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 350 FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1I. Ch. 1622. 1904. P¤¤1i¤W·¤k=-. rmsmc wouxs, MARINE oonrs. w;"“°"’ “‘° Q""` Barracks and uarters, Marine Corps: Construction and completion of one brick boiler house and bakery, navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, five thousand dollars; Installation of electric lights in barracks and officers’ guarters, navy- yard, Boston, Massachusetts, two thousand five hundre dollars; Construction and completion of an addition to marine barracks, including the erection and) furnishing of a band room, mess hall, men’s kitchen, and men’s gymnasium, marine barracks, Washington, District of Columbia, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; New or1¢•¤¤¤.L•=~ Construction and completion of marine barracks and one set of officers’ quarters, six thousand five hundred dollars, which sum shall · V<>1-81.p-1181 be in addition to fifteen thousand dollars appropriated for this object in the naval approlpriation Act approved Mlsirc third, nineteen hundred and gmk nava station, New rleans, Louisiana, six thousand five hundred o rs; · Construction and equipment of a cold-storage and ice plant, Olongapo, Philippine lslnndakigve thousand dollars; C thebtal pgblic wor under Marine Corps, one hundred and sixty-nine Ngnfrenne ¤f we 4 monmsn or mm invr. That for the urpose of further increasing the Naval Establishment of the United Sptates, the President is hereby authorized to have constructed by contract or in navy-yards as hereinafter providedm§’,}‘j§”00°,]°Q,,',j'h}’““’° One first-class battle ship, carrying the heaviest armor and most '· powerful armament for a vessel of its class upon a trial displacement of not more than sixteen thousand tons; to have the highest practicable speed and great radius of action, and to cost, exclusive of armor " ang armament, not exceeding four million four hundred thousand o ars. m3;;;; cmgéejpag Two first-class armored cruisers,_of not more than fourteen thousand mn-.five hundred tons trial displacement, carrying the heaviest armor and most powerful armament or a vessel of its class; to have the highest practicable speed and great radius of action, and to cost, exclusive of arrnpg and armaament, not exceeding four million four hundred thousan dollars eac . ,_.,{,{,¤{;=;]*§°°*°’“‘*°”· Three scout cruisers, of not more than three thousand seven hundred and fifty tons trial dis lacement, carrying the most powerful P··¤*·r>- 111**- ordnance of vessels of their class; to have the highest speed compatible with good cruising qualities and (great radius of action, and to cost elilcclusivg dot] armamlpnt, not excee ing one million eight hundred thousand dollars eac . udli°ie°XiEi€iki3._" Two colliers, to be capable of accompanying the battle iieet; to carry five thousand tons of cargo coal, loaded, and to have a trial speed of not less than sixteen knots, to cost not exceeding one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars each. Said collicrs shall be built in navy-yards, one on the Pacific and the other on the Atlantic v coast, the same to be designated by the Secretary of the Navy. °‘”‘“"°‘·*· And the contract for the construction of said vessels shall be awarded by the Secretary of the Navy to the lowest best responsible bidder, mmmmen. having in view the best results and most expeditious delivery; and in Y the construction of all of said vessels the provisions of the Act of yo1.24,p.215· August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled "An Act to increase thenava establishment," as to materials for said vessels, their engines, boilers, and machinery, the contracts under which they are bu1lt._the_ notice of any proposals for the same, the plans, drawings specifications therefor, and the method of executing said contracts