SIXTY—FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cr-1. 29. 1917. _ 183 son. If any person owning any ship, charter, or material, or ownjn P¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ of ships leasing, or operating any lplant equipped for the building or produld; t°ii»°»ii{£w" °° "m°l tion of ships or material s all refuse or fail to comply therewith or to give to the United States such preference in the execution of such order, or shall refuse to build, supply, furnish, or manufacture the kind, quantities or qualities of the s ips or material so ordered, at such reasonable rice as shall be determined by the President, the President may talie immediate possession of any ship, charter, material or plant of such person, or any part thereof wit out taking possession of the entire plant, and may use the same at such times and in such manner as he may consider necessary or expedient. Whenever the United States shall cancel, modify, suspend or requi- dlgggggyaewg tot? sition any contract, make use of, assume, occupy; requisition, acquire resident. y ° or take over any plant-or part thereof, or aniy s , charter, or material, in accordance with the rovisions hereo , it slliall make just compensation therefor, to be dleiteimined by the President; and if the un§3:géf;;g·»if amount amount thereof, so determined bg the President, is unsatisfactory to Pmeeami? the person entitled to receive the same, such person shall be paid seventy-five er centum of the amount so determined by the President and shagl be entitled to sue the United States to recover such further sum as, added to said seventy-five per centum, will make up such amount as will be just compensation therefor, in the manner provided for by section twenty-four, paragraph twenty, and section V°l·3“·PP·‘°°“·”3“· one hundred and forty-five of the Judicial Co e. The President ma exercise the power and authority hereby vested Mmmm °¥P¤W¤¤» in him, and expend the money erein and hereafter appropriated ` through such agency or agencies as he shall determine from time to - _ · time: Provided, That all money turned over to the United States?f,,§'§,'g,, ,,, Em, Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation may be expended as {$3 F*°•* °·>fn¤¤·· other moneys of said corporation are now expended. All ships constructed, purchased, or requisitioned under authority herein, or heretofore or ereafter acquired by the United States, s all be managed, operated, and dispose of as the President may direct. T The word "person" as used herein, shall include any individual, ··f>’§,K'¥?'°'°°°‘ trustee, Erm, association company, corporation, or contractor. The word "ship" shall include any boat, vessel, or, submarine and “S’“P·" thefparts thereof. e word "material" shall include stores, supplies, and equipment "“*"‘*“·" for ships, and everything required for or in connection with the production thereof. — The word "plant" shall include any factory, workshop, warehouse, engine works; buildings used for manufacture, assembhnlg, construction, or any process; any shipyard or dockyard and disc arging terminal or other facilities connected therewith. _ _ The words "United States" shall include all lands and waters “U°"°“ 8******-" subject to the jurisdiction of the United States of America. _ All authority granted to the President herein or by him delegated, ,,,',f§§’,l’j“““°” °‘ °“‘ shall cease six months after a Enal treaty of peace is proclaimed between this Government and the German Empire. _ _ The_ cost of purchasin , requisitioning, or otherwise acquiring plants, p,,{;§*’t,§,°§j,°” °‘ °" material, charters, or sgi now constructed or in the course of con- Petr-3-m struction and the expediilin of construction of ships thus under construction shall not exceed the sum of $250,000,000, exclusive of the cost of ships turned over to the Army and Navy, the expenditure of which is hereby authorized, and in executing the authority granted by this Act for such purpose the President shall not expend or obligate the United `States to expend more than the said sum; and there . . is hereby appropriated for said purpose, $150,000,000: Provided, That f·l·ii$?m¤°°' this WPPOPHRUOD shall be reimbursed from available funds under ,mI§,,“§’;,§’l,“{,,Q,°‘,‘}‘}",.'§ the ar and Navy Departments for vessels turned over for the wma exclusive use of those departments or either of them.
