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 876 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 677,678. 1901. tion or· test is made at the request of a person either having such lawful right or authorized to convey the same to the Government. mgaggann wrpedo To enable the Secretaryhof gla; to make a cgmparative test céf dp- ' structive energ between the t mann torpe 0 un now at an y Hook and the grmy twelve-inch seryice riiie,_suc§ tests to_ be made pgéairésg two ;11;11l;f talrgets repregengrég zhe side cpnsisgupatigg ofttlhe aes peo a es1p·eac 0 S1 s_rucures 0 c wi a Krupp§ed armoril plate eight feiet by silxteen, and itiwelve inches thick, and at least ten s ots to be fire from the Army ri e against one structure and one or more Gathmann torpedoes against. the other; for the erection of the structures and the (purchase 0 materials, armor plates, ammunition, mount for the torpe 0 gun and other necessary expenses of such test, fifty thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. Tg$g¤gmg113i<$_, mi 1smM sHnLL AND trusrzrnn ”§"1`HORITE.” IP‘l“l’Y ¤¤ to msi- To enable the Secretary of War .in his discretion and if in his Iyiiiigidf purchase °f jigdgnu-ilnt vviglibén for the best igterestslpf the Gtpvgrhrrilenté todpurli c ase the nit tates Letters atent umbere ix un re an twenty-two thousand four hundred and seventy-nine, issued April fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, covering the Isham highexplos1ve shell, designed for Bring igh explosives and carrying the same through armor plate,‘1nvented and now owned and controlled by Willard S. Isham, and also to purchase the entire and exclusive 0 n n - ‘?%»i“.·i€§ lk?.g“iE%d.?.?‘fS$°.$?Z2h‘f§‘£'3i“L‘E.3‘§.?l.ii23 if il§§§3‘ii‘iil.`I§ $5*;;*3 em ..m0_ P. Tuttle, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, 'llxat all formulae, nwgggocéss m'be in- data, and facts related to said process and necessary to the successful cmd ”"°1°‘ manufacture of said “thorite" shall be placed in the possession of the Secretary of War, and to his satisfaction before any payment for the Pmm **0* *° *¤· same shall be made: Hooided fart/ver, That before any money shall {mm be ex ended in the urchase of said atent the Secretary of War shall be satisfied, after full investigation, that the Government of the United States shall haye a_ lawful right to use said patent, without the use of same being an mfrmgement upon any prior invention, patent, or pond- _ gig application for patent covering said invention or any materia part ereo. . - P“'?h¤¤°¤ *° be °* That all material purchased under the foregoing provisions of this xmm mmufw Act shall be of American- manufacture, except in cases when, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, it is to the manifest interest of the United States to make pgrphasei gn limited quantities abroad, which material shall be admitte ree o :1ty. · Approved, March 1, 1901. March 1.1901- CHAP. 678.-An Act Authorizing Calhoun County, State of Texas, to construct """"°"— and maintain a free bridge across Lavaca Bay. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatv}ves of the United Tglhggg brigggnlfg; States of America in Ooniress assembled, That the county of Calhoun, v¤c»i’Bay' State 0 Texas, be, and is ereby, authorized to construct and maintain —1¤c¤u<>¤. a free biiildgg acpioss Lavaca Baiy, in saild State aéickcouniy, at a point between o es oint on one si e of said ba an oxs oint on the other, for the lpassage of all legitimate tratgc of foot, horse, vehicle, animal, and a other legitimate purposes, and ·for transmission of mails free of all rates of toll whatsoever. Aid¤w¤¤vis¤ti¤¤- Sec. 2. That the bridge herein authorized to be constructed shall be so kept and managed by said county as to afford proper ways and means for the passage through_or un er_it of vessels, barges, or rafts at all times, both by day and night, and 1f the bridge be gonstructed as