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 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1033. 1902. 307 Purchase and binding of professional books of recent date treating P“’*‘*”i°”’*l b"°k$ of military and scientific subjects for library of school of submarine defense and use of school, one thousand dollars. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to apply the money C°¤°”°‘S· herein appropriated under the heading "FortiHcations and other works of efense,” in carrying on the various works, by contract or otherwise, as may be most economical and advantageous to the Government. Where said works are done by contract, such contract shall be made after sufhcient public advertisement for proposals, in such manner and form as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and such contracts shall be made with the lowest responsible bidders, accompanied by such securities as the Secretary of War shall require, conditioned for the faithful prosecution and completion of the —work according to such contract. ABMAMENT or FoRT1F1oA·r1oNs. A¤y¤r¤¤¤t- For finishing and assembling eight-inch, ten-inch, and twelve-inch g,‘§,{_§]‘§,; F“°(fQ’cF: guns at the Army Gun Factory, includin any new tools or machinery mms. ' necessary, eighty-one thousand five huncied dollars. For oil-tempered and annealed steel for coast-defense guns of eight- Sm]- ` inch, ten-inch, and twelve—inch caliber, one hundred and sixt -five thousand dollars: Provided, That no contract for oil-temperecf and  pricepu annealed steel for high-power coast-defense guns and mortars shall be pound. _ made at a price exceeding twenty-one cents per pound: Provided, g.§l,,°?1`w"° ””°°”t That in the discretion of the Secretary of War a ortion of this money may be used for the purchase of material for a limited number of steel—wire seacoast guns. For purchase, manufacture, alteration, and issue of carriages for °""i°g·"*‘· mounting seacoast guns of eight, ten, and twelve inch calibers, including any new tools or machinery necessary for their manufacture at arsenals, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That no Qfégéadng M_ money appropriated by this Act shall be expended for disappearing Muses. resi. carriages or emplacements or magazines therefor until a thorough test has been made by a disinterested board of officers of high rank and at least one mechanical engineer of high standing, with not less than thirty shots frdm a ten —inch gun, with full charges of smokeless powder and full weight of shot, under all the conditions of actual service, the whole time elapsing between the firing of the first shot and the firing of the last shot being reported, and also the time elapsing between the firing of each shot in succession, the cost of such test to be aid out of this appropriation. Ilbr alterations and improvements of twelve-inch mortar carriages, M°"*“ 0*****8**- fifty thousand dollars. I*or powders, projectiles. and explosives for reserve supply for can- m§;”§,f§§0nf"PPl>°» non, three hundred thousand dollars. _ Ieor rapid-fire guns, including their mounts, sights, implements, R°¥""‘”'° g“¤S· ammunition, and so forth, to be procured by the Secretary of W ar by contract or otherwise, including any new tools or machinery necessary for their manufacture at arsenals, one million two hundred and thirty- seven thousand dollars. For eight, ten, and twelve inch guns manufactured by contract under $‘§,§f‘§‘gf"§f‘g,j·,,_ ,,0_ the provisions of the Fortifications Acts approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, three hundred and twenty-tive thousand six hundred and thirty-three dollars. _ _ For proof of eight-inch, ten-inch. and twelve-inch guns, nine thou- €t§f°;fIjg °'gh“·*“°*’· sand one hundred dollars. For armor plates and deck plates, including backing and cost of fofgjgf P‘“‘°*'· °‘°·· erection, for testin armor-piercing and deck-piercing projectiles, twenty-five thousand dollars.