FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. Ch. 859. 1900. 707 erful ordnance for vessels of their class and to have the highest speed compatible with good cruising qualities, and great radius of action, and to cost, exclusive of armament, not exceeding two million eight hundred thousand dollars each; and the contract for the construction of <‘<·¤¤¤·¤¤—- each of said vessels shall be awarded by the Secretary of the Navy to the lowest best responsible bidder, having in view the best results and most engperlitious delivery; and not more than two of the vessels herein yu§g’;;;;g*{g$<>*; 31 ¤¤¢ provid for shall be bui t in one yard or by one contractin party; and` in the construction of all said vessels all the provisions of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninetv-nine, entitled "An Act mak- V°‘· °’°· P- W5- ing appropriations for the naval service for the iiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred, and for other purposes,” shall be observed and followed; and Subject to the provisions hereinafter made, two and P,ff,§gg”cQ,{g,f"*°" °” not more than two of the aforesaid vessels shall be built on or near the coast of the Pacific Ocean, or in the waters connectin therewith: Pro- cP(§,‘j§f{'{;,“ (,08, vided, That if it shall appear to the satisfaction of tge President from` the biddings for such contracts, when the same are opened and examined by him, that said vessels, or any of them, can not be constructed on or near the coast of the Pacific Ocean at a cost not exceedin four per centum above the lowest accepted bid for the other vesseli provided for in this Act, he shall authorize the construction of said vessels, or either of them, elsewhere in the United States, subject to the limitations as to cost hereinbefore provided. CONSTRUCTION AND MAcH1NERY: On account of the hulls and outfits m§§,Q§,§gg{.°"‘°'* mi of vessels and steam machinery of vessels heretofore authorized, twelve` million Seven hundred and forty thousand six hundred and ninety-nine do lars. , Anmon AND ARMAMENT: Toward the armament and armor of domes- mg‘,,§f“"’ """ “"“°' tic manufacture for the vessels authorized by Act of March second, \:°l·28·P·8f_1· eighteen hundred and ninety-five; for those authorized by the Act of ‘;°l· 29* p· 3*** June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six; for those authorized by l°‘· 3°· *’*’·3“9·‘°“· the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven; for those authorized by the Act of §{ay fourth, eighteen hundred andx ninety- eight; for those authorized by the Act o March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and- for those authorized by· this Act, four million dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby gggggr of va authorized to procure by contract armor of the best quality for any or may conytract cg all vessels above referred to, provided such contracts can be made at a §§§°' ‘°' *"’°“’ "°" price which in his judgment is reasonable and equitable; but in case gggoigiw °*°<‘* ¤*¤¤¤>¥ e is unable to make contracts for armor under the above conditions, " he is hereby authorized and directed to procure a site for and to erect thereon a factory for the manufacture of armor, and the sum of four _ pnillion dollars is hereby appropriated toward the erection of said actory. . The Secretar of the Nav is hereby authorized and directed to 'con- Fm H°“*‘“d ”“"‘ tract for five siirbmarine torpedo boats of the Holland type of the most iiiiligiixiizgiiriedo hom improved design, at a price not to exceed one hundre and seventy thousand dollars each: Provided, That such boats shall be similar in _ dimensions to the proposed new Holland, plans and speciications of m°usI°m' which were submitted to the Navy Department by the Holland Torpedo Boat Company November twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. · The said new contract and the submarine torpedo boats covered by u g**"¤<‘* ¤°iP¤*¤· the same are to be in accordance with the stipu ations of the contract " of purchase made April eleventh, nineteen hundred, by and between the Holland Torpedo Boat Company, represented bv the secretary of said company, the party of the first part, and the Uinited States, represented y the Secretary of the Navy, the party of the second part. EQUIPMENT: Toward the completion of the e uipment outfit of the Equipmentnew vessels heretofore authorized, four hundred thousand dollars. Approved, June 7, 1900.
