SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 12-14. 1924. 719 polige, the Legislative Drafting Service, and employees paid 011 vouchers under authority of resolutions., their respective salaries for the month of December, 1924, on the 20th day of that month. Approved, December 17, 1924. CHAP. 13.-An Act To authorize alterations to certain naval vessels and to D°?e}¥?ti$fg5%7¥?24' provide for the construction of additional vessels. WILHQKTQQU" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Navy United States of America in Oangress assembled, That alterations are _ Axxarmpm auth_0r- hereby authorized for the United States ships New York, Texas, ”°}?§fi1°§i’§§§$?dsh’pS' Florida, Utah, Arkansas, and Wyoming, to consist of the installation of additional protection against submarine attack, of the installation of antiair attack deck protection, of the conversion of such vessels to 011 burning, and, in addition, for the New York and Texas, the pur- Fi'°*’°“"°‘S"*“"`·S· chase, manufacture, and installation of new fire-control systems, at a total cost not to exceed $18,360,000 in all. Construction might Sec. 2. That the President of the United States is hereb authorized 80;;* ¤¤¤*S¢¢S· to undertake prior to July 1, 1927, the construction 02, the vessels °“’p°m6` enumerated below: Eight scout cruisers, carrying protection and armament suited to their size and type, to have the highest practxcablc speed and the greatest desirable radius of action, and to cost, e;cIu§ive of armor and armament, not to exceed $11,100,000 each; Simmbmw SIX mvcr gunboats, to cost, exclusive of armament, not to exceed Pruviao. ` $700,000 each: Provided, That in the construction of the vessels m$,§{”‘}{0§,°dp;§,{Z"?,{ herein enumerated the President is authorized, in his discretion, to §,*;“*h Ch¤'*°“°¤· “'· mgkc use of the naval ordnance plant at South Charleston, West ` Vuginia, for the manufacture of armor and armament needed for Such V€SS€lS' Work at navy yard¤ Vessels to be constructed or reconditioned by this Act shall be if cost wr increased constructed or reconditioned in the Government navy yards of the th°'°by' United States, when time and facilities permit and when in the · judgment of the Secratax 7 of the Navy such construction or reconditioning would not involve an appreciable increase in the cost to {118 GOV€fDH1€Ht. Authorizmious sub- Sm. 3. That the alterations to capital ships and the construction xzcz no mm umm. 0f new vessels under the authorization contznmed in this Act shall be ° (}>°:iz, p. nm subject to the limitations prescribed by the treaty limiting naval · armament, ratified August 17, 1923. Smmmm, ,,,,,;,0,. Sec. 4. That in the event of an international conference for the my if i¤;<=r¤¤¤*Qf¤:} limitation of naval armaments the President is hereby empowered, ?$¥1g3'$E°¤¤Y5.°° 111 his discretion, to suspend in whole 01* in part any or all alterations or construction authorized in this Act. Approved, December 18, 1924. December 22. 1924. CHAP. 14.—A11 Act To authorize the settlement of the indebtedness of the Republic of Lithuania to the United States of America. [P°bh°’ 1"°‘ NS'] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representati·ves of the Lmmmh United States of America in Congress assembled, That the settle- WSe{ge%e¤t_¤d;bg£ 11181113 of the indebtedness of the Republic of Lithuania to the Unitgd ¤£.ppm°¥mLY` Shiites of America made by the World W'ar Foreign Debt C0mm1s— V°*·‘2·*"·m‘ s10u and approved by the President upon the terms and conditions as set forth in Senate Document Numbered 168, Sixtyaaighth Cougrass, second session, is hereby approved in general terms as follows: The amount of the indebtedness to be funded, after aH< m,§,Pdf’“"° °° °° cash payments made by Lithuania, is $6,030,000, which has Computed as follows: 45822°-·25?-——-48
