628 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 378. 1910. N;;,*{*°•°° °‘ uw mcimasn or THE NAVY. ,1T:g *”"·°'°~* **°*· That, for the purpose of further increasing the naval establishment ° N of the United States, the President is hereby authorized to have constructed two first—class battle ships to cost, exclusive of armor and armament, not exceeding six million dollars each, similar to the battle . v¤1.ss,p.1=»& ship authorized by the Act making apiplrxpriations for the naval service for the Escal year ending June t ° 1eth, mneteen hundred and nine. Two ¤¤¤¤ ¤=¤1¤¤r¤· Two ileet colliers of fourteen knots trial speed, when carrying not less than twelve thousand five hundred tons of cargo and bunker coal, to cost not exceedin one million dollars each. _ %>¤£g§g§g?;wr And the contract in the construction of said vessels shall contain a V¢s.27,p.340. “ provision requiring said vessels to be built in accordance with the rovisions of an Act entitled "An Act relating to the limitation of the hours of daily service of laborers and mechamcs employed upon the public works of the United States and of the Pistrict of Columb1a," Aww 0* <=¤¤¤·•¢¤~ approved Augpst first, eighteen hundred and mnety-two, and shall be awarded by the Secretary of the Navy to the lowest best res nsible ~ bidder, having in view the best results and most expeditious cililivery; ver. 24. ams and in the construction of all of said vessels the provisions of the Act of 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 E they are built,_the notice of any prodposals for the same; the plans drawings, specifications therefor, an the method of executing said contracts shall be observed and followed and , subject to the provisions mveigvggubggvggaéngti of this Act, except that the Secretary of the Navy may accept, in lieu may bond. of an indemnity bond, the deposit by contractors of United States Government or State bonds, under such conditions and in such manner as the Secretaz may prescribe, having due regard for the rights and protection of the United States, all said vesse s shall be built in compliance with the terms of said Act and in all their arts shall be of domestic manufacture; and the steel material shall lbs of domestic manufacture, and of the quality and characteristics best adapted to the various purposes for which it may be used in accordance with specifications approved by the Secretary of the Navy, provided contracts for furms mg the same in a reasonable time, at a reasonable price, and_of the required quality can be made with responsible par- ,{ygj,•ggi0n_ ties: Prqmded, That not more than one of the battle ships rovided for in this Act shall be built bly the same contracting party: ll’rmrided mQ};j>y:ydf>¤ bum i¤ agwagésdlfhat onef gil the batt e ghnps herein authorized s all be cons ruc e ID one o e navy-yar s. b£¤::*¤°'*¤¤ ¤>¤*¤d¤ For four submarinetorpedo boats in an amount not exceeding in Appmpi-amen. the aggregate two million dollars, and the sum of eight hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated toward said purpose. 8,;_Y0<;}g‘r$_Nd°·b°¤* dv For six torpedoiboat estroyers, to have the highest practicable ,,,,,,,(,,,,.i,,m,,,_ speed, and to cost in all not to exceed seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars each, and toward the construction of said torpedo·boat destlrodycilrs the Zum of two million awe hundred and twenty~five thou- _ san dollars is ere y appropriate . ,.,,',?§§"}}“§0¤§§,¤’;‘{,{,{g The _Secretarg·_ of the llhiviy may build any or all of the vessels <>f¤id<*m· ew- authorized in t is Act in suc navy—yards as he may designate, and shall bmld any of the vessels herein authorized in such navy-yards as he may designate, should rt reasonably apipear that the persons, firms, or corporations, or the agents thereof, bi ding for the construction of any o said vessels, have entered mto any combination, agreement, or understanding, the effect, object, or purpose of which is to deprive the Government of fair, open, and unrestricted competition in letting contracts for the construction of any of said vessels.
