1204 FIFTY-N1NTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. 0H. 2512. 1907. V°‘— “·P·2“* August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled “An Act to increase the naval establishment," as to materials for said vessels, their engines, boilers, and machinery, the contracts under which they are bmlth the noticle offany préipcisals foril tge spme; the plansé dranémgs, s ci cations there or an the met o 0 executing said con racts shcall be observed and followed, and, subject to the provisions of this Act, all said vessels shall be built in compliance with the terms of said Act, and in all their parts shall be of domestic manufacture; and the sgi material slligll lzelof dgmestip manufacture, and of thehqulality and c racteristics st a te to the various urposes or w 1C it may be used, in accordance iviith specifications sgproved by the Secretary I·”““‘°°“°"““"°'· of the Navy; and of the vessels provided for in this Act and the Act makin appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June tiirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, and for other purposes, - not more than one battle ship and ope torpedo boat destroyer, or two _ tvegépedo boat destroyers, shall be built by one contracting party: Promgudion in d, That the Secretary of the Navy mlaiysbuild any or al of the vesusgy-ysrpg utcggg: sels herein authorized in such navy—ya as he may designate, and §°“*° ‘·° shall build any of the vessels herein authorized in such navy—yards as he may designate should it reasonably appear that the persons, firms, or coniporations, or the agents thereof, bid ing)for the construction of any 0 said vessels have entered into any com ination, agreement, or understanding the effect, object, or purpose of which is to deprive the Goverpmeipi of fair, open, and unrestricted comlspetition in letting contracts or the construction o any o said vesse . §‘gf,’,{”';,'f,“f,§‘f,“‘@x_ That the proyision in the Naval Appropriation_Act approved June wpdngdb 583 twenty·mnth, nineteen hundred and six, authorizing the Secretary ’' of the Navy to contract for subsurface or submarine boats after certain tests to be completed by March twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and seven, is hereby amended, in accordance with the recommendation of the Secretary of the Navy, so as to extend the test period until May mgm? °i °°¤* *¤· twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and seven; and the limit of cost pro- ` vided for in the authorization aforesaid is hereby increased to t ree million dollars, and the sum of one million dollars, which includes the half million dollars heretofore appropriated, is hereby appropriated, and to remain available until expended, no part of this appropriation to be expended for any boat_that does not in such test prove to be equal in tjhie gudgmept ofdtlée Secretary (pf the Navy gm the best boat now own y the nite `tates or un er contract therefor, and no penalties under this limitation shall be imposed by reason of any delay ip] the delivery of said goat dug to the submission or participation in t e com rative tria s a oresai . mQg,Qgg*g;“°¤ nd Cousrlicuuormos AND Mwmzcnnrz On account of hulls and outfits of ` vessels and steam machinery of vessels heretofore authorized, twelve million seven hundred and thirteen thousand nine hundred and fifteen o ars. mg{{¤¤* ml =¤¤¤· Ammon AND ARMAMENTZ Toward the armament and armor of domestic ' manufacture for vessels authorized, ten million dollars. E¤¤*P¤¤€¤*- Incanasn or rm: N Avr, Eqmmmivr: Toward the completion of the gqplilpment outfit of the new vessels authorized, five hundiied thousand o rs. hTptal iincrease(pf the llilaviv, §wen;yi—three(p1Hli0n seven hundred and t i een thousand nine un re an fteen dollars. rcg;°é’,£f,f’P”P'““°” That no part of any sum appropriated by this Act shall be used for any expense of the l\avy Department at Washington unless specific authority be given for such expenditure. - Approved, March 2, 1907. ·
