390 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. CHS. 234, 235. 1898. authorized, thirteen million six hundred and forty-eight thousand four
- ’*‘°*>?¤·>· hundred and seventy-three dollars: Provided, That section two of the
..s$iil`Ly’°t°"°fst°°1 Act entitled “An Act to increase the naval establishment] approved "°’-“·P·”5· August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: “ Sec. 2. That in the construction of all naval vessels the steel material shall be of domestic manufacture, and of the quality and characteristics best adapted to the various purposes for which it may be used, in accordance with specitications approved by the Secretary of the Na ." Amer wl ¤¤¤¤· Agric];. AND ARMAMENT: Toward the armament and armor of domesmiPii.zs,p.i4o. tic manufacture for the vessels authorized by the Act of July twenty- sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, of the vessels authorized , V¤1.28.r.84r under the Act of March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, of V¤1.‘-¢9.r.379- those authorized by the Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety- v0i.2s>.p.es4. six, of the three torpedo boats authorized by the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and of those authorized by this PM v· *°*5· Act, including the completion of ordnance outfit for the four harbordefense vessels, the sixteen torpedo-boat destroyers, and twelve torpedo boats named herein, seven million one hundred and sixty-two thousand Pr<»¤·¤·q. eight hundred dollars: Provided, That the total cost of the armor b.,(€3Z‘.‘{§fI§T"°‘ °"°° according to the plans and specifications already prepared, for the three V<·l— mr-378- battle ships authorized by the Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and —¤¤¤¤· ninety-six, shall not exceed three million two hundred and ten thousand . dollars, including all cost of nickel in the same, and exclusive of the cost of transportation, ballistic test plates, and tests, and royalty for steel face-hardening process, not to exceed one-half cent per pound, and _r;g;¤,ag_gr ¤>¤ M which can not be made use of without the payment of royalty, and no Y " contract for armor plate shall be made at an average rate to exceed four hundred dollars per ton of two thousand two hundred and forty bX¤¤¤i¤>{: vt _,{>¤¤¤1·> pounds, including nickel as aforesaid. That hereafter all first-class ° II"` am m""` """ battle ships and monitors owned by the United States shall be named ` for the States, and shall not be named for any city, place, or person gg3e6W____Q until the names of the States, shall have been exhausted: Provided, ` ‘“ ‘ `‘‘` “That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to interfere with the names of States already assigned to any such battle ship or monitor. F·r··i¤*··*¤*- Eourmrnnr: Toward the completion of the equipment outfit of the new vessels heretofore and herein authorized, three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. For the installation of electric plants in gunboats numbered ten, eleven, twelve, and thirteen, forty thousand dollars. mfi·:ig=··;·,l,§¢¤¤jm_;·;=;;l;;- lt is further provided that whenever in tlicjiulgincnt of the President, um.;,Ithe public interests may require he is authorized and empowered to make any or all the provisions and appropriations of this Act immediatcly operative and available. Approved, May 4, 1898. May 4, isha. CHAP. 235. An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appro- ··* · ·· · 7 M priations for support of the Army for the fisrul year eighteen hundred and ninety- eight, and for other purposes. ,,,_,,_ v_ ,,,_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Ara;. _ States ofAnzerica in Congress mssemlrlezl, That the ibllowing sums be, p,{f[{T§Q`,§`Q"{Q]Q'_‘ “”""‘ and they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations tor the support of the Army for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninetyeight, and for other objects. namely: MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. 0F1HOB OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER. signin S.-m..-. For the expenses of the Signal Service of the Army, as follows. Purchase, equipment, and repair of iicld electric telegraphs, signal equip-
