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 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 206. 1892. 25] the contract price the sum of fifty thousand dollars; In the construe- cimmmion. tion of said vessel all the provisions of the act of August third, eighteen V"]- 2‘*~P· 215- hundred and eighty-six, entitled “An act to increase the Naval Establishment," as to material for said vessel, its engines, boilers, and machinery, the contract under which it is built, the notice of and proposals for the same, the plan s, drawings, specifications therefor, and the method of executing said contract, shall be observed and followed, and said vessel shall be built in compliance with the terms of said act, save that in all its parts said vessel shall be of domestic manufacture. t Dvmvsfiv r¤¤¤¤*'=¤¤· If the Secretary of the Navy shall be unable to contract at reasonable ul? be umm at me- - prices for the building of said vessel, then he may build such vessel in §j$,j§t’;‘;l;‘°,fg*g;‘*{%;° such navy-yard as he may designate. , ` Also one sea-going coastline battle ship, designed to carry the o¤¤ wiping comheaviest armor and most powerinl ordnance, with a displacement of l“‘° "”‘"° “’“*’· about nine thousand tons, to have the highest practicable speed for vessels of its class, and to cost, exclusive of armament and of any pre- Cmmihims that may be paid for increased speed, not exceeding four million dollars. And in the construction of said battle ship, the provisions of the act $¤¤£¤¢r¤¤ti<>n- of August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled “An act to ° 24""215‘ increase the Naval Establish1nent," shall be observed and followed in the same manner that the provisions of said act are applied to the construction of the armored cruiser herein authorized; and in the contracts for the construction of said battle ship, such provisions for minimum speed and for premiums for increased speed and penalties for deficient Speed penalties mul speed may be made, subject to the terms of this act, as in the disere- ’"°"““”"‘ tion of the Secretary of the Navy may be deemed advisable. UNDER um BUREAU OF ORDNANCE. ¤¤¤=·¤·>f 0¤1¤¤¤¤¤- Anmmnnr AND Ammon: Toward the armament and amor or 4¤¤·=¤¤·=¤¤ Md ¤~ domestic manufacture for the vessels authorized by the act of August m’i¥61.z4,p.z1s. third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six; of the vessels authorized by section three of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and vo1.24.p.so:a. eighty-seven ; of the vessels authorized by the act approved September seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight; of the vessels authorized l,'¤l:gg.p- 4*12. by the act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine; of those vg1.z¤§£Z82gZ authorized by the acts of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, V·>l·2°· P- 814- March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and this act, including the purchase and installation of new machinery for the breech-niechan Mo¤l¤i¤¤¤·y- ism shop at the navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia, and tor- Torpedo 0ut5ispedo outfits thr the Atlanta, Boston, and Chicago, two million dollars. UNDER THE BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT. Bipenii of Equip- NPD. Eouirnnsr or Maw vnssnns or crnn N Avr: Toward the eomple- E,,,.;,,,.,.,.., of mw tion of the equipment outlit of the new vessels heretofore authorized ***8****- by Congress, four hundred thousand dollars. UNDER THE BUREAU or YARDS AND DOCKS. angnpriaiksof rams TRAVELING onnms: For one traveling crane of forty tons capacity, Mm I,;,.,.;, Sorhdry docks at Mare Island, California, navy-yard, sixty thousand Traveling cme. o ars. CONSTRUCTION AND STEAM MACHINERY; Toward the construction t0<·¤¤¤‘¤¤,{?<>¤ v=·¤<1 and completion of the new vessels heretofore and herein authorized by S mm m°° "°°°` Congress, with their engines, boilers and machinery, and for the pay- ment of premiums for increased speed or horse power under contracts SP°°“ P¤’°¤i¤¤¤· now existing and to be made under this and other acts for increase of the Navy, seven million dollars: Provided, That no contract for the FMM- purchase of gun steel or armor for the Navy shall hereafter be made Sm! to be ¤·i¤=¤~ until the subject-matter of the same shall have been submitted to public mm f"` competition by the Department by advertisement. Approved, July 19, 1892.