Nebraska advertiser., 1867-02-07
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Bell enacted by the Senate and House Of Rspressn-
triyes p ne Jnitea States Of Areriea IN Congress
That the secretary Of the Interior be, and 10 {.
hereby aFsapyized e 7.leetq srieahle plsss on ssn5
Of tho pubic e0aads bsiensiag 70 tia g3rersmsn
IA the City Of Washingtons ia the District o. CO.
ltembi1, foE and censfrucs theroon, upon snch pian
q he may select, q jaif Of s~ulloleni capacity q
ffoFido for not less than three hundred pris1nass
with suitable yards, hospitals, and so forth. Che en-
tire cosk q which ehall not exceed the sum Of two
hdhdred thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. And be It farthsf ~enastsi, That IS E,en
as said ate, nnt he plan Of Z jail shall Be 90 selss-
ted and egrend uEon, the said S~scrstary Of TIL Ia
terror shalt employ Al aEe4itset ADD have prepared
. design Tor said buildfags and piahs dassriptive
thereof. with oompisee spseiAsations Of the work
required and the maieFirls 70 be used. and shall
publish notice q a public losting Of the eoQe1net
.of the building Of The ssms. at least thisty days
baforo lstdng, ia the priaaintI nswsp1psrt il Nav
York Ctr Bost0a, Philadelphia, Cinsinnati: Ra,tS-
more, W4shington, which notice shall direct 4
place wherS sueh speoiaaakiops caa DO seen. and 4
time 81 watch tie CONTRACT b 70 Be let; anl he
said Secrotaiy shall let said contract IS the towsSt
responsible bidder, and the contractor thersfoI
shall enter into suEcient bond for the faithful con-
PIE ioa of the said construct 20 the appFoFai ef the
Secretary.
Sec. 5. And Be il further enacted, That the said
Secretary shall pay 60 the contractor or c5nsractors
instalmsnts on the contract price as the work prog
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the direction thereof, but twenty per centum o.
the estimates shall b retained until the comglet;on
Of the contrast.
Sec. &. And be it further enacted That there
be, and IS hereby approved, for che parpSss AfeEo-
sid, ont Of any money n tbs treasury not other
wise appropriated, the sum Of Two aqqdrsd shOus-
and dollars. 70 be drawn on the order u said Sec
Rotary Of the Interior.
Sec. 5. AID be il further enscted, That tbs Sec
aetary Of the Interior be, and ishereby authorized
20 efl az public sale On proper notice thersog, the
materials Of the old jail, nOW located IN Judieinry
Square, and proceeds thereof 10 bs paid into she
trssru , Il tns UniEol STATES.
See. s and BE- Il furthes snacted, That FOR the
puTposeo f reimbarsiug the United States ser q
part of the cost Of said jais. it shall Be the duty
Of The proper authorities ofshe eisy Of Washington,
and they nre hersby Fequirad, - Inise, BY tak OF
otherWise, and pty int0 the treasury Of the United
States. at o. before the time Of the completion Of
said Jail, the sum Of seventy thousand dollars.
And it shall be tie like duty ef The proper aath r.
tiles q he city Of Gs0rssfoEng and spgg ara hare
iato tne tfossnty 6ftbe United States. a. Of be-
fore the oompletion Of said jail, the sam 9f tWenty
Thousand dollars. And i shah be the ike ID y Of
the proper author tiles uf the county Of Washington
OF said District, and they are hereby required to
raiss, by trx CT otherwise, and pay into the treas
ury Of the Uuited States 81 o. before she period
aforesaid, the sum Of ten th0ssand dollars, which
said several sums shnI be deemed the fair proper
tion Of the cost Of said JAZZ Of each Of said cities and
said qopRtF e Washington and the RRid eitie rs
ar county tntt1.I4 r4pt4t arr hettF
F184 ana III % 4sess fTt It ~ E1t
fsaid cities aad nanI Ell.
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SEC. IAdf b. kfnfther en,ctsd. Tdat unon
the default Of payment OF Ike sums Aforesaid into
the treasury Of the United States AZ The tIms be-
fore stated, made by either Of said eihes Or bY said
county Of Washington, the said A~ocretary Of the
Interior shall appoint q collector for anY such de
~Iinqueut city oFscounsy as shall have failed 70 make
its payments as aforesaid and it shall be the duty
Of said collector y proceed with the collection Of
the taxes as aforesaid. in such manner and form
as shall be prescribed b the Secretary Of the Inte-
riOr or if either Of SAID cities OF said county Of
Washington shall neglect fail, or refasel % sssss
such tax. he SeeretaFy Of The Interior Is hereby
proceed TO its collection a. aforesaid.
Approved, july Is, 1856.