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 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 180. 1917. 1193 any process and an shi ard or doc ard. The words " ` States" shall includeythe Iflyanal Zone agi all territory and gqnttmental and insular, subject to the jurisduction of the United a es. (b) That in time of war, or of national eme enc 8.I'1S1l1g. rior M°m°““°“‘“°"‘” to March first, nineteen hundred and eighteen, fg be lrietermineld by gidw ¤?¤¤·=¤P?:sig$·t the President by_proclamation, the President is hereby authorized andempowered, m addition to all other existing provisions of law: First. Within the limits of the amounts appropriated therefor, wQf‘,§’m{"’dg ,;°"*P° °' to place an order with any person for such ships or war material as emu- er mm, the necessities of the Government, to be determined by the President, may require and which are of the nature, kind, and quantity usually produced or capable of being roduced by such person. Compliance ,O°°“g&“°°°° °'>”¢* with all such orders shall be oihliglatory on any person ·to whom such ry' ' order is given, and such order s all take precedence over all other _ orders and contracts theretofore placed with such person. If any ee;?°i:°§‘•»hd·”hm°d§’ person owning, leasing, or operating any factory equipped for the °‘°· , uilding or production of ships or war material for the Na shall refuse or fai to give to the United States such preference in ge execution of such an order, or shall refuse to build, supply, furnish, or manufacture the kind, quantity, or quality of shi or war material so ordered at such reasonable Erica as shall be dgtermined by the President, the President may ta e immediate possession of any factory of such person, or of any part thereof without taking possession of the entire factory, and may use the same at such times and in such manner as he may consider necessary or expedient. Second. Within the limit of the amounts ayiprogriated therefor, mg$t§,°{§g;,"““”‘ to modify or cancel any existing contract for the uil ing, production, 5***** °“¤¤*°¤’» 5:- or purchase of ships or war material; and if an contractor shall refuse or fail to comply with the contract as so modyiiied the President may take immediate possession of any factor? of such contractor, or any part thereof without taking possession o the entire factory, and may use the same at such times and in such manner as he may consider necessary or expedient. _ _ _ R ir h I T.l`ll1I'(l. To require the owner or occtslpier of any factory urwhich ,,,,,2,%},,; ships or war material are built or pro uced to fp ace at t no disposal of the United States the whole or any part o the output of such factory, and, within the limit of the amounts appropriated therefor, to deliver such output or (parts thereof in such qxuantities and at such times as may be s ecifie in the order at suc reasonable price as shall be determined) by the President. Fourth. To requisition and take over for use or operation by the ,_,Q.',,“"§,,.°°(§‘,Q,‘,§'Q,§'¤,f,°,,‘{ Government any factory, or anyl part thereof without taking posses- usision of the entire factory, whet er the United States has or has not an contract or agreement with the owner or occupier of such factory, 'Phat all authority granted to the President in this paraghrpph, to be uf,",§‘{’f§,`{,,_‘° °"°‘° exercised in time of national emergency, shall cease on arch first, nineteen hundred and eighteen, _ _ (d) That whenever the United States shall cancel or modify any ,.,§,§,1‘,§"f,§",_,.‘Y,‘;,,_Q‘§,,f contract, make use of, assume, occupy, requisition, or take over any facto or part thereof, or any ships or war material, in accordance with the provisions of parzgiraph (bi, it shall make just compensation P therefor, to be determin by the President, and if the amount S,,,, ‘Z:§,,"§,,’§’, thereof so determined by the President is unsatisfactory to the person '<•=¤=¤¤¤i¤¤¤· entitled to receive the same, such person shall be paid fifty ger centum of the amount so determined by the President and shall e entitled to sue the United States to recover such further sum as added to said fifty per centum shall make up such amount as will be just V Us mmm compensation therefor, in the manner provxded for by section twenty- ° ’*’°‘ ’ four, paragraph twenty, and section one hundred and forty-five of the Judicial Code.