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 824 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 371. 1889. . m{:°"° °“'“““g '“°”i‘ by Coutract one armored steel cruising monitor, of not less t1ian ` three thousand tons displacement, at a cost not exceeding one million five hundred thousand dollars-—exclusive of armament, and of any Type premium which may be paid for increased speed—of the type, and according to the plans approved and recommended byla nava board in their report to the Secretary of the Navy, and by im referred to · and approved in his letter to the chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives, dated January ninth, _ eiglgeem hundred and eighty-nine, to be approved by the Secretary of the av . 0<>¤¤¤·¤¢- The congact for the construction of said cruising monitor, her ‘ boilers,. engines, and machinery, shall contain pxrovisions to the effect that, under conditions to be prescribed by the avy Department, the contractor shall guaranty that the collective horse-power developed by the engines of said vessel shall equal seven thousand five hundred indicated horse—power, and that said vessel when completed and tested for s eed, under conditions to be prescribed by the Navy Deartment, sdiall exhibit a maximum speed of not less than seventeen Speed., · knots per hour; and the contract for said vessel shall contain a further provision that for every quarter of knot of speed so exhibited above said guaranty of seventeen knots the contractor shall receive a premium, over and above the contract price, of fifty thousand dollars, and for every uarter—knot that said vessel fails of reaching said guaranteed speed there shall be deducted from the contract price the sum of fifty thousand dollars. The material, boilers, engines, and machinery shall be of domestic manufacture and of the atest — _ - and most approved quality and type. /  The act ofp August thir, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled "A.u act to increase the Naval Establishment," so far as applicable, _ _ shall (govern the construction of said vessel. m·§i@‘,$‘°““""""““‘**° An the President is also hereby further authorized to contract with the Pneumatic Dynamite Gun Company for the construction of one additional cruiser of the Vesuvius t pe, of not less dimensions than that vessel, and to attain a speed unrhar similar conditions as to ` trial, of twenty-one knots an hour, with an endurance of not less than fifteen days at ten knots an hour, to be armed with two pneu- P _ matic dynamite guns of fifteen inch caliber, and to be ntted for such p "°"”°' other armament as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe: Pro- S"°°d‘ vided, That the contractors shall arant a speed o twenty knots an hour, and that there shall be dgductedi from.the contract rice the sum of ten thousand dollars for every quarter knot that said) vessel fails of reaching the further speed of twenty-one knots er hour: A nd prorvided furt ner, That the Secretary of the Navy shallpbe satis- Tm- ned, after official tests made with the Vesuvius and her guns, as to the efficiency of the armament of that vessel; and the cost of said wpespel shall not exceed the sum of four hundred and fifty thousand c dollars. 'f*° S**=¤*°·’¤*¤·>¤· The President is hereby further authorized to have constructed by contract two steel cruisers or gun-boats of the most approved type, of eight hundred to twelve hundred tons displacement, to cost in the aggregate, exclusive of armament, not more than seven hundred nmeruexeueemm. thousand dollars, and one ram for harbor defense of the general type approved by the Naval Advisory Board in their report to the Secretary of the avy of November seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, of the highest practicable speed. gzesgguwigp, The act of August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled I "P" °‘ "A11 act to increase the naval establishment," so far as applicable, shall govern the construction of the two steel cruisers or gun-boats, and the ram herein authorized; and all of said vessels shall be of domestic manufacture. · R¤¤i<1—¤r¤ mms. To enable the Secretary of the Navy to test, and if found satisfac- _ tory, to purchase three or more rapid—fire rapid-twist, one-pounder