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 720 SIXTY—FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. C11. 114. 1918. continental and insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. m‘,}‘§?},§,§l§{,tY°St°d i" (b) The President is hereby authorized and empowered, Within the limits of the amounts appropriated therefor: _ . m,'£*;;’,_,¥d*;;°$},*,i1:,1‘;$;,',’;{ First. To place an order with any person for such ships or war sm. material as 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 produced by such m,‘?;.’f"*’“““°° °b“8°' person. Compliance with all such orders shall be obligatory on any erson to whom such order is given, and such order shall ta e prece- Hence over all other orders and contracts theretofore placed with ,,§,‘§§,,”§§?,fS:,{‘§§§f” such person. If any person owning, leasing, or operating any factory equipped for the bm ding or production of shi s or war material for the Navy shall refuse or fail to give to the [United States such preference in the execution of such an order, or shall refuse to build, supply, furnish, or manufacture the kind, quantity, or quahty of shéps of war materials so ordered at such reasonable rice as shall be e- termined by the President, the President may talge 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 To mw I I times and in such manner as he may consider necessary or expledient. mama. Y Second. Within the limit of the amounts approglrlilated therefor, to modify or cancel any existing contract for the buil g, production ,,,,P,;,'$‘;,,,,°?‘,°,§‘,,‘f"“°‘°" or purchase of ships or war material; and if any contractor shall refuse or fail to corpply with the contract as so modified, the President may take imm 'ate possession of any factory of such contractor, or any part thereof without taking possession o the entu·e factory, and may use the same at such times and m such manner as he may TM uh__wm°m_ consider necessary or expedient. _ putexigctm-y,¤e¤. Third. To require the owner or occupier of any factory in which ships or war material are built or produced to lace at the disposal of the United States the whole or any part ofp the output of such factory, and within the limit of the amounts appropriated therefor, to deliver such output or arts thereof in such quantities and at such times as may be s ecitibd in the order at such reasonable price as shall be determined by the President. ,,,Q"C‘§,ff$‘,‘§,,‘§,‘j,‘§§',%f°"' Fourth. To requisition and take over for use or operation by the Government any factory, or any part thereof, without taking possession of*the entire factory, whether the United States has or has not Aumomytc me at any contract with the owner or occtipier of such factory. me of the vm. hat all authority granted to the resident herein or by him delegated shall cease six months after a final treaty of peace shall be pro- Cmpmmm M claimed between this Government and the German Empire. m¤asa»e»¤¤¤ws,¤¤¤. (d) That whenever the United States shall cancel or modify any contract, make use of, assume, occupy, requisition, or take over any factory or part thereof, or any shi s or war material, in accordance Pm payment H mk with the provisions ofparagraph (bi), it shall make just compensation gslqsraétqw atpgmiuit therefor, to be determined by the President, and if the amount thereof W °' '° "‘ so determined by vthe President is unsatisfactory to the person entitled to receive the same, such person shall be paid seventy-five per 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 seventy-tive per centum shall make up such amount $§,‘{?§“,§,'·§gm,’,,3,,_ as w1ll be just compensation therefor, in the manner provided for by section twenty-four, paragraph twenty, and section one hundred and Camus ummm forfy-tive of the Judicial Co e. am, p.§44,amcnd; at the Act approved October sixth, nineteen hundred and °d· seventeen, to provide for the ac uisition of an air station site for the United States Navy at Cape bifay, New Jersey, be, and the same is hereby, amended by a ding the following at the end thereof: