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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 494. 1891. 815 of executingszaid contract, shall be observed and followed, and said vessel shall _ e built m compliance with the terms of said act, save that in all its parts said vessel shall be of domestic manufacture. Domwtic manufac- And in the contract for the construction thereof such provisions for °““’· minimum speed and for premiums for increased speed and penalties Minimum _ for dehcient speed may be made subject to the terms of this bill, as in ,,E§,‘f§dk,§,’T° ‘"““““" the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy may be deen1ed advisable ; and if the Secretary of the Navy shall be unable to contract at reasonable prices for the construction of said vessel, then he may uummmmwm build the same in such navy yard as he may designate. "‘°““· And so much of the act approved March second, eighteen hundred P!‘9'*¤*°¤u£>)*_ we and eighty-nine, as authorized the construction by contract of one g?;l€°@,T¢°pm;iv°L armored steel cruising monitor of not less than three thousand tons displacement, at a cost not exceeding one million five hundred thousand dollars exclusive of armament and any premium for increased speed, is hereby repealed. UNDER THE BUREAU OF ORDNANCE. Under Bureau ot Ordnance. ARMAMENT : Towards the armament and armor of domestic man- Armaments. ufacture, for the vessels authorized by the act of August third, V¤¤-24m-215- eighteen hundred and eighty-six ; of the vessels authorized by sec- ‘ tion three of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and Vol.24,p.59B. eighty-seven; of the vessels authorized b the act approved Se - vo1.zs,pp.4rz,4va:. tember seventh, eighteen hundred and eiglhty-eight; of the vessels authorized by the act of March second, eig teen hundred and eighty- v¤1.zs,p. au. nine ; of those authorized by the act of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and this act, four million dollars. *‘"*°· P· 2*- UNDER THE BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT. Egunder Bureau of Eouirmmnr or Naw Smrs or run Navvz Supplying anchors, nqapmm or W chain cables, galleys and fixtures, standing and running rigging, “'“P°- sails, awnings, and other canvas work, and other articles comprising the uipment outfit of ships, according to their type, namely : Pro- Type. tectetd cruisers numbered seven, eight, nine, ten, e even, and twelve; rmmm mmm-s, the Monterey ; gunboats numbered five and six ; the harbor-defense °‘&,mb°m_ vessel known as the Ammen ram ; ironclads Puritan, Terror, Am- mw, ,1,;.,,,, v,,,. phitrite, and Monadnock; the steel practice cruiser provided for by ¤°gwg{%jg',gQ;· the act of September seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, v¤1.2¤,p.4mZ and the torpedo cruiser and torpedo boat authorized by the act of b0'{;·;*v¢¤¤ ¢¤¤i¤¤r ¤¤<i J ups thirtieth, eighteen hundre and ninety, four hundred thousand A I M dollars." '· *’· · UNDER THE BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS. Ygfngméu 0; TRAVELING CRANES: For two traveling cranes of forty tons ca- mvaing crimes. pacity, for dry-docks at New York and Norfolk, one hun red thousand dollars, to be made immediately available. CONSTRUCTION AND STEAM MACHINERY 2 Towards the construe- Mmmm, mum, tion and completion of the new vessels heretofore and herein author· °‘°· ized by Congress, with their engines, boilers, and machinery, and for the payment of premiums for increased speed or horse power under premiums_ contracts now existing and to be made under this and other acts for increase of the Navy, twelve million one hundred and seven thousand dollars. Total for increase of the Navy, sixteen million six hundred and seven thousand dollars : Provided, That no contract for the pur- p,,,,,,,,,_ chase of gun steel or armor for the Navy shall hereafter be made Gm, ,,,,,,1 ,,, ,,,,,0, until the subject matter of the same sha] have been submitted to ¢¤¤*~¤¤=*¤· public competition by the Department by advertisement. Approved, March 2, 1891.