1352 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 128. 1921. ··‘·¤¤¤¤¤¤¤*· ARMAMENT or FORTIFICATIONS. c.,f}s'§f”§‘Q§f‘$’§",f¤°§,§°?°°' For the urchase, manufacture, and test of ammunition for seaeoast and land defense cannon, including the necessary experiments in connection therewith, and the machinery necessary for its manufacture, _ $250 000; m"3{§?fr51..§l°" s°°' Fdr the alteration and maintenance and installation of the seaceast artillery, including the purchase and manufacture of machinery, tools, and materials necessary for the work, and expenses of civilian mechanics, $75,000; reginmh md qu"` 1aArmAoKs AND ooanrnns. ugiilmmgw For continuing the construction of barracks, quarters, storehouses, and other buildings necessary for accommodating the Coast Artillery troops to be stationed in the vicinity of the Panama Canal, including water, sewer, and electrical systems, roads, walks, and so forth, $100,000: ,,,,fQ},"°‘{’,“,§’,. m The Governor of the Panama Canal, so far as the expenditure of S*·¤¤¥· appropriations contained in this Act may be under his direction, shall purchase needed materials sup lies, and equipment from available surI;§us or reserve stocks of the EVM Department; P all, gpeglifitgally for fortifications and armament thereof for the _ anama an , 619,250. .a °i¤¤ii°un2f Sec. 2. That all material purchased under the provisions of this Act °“’°· shall be of American manufacture, except in cases when, in the judgment of the Secreta of War, it is to the manifest interest of the Udnlgaled gqates podmlalrre purchases abroad, which material shall be _ _ a 'tte reeo ut .
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- ‘ Yi°°S Wd Sec. 3. That exceiit as expressly otherwise authorized herein, no
part of the sums appropriated by this Act shall be expended in the purchase from private manufacturers of any material at a price in excess of 25 per centum more than the cost of manufacturing such material by the Government, or, where such material is not or has not been manufactured by the Government, at a price in excess of 25 per centum more than the estimated cost of manufacture by the Government. ¤Jiii>°xri:1r¤sir%:il•g?¤s Sec. 4. That expenditures for carrying out the provisions of this Act shall not be made in such manner as to prevent the operation of the Government arsenals at_their most economical rate of production, Pmm except when a special exigency requires the operation of a portion of No pay tic omw. an arsenal’s_ equipment at a different rate: Promkied, That no art of $,°§’,;;,°§§,E,c§”,§§‘§?,$,°Z.’{ the a;;propr1ations made in this Act shall be available for the salary or °'•mP*°Y°°*· pay_o any omcer, managgr, superintendent, foreman, or other person aving charge of the wor of any employee of the United States Government while or pausing to be made with a sto watch or other time-measuringl device a time study of any job oi, any such employee between the starting and completion thereof, or of the Bmdmm on up movements of any such employee while engaged upon such work. exam et other Km Sec. o. That no part of the moneys appropriated in each or any °'“"‘l" section of this Act be used or expended for the urchase o1' acqiurement of any article or articles that at the time of the proposed acquirement can be manufactured or roduced in each or any of the gpvemrlpenti arsenals of ghe;}';Jmted Silates for a sum less than it can 1,,,,,,,,, - urc ase or rocure o erwise. ¤¤<1h¤vi5‘¤~¤i";di)r2é';l¤.ii·s giizc. 6. That the Secretary of War is authorized to proceed with the installation of guns and howitzers such order of priority as he may deem expedient, at laces for which appropriations have been, or hereafter may be, made for emplacements or such and bowitzem. _{;_fd·b*g¤5“$•jd*'*°* Sec. 7. That so much of the Fortification gppropriation Act v¤i.¤.p.u¤. ppp;-oved July 5, 1§84, as pertains tp the appointment of a board for purpose of testing mile cannon is hereby rescinded.
