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 ronrr-NINTH cosonuss. snss. 11. cn. sei. iss?. 593 That in the construction of the aforesaid vessels all of the provisions Provi sions of of the act of August; third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled fhg?-8*9 S*“*“*°¤» "An act to increase the naval establishment," as to material for said Can; °SSé{54t?,€,1; · vessels, their engines, boilers, and machinery, the contracts under onseiniou`. ’ which they are built, the notice of and proposals for the same, the plans, drawings, and specifications therefor, and the method of executing said contracts, shall be observed and followed, and said vessels shall be built in compliance with the terms of said act, so far as the Contracts. same relate to vessels constructed under contract, save that in all their parts they shall be of domestic manufacture. The contracts for the construction of said cruisers shall contain provisions to the effect that the contractor guarantees that when completed and tested for speed, under conditions to be prescribed by the Navy Department, the vessel shall exhibit a maximum peed of at least nineteen knots per hour; and for every quarter knot of speed so exhibited above said guarantee P rem i u ms for the contractor shall receive a premium over and above his contract- ¤P¤<=d- price of fifty thousand dollars, and for every quarter knot that said vessel fails of reaching said guaranteed speed there shall be deducted from the contract-price the um of fifty thousand dollars. In making proposals for contracts for building the vessels authorized _ Place of buildto be constructed under this act, it shall be required that one of such mevessels shall be built on or near the coast of the Pacific Ocean, or the waters connecting therewith, one of them on or near the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, or the waters connecting therewith, and two of them on or near the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, or the waters connecting therewith, and at such places on or near such coasts or waters as the Secretary of the Navy shall approve. If it shall appear to the satisfaction of the President of the United President may States, from the biddings for said contracts, when the same are opened d°°*g¤¤*°_ Pl¤<=*> ¤f and examined by him, that said vessels cannot be constructed at a fair °°"°"°"°"‘ cost on or near the coast of the Pacific Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico, he shall authorize the construction of said vessels or either of them elsewherein the United States. And the Secretary of the Navy is hereby _ authorized to readvertise for the construction of cruiser number ono, 1;,,,,;,,,,1-t;,,,,,,,,,,,, known as ** The Newark,” and the limit of cost of said vessclis hereby for construction or extended to one million three hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of N°”¤k· armament. Sec. 3. That for the purpose of further increasing the naval estab- Fllrtherincrcase. lishment of the United States, the sums of money hereinafter named are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended by the President, in the exercise of his discretion, upon plans and specifications, to be furnished by the Navy Department: For floating batteries or rams, or other naval structures, to be used Floating timerfor coast and harbor defense, one million dollars. The final cost of said i¤¤- floating batteries, rams, or other naval structures, exclusive of armament, shall not exceed two million dollars. For the purchase of, and the trial and testing of torpedoes and ap- Torpedoes. pliances using explosives to be operated from naval vessels, floating batteries. or rams, fifty thousand dollars, which sum shall be imme- _ diately availabe. That the material used in all naval structures provided for in this Mm,;,,;,m__,0 act, and the armament for the same shall be, so far as practicable, of be of American American production and furnished and manufactured in the United m”¤“*`¤°*“'°·· States, and all contracts made for their construction shall be under the r,,,,,,, M ,,,,,,,_ provisions of the act of August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, 49th Cong., p. 215. entitled “An act to increase the naval establishment:" Provided, That Proriao. the Secretary of the Navy may employ and pay out of appropriations for new ships such civilian expert aids, additional draughtsmen, writers, copyists, and model-makers on the designs therefor as may he necessary. sryr L—\’OL xxrv-38