Show public is the full text jofh E for the erection of a public building at salt lake city utah introduced trod ML the house of ayes 1888 by hon john T came it was read twice referred to I 1 the committee on public building and grounds and ordered to bo printed be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the united states of america in congress assembled sem bled that the secretary of the treasury be and is hereby author iced and directed to purchase acquire by condemnation or otherwise provide a site and cause to be erected thereon a substantial and commodious building with fireproof vaults for the use and accommodation of the legislature the governor and secretary united states courts land cea internal revenue office post offices united states marshals office surveyor generals office and for other government uses at salt lake city utah territory the site and buildings thereon when completed upon plans and specifications to be previously made and approved by the secretary of the treasury shall not exceed in cost the sum of five hundred thousand dollars nor shall any site be purchased until estimates for the erection of a building which will furnish sufficient accommodations for the transaction of the public business and which shall not exceed in cost the balance of the sum herein limited after the site shall have been purchased and paid for shall have been approved by the secretary of the treasury and no purchase of site nor plan for said building shall be approved by the secretary of the treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the sum of five hundred thousand dollars for site arid building and the site purchased shall leave the build unexposed to danger from fire uj an open space of at least forty feet including streets and alloys 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 |