FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 1368, 1369. 1902. 691 said vessel elsewhere in the United States, subject to the limitations as to cost hereinbefore provided: Itovided, That the Secretary of the {,`f,‘{,"'§°j,*{,,€ ,,,,1, M, Navy shall build one of the battle ships authorized bv this Act in such ¤#gv-v¤r¤- t_ navy-yard as he may designate: Hovided, further, That the Secretary neva;-iii? inlciiile gi of the Navy shall build an the vessels herein authorized in such navy- ‘,j‘,f,‘}§e‘;.§“°“· °*°~ °‘ yards as he may designate, should it reasonably a pear that the persons, , firms or corporations or the agents thereof, bidding for the construction of any of said vessels, have entered into any combination, agreement or understanding, the effect, object or purpose of which is to deprive the Government of fair, open and unrestricted competition in etting contracts for the construction of any of said vessels. The Secretary of the Navy is hereby instructed to keep an accurate Mmmm account of the cost of inspection and construction of vessels provided for in this Act, whether built in Government yards or by contract, and report thereon to Congress, at each session, the progress of work and cost thereof, including the inspection of all the material going into the construction of said vessels, and, upon the completion thereof, to report a full and detailed statement showing the relative cost of insipecgpn and constiruction in Gognrnnrent yards land by copgract. An fgr e urges o pre ring an u1 in suc navy- a or nav -yar s as mliny so desi pzted for thou? colingtrdction of an}y such vess5els, the sum of one hunelizd and seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for each of the navy-yards in which the Secretary of the Navy may direct any such vessels to be built. Coustrnuoriou Ann Maommmnrz On account of the hulls and outfits md of vessels and steam machine of vessels heretofore authorized, thir— ` teen million three hundred add three thousand and ten dollars. ARMOR AND ABMAMENT! Toward the armament and armor of domes- mg£f’°' md ’·¤"*‘ gcumanufacture for the vessels heretofore authorized, nine million o ars. ‘ Eomrmmrrz Toward the completion of the e uipment outfit of the Eu¤i1>¤¤¤¤¤ new vessels authorized, four hundred thousand (dollars. Approved, July 1, 1902. CHAP. 1369.-——An Act Temporarilivgto provide for the administration of the auairs July 1. 1909- of civil government in the Philippine lands, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprcemtattvea of tlw Unimd States of America 2}:2, Congress ass led, That the action of the R¤ulll>v*¤• meg-, President of the United States in creating the Philippine Commis- ggsmldiiilr sinnsion and authorizing said Commission to exercise the powers of gov- “”‘· "“°°°· ernment to the extent and in the manner and form and subject to the regulation and control set forth in the instructions of the President to the Philippine Commission, dated April seventh, nineteen hundred, and in creatm the offices of civil governor and vice-governor of the Philippine lglands, and authorizing said civil governor and vice—governor to exercise the powers of vernment to e extent and in the manner and form set forth in the§xecutive order dated June twenty—ii1 st, nineteen hundred and one, and in establishing four executive departments of government in said Islandsas set forth in the Act of the Philip ine Commission, entitled "An Act providing an organization for the departments of the interior, of commerce and police, of tinance and justice, and of public instruction," enacted Seeg- ` tember sixth, nineteen hundred and one, is herebyaapproved, ratiii , and confirmed, and until otherwise provided by w the said Islands - shall continue to be governed as thereby and herein provided, and all laws passed hereafter by the Philippine Commission shall have an
