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 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ons. 848, 849. 1886. 215 Sec. 2. That acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed, but Repeal. such repeal shall not affect any term of court now in progress. Any court now being held in said district pursuant to any act of Congress may be continued in the same manner and with like effect as if this act had not been passed. Approved, August 3, 1886. CHAP. 849.-An act to increase the Naval establishment. August 3, 18%. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is hereby I¤°'€*¤° °YN¤'¤l authorized to have con tructed, as hereinafter provided- °°°“bl'“b"‘°“°‘ First. Two sea-going double-bottomed armored vessels of about six Armored vessels. thousand tons displacement designed for a speed of at least sixteen knots an hour, with engines liaving all necessary appliances for working under forced draught, and costing, including engines and machinery and excluding armament, not more than two million five hundred thousand dollars each. Said vessels shall have each a complete torpedo Torpedo ontllt. outfit and be armed in the most effective manner. Second. One protected double·bottomed cruiser of not less than three Cruiser thousand five hundred nor more than tlve thousand tons displacement, designed to have the highest practicable speed and furnished with the best type of modern engines, furnished with necessary appliances for working under forced draught. Said vessels shall cost, including engines and machinery and excluding armament, not exceeding one million tive hundred thousand dollars. _ Third. One first class torpedo-boat, costing in the aggregate not more Torpedo-boat. than one hundred thousand dollars. SEO. 2. That the vessels hereinbefore authorized to be constructed Tv b¢ l>¤¤l* of - shall be built of steel of domestic manufacture, having a tensile strength A"‘“‘°“" “*°°l· of not less than sixty thousand pounds per square’inch, and an elongation in eight inches of not less than twenty-flve per centum. Sec. 3. That the President is hereby authorized to direct the comple- C9 ur rl vvicu Qf tion, as hereinafter provided, of the double-turreted monitors Puritan, £_‘l;*“§fo$&:§nl;Q;` Amphitrite, Monadnock, and Terror, at a total cost, exclusive of arms, ,,,,,1 ·]·,,m,,._ ’ ment, not to exceed three million one hundred and seventy-eight thousand and forty-six dollars. . _ " Sec. 4. That the armor used in constructing said armored vessels and Armqr tv be af for completing said monitors shall be of the best obtainable quality and 2::;°°“° "‘*““*"*°' of domestic manufacture, provided contracts for furnishing the same ' in a reasonable time, at a reasonable price, and of the required quality can be made with responsible parties. Such armor shall be accepted only after passing such tests as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy and inserted in the contracts. Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the Navy shall cause one or more of the f’¤° new vessels hereinbefore provided for to be constructed and one or more :,f,;';m.d__ "' of the said monitors to be completed in one or more of the navy—yards of the United States; and if he shall be unable to contract with responsible parties to construct or complete, at reasonable prices, all or any of the vessels hereinbctbre provided for, he shall cause the same to be constructed or completed in such of the navy-yards of the United States _ as may be best adapted thereto. _ Sec. 6. That the engines, boilers, and machinery of all the new ves· Busiuwz l¤>¤l¤¤‘¤» Gels provided for by this act shall be of domestic manufacture and pro- f:‘:f“:f,*‘;.“::{_ cured by contract,3 unless the Secretary of the Navy shall be unable to m,,,,,f,,t,,.,,_ obtain the same atkfair prices, in which case be may construct the same, or any portion thereof, in the navy-yards of the United States: Pro- PMi•¤· vided, That the Secretary of the Navy may purchase abroad only such ‘ shafting as it may be impossible to obtain in the United States in time 8h¤·¤i¤s muy M for use in the construction of the vessels herein provided for. P‘"°h“°‘1 “*"°‘°·