SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 417. 1916. 605 and for pay of classified force under the bureau; for hemp, wire, iron, E‘¥“*P“‘°“”“PP“°& and other materials for the manufacture of cordage, anchors cables, galleys, and cha1ns;_spec1iications for purchase thereof shall be so prepared as shall ugxve fair and free competition; canvas for the manufacture of sa , awnmgs, hammocks, and other work; interior appliances and_ tools for manufacturing purfposes in navy ards and_ naval stations; and for the purchase o all other articlzs of equipage at home and abroad; and for the payment of labor in equipping vessels therewith and manufactme of such articles in the several navy yards; naval siggals and apparatus, other than electric, namely, signals, lights, terns, roc ets, rnmning lights, lanterns,_and lamps and their appendages for general use on board ship for illummating purposes, and oil and candles used in connection therewith; bunting and other materials for making and repairing flags of all kinds;_for all Ipprmanent iaélley iitti and equipage; C m ,,,,1 vm, rugs, carpets, curtains, and ngings on ard navdllggessels, installing me gun foundations on Panama Canal colheis Ulysses and Achilles, l0,071,069:16: Provided, That no part of this sum shall be applied to the repair of any wooden ship when the estimated cost o such W°°°°¤ **1*1**- repairs, to be appraised by. a competent board of naval officais, shall exceed ten appr centum of the estimated cost, appraised in like manner, of a new 'p of the same size and like material: Provided further, That no part of this sum shall he applied to the repair of any,other °°"‘“"°‘ ship when the estimated cost of suc repairs, to be appraised by a corplpetent board of naval omcers, exceed twenty per centum of e estimated coat, appraised in like manner, of a new ship of the mm,gu“,m ow same size andlike material: Provided further, That nothing herein ` contained shall deiprive the Secretary of the Navy of the authority to order repairs 0 ships damaged in foreign waters or on the sPwmdwm,S_ seas, so far as m§y be necessary to bring them home. And the Secretary of the av is hereby authorized to make expenditures from appropriate funds under the various bureaus for repairs and changes on the vessels herein named, in an amount not to exceed the sum specified for each vessel, respectively, as follows: North Dakota,` $730,000; Georgia, $525,000; Virginia, $525,000; Salem, $430,000; Cincinnati, $285,000: Saratoga, $335,000; Henley, $150,000; Mayrant, $150,000; F—1, $205,000; -2, $205,000; F—3, $205,000; Pontiac, $20,000; Constitution, $150,000; in all, $3,915,000: Pro- mh, m m_ mkied further, That the sum to be paid out of this appropriation, under ms. ’ ’ the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, for clerical, drafting, inspection, watchman (ship kee&ers), an messe er service in navy yards, naval stations, and_o cers of supermterilling naval constrpctors for thehfislpal year ensiluég élagigoghxrtieth, nineteen hundred · an seventeen, s a not exoee 1, , . ‘ The statuto limit of $200,000 for repairs and changes to capital ships of the Niivy, as provided in the Act making appropriations am*{};M$*· P- me for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, approved March secon , mneteen hundred and seven, is hereby changed to $300,000. · _ mm, m,,,,,,.,,s_ 'I`he Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to sell any or all saeeruaammtie. of the auxiliary ships of the Navy classified as colliers, transpxorts, tenders, supply ships, special types, and hospital ships, whic are eighteen years and over in age, which he deems unsuited to present needs of the Na and which can be disposed of at an advantageous price, which shadly not be less than fifty per centum of their original cost, the money Ipbtained from such sale to be covered into the Treas as misce aneous receipts. _ Imrlifivnmnnr OF coNs·rnUc·r1oN rnarrrsz For repairs and impyove- °‘“"°"‘°"°° "°““‘ ment of machinery and implements at plant at navy yard, orts» mouth, New Hampshire, $10,000.
