finally determine the location of the building to be erected.

The compensation of said commissioners shall be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars per

Proviso.

day and actual traveling expenses: Provided, however, That the

Treasury member.

member of said commission appointed from the Treasury Department shall be paid only his actual traveling expenses.

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 557-559. 1891.

No money shall be used for the purpose mentioned until a valid

No expenditure until valid title, etc., pass

title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Tennessee shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein.

The building shall be unexposed to danger from fire by an open

Open space.

space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys.